My question is simple, why is Vida Blue not in the HoF? His numbers are nearly identical to those of fellow teammate and HoF inductee Catfish Hunter. They played in the same era of baseball (obviously). They both have cool names, obviously Catfish gets the advantage, but Vida had the better prime between the two pitchers and he not only missed the HoF, but he missed it badly

 

Hall of Fame Voting
Year	Election	Votes	Pct
1992	BBWAA	23	5.3%
1993	BBWAA	37	8.7%
1994	BBWAA	14	3.1%
1995	BBWAA	26	5.7%

                    Vida's credentails-6x All Star-1 Cy Young-1 TSN Pitcher of the Year-MVP-Threw No Hitter compared to Catfish-8x All Star-1 Cy Young, Threw Perfect Game Vida's Stats Catfish's Stats