In his first two turns on the ballot, Mussina received 20.3 and 24.6 percent of the vote, leaving him with a large hill to climb. Similar to Schilling, Mussina likely suffers from never winning a Cy Young Award, falling short of 300 wins and pitching in an offensively robust era, yet in the shadow of all-time greats such as Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux and Pedro Martinez.
Mussina, a five-time American League All-Star and seven-time AL Gold Glove Award winner for the Orioles and Yankees (1991-2008), still put together a tremendously valuable career, just as Schilling did.