to play devil's advocate:
-Marion was the Ozzie Smith of his era
-Ferrell has a better record, overall, than at least a dozen HOF pitchers. The 4.04 era distorts the quality of his pitching, but his career spanned the highest-ERA era (sorry) of the whole 20th century. It's comparable to a sub-3.00 lifetime era in the deadball era. Pitchers of this period are routinely undervalued by people who can't get their heads around how much of an ERA adjustment has to be made to evaluate their careers. Ferrell's .600 winning PCT (not playing for the Yankees) is a better measure of his value.
Personally, I think Ferrell should be in, and not Marion. But there are legit arguments to be made - these nominations aren't just made at random.
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