Tim Hudson is not a Hall of Famer. If there's a Hall of very good, he could get in there.
He's never won the Cy Young, and he was only top 3 in the voting once. He led the league in wins once. Never in strikeouts, never in ERA. His career ERA of 3.44 would be one of the highest ever for a Hall of Fame pitcher. I've never at any time during Hudson's career thought to myself "Tim Hudson is one of the top 5 pitchers in baseball".
As to his never having a losing season, that's not really all that impressive. So much of a pitcher's win-loss total is beyond their control. A pitcher can have a Cy Young caliber season, and finish below .500. In 2010, Felix Hernandez won the AL Cy Young Award with only a 13-12 record. His offensive support stunk. If he'd given up another run or two in any of the games he pitched, he could have easily gone 12-13, yet he still would have won the Cy Young Award. Look at Ben Sheets. He was absolutely spectacular in 2004. He had a 2.70 ERA, a 0.983 WHIP, struck out 264 batters while walking only 32. 10 Ks per 9 IP and 8.25 K:BB is outstanding (the 11th best ratio in MLB history!). Yet he was only 12-14 because his offense and defense were really bad.
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