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The first table below presents Curt Schilling's career as measured by Player won-lost records.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWin Pct.	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.	eWOPA	eWORL
Curt Schilling Basic Player Won-Lost Records
												Value Decomposition
1988	BAL	21	4	0.9	1.9	0.323	-0.5	-0.3	0.7	1.6	0.312	-0.4	-0.3
1989	BAL	22	5	0.3	0.4	0.409	-0.1	-0.0	0.4	0.6	0.432	-0.1	-0.0
1990	BAL	23	35	1.6	2.0	0.452	-0.2	-0.0	2.1	1.7	0.545	0.1	0.3
1991	HOU	24	56	3.6	4.0	0.472	-0.3	0.2	3.7	3.5	0.510	-0.0	0.5
1992	PHI	25	42	12.8	11.0	0.538	1.4	2.6	12.8	10.7	0.546	1.6	2.7
1993	PHI	26	34	14.4	12.7	0.531	1.4	2.6	14.1	14.1	0.501	0.6	1.8
1994	PHI	27	13	4.4	5.8	0.431	-0.5	0.0	4.9	5.7	0.463	-0.2	0.4
1995	PHI	28	17	6.2	6.2	0.502	0.4	1.0	7.8	6.5	0.544	1.0	1.8
1996	PHI	29	28	11.6	11.2	0.508	0.8	2.0	11.3	9.6	0.541	1.5	2.5
1997	PHI	30	35	17.1	14.6	0.539	2.1	3.8	16.2	13.5	0.546	2.1	3.7
1998	PHI	31	35	17.6	14.5	0.550	2.4	4.0	17.5	14.0	0.556	2.6	4.1
1999	PHI	32	24	12.7	10.6	0.544	1.6	2.7	10.7	10.4	0.505	0.6	1.6
+– 2000		33	29	13.8	11.8	0.538	1.6	2.8	13.5	11.1	0.549	1.8	3.0
	ARI		13	6.7	5.4	0.555	1.0	1.6	6.2	4.4	0.589	1.3	1.7
	PHI		16	7.1	6.5	0.522	0.6	1.3	7.2	6.7	0.519	0.6	1.3
2001	ARI	34	35	19.3	12.4	0.609	4.4	6.0	17.0	14.1	0.547	2.4	4.0
2002	ARI	35	36	18.4	12.4	0.597	3.9	5.3	17.6	11.8	0.598	3.7	5.1
2003	ARI	36	24	10.8	8.4	0.563	1.7	2.7	11.5	8.7	0.567	1.9	2.9
2004	BOS	37	32	14.7	9.0	0.620	3.2	4.5	14.1	9.3	0.604	2.8	4.1
2005	BOS	38	32	5.6	5.6	0.498	-0.0	0.6	5.4	5.1	0.514	0.2	0.7
2006	BOS	39	31	12.1	9.3	0.566	1.6	2.8	13.1	10.5	0.553	1.5	2.8
2007	BOS	40	24	9.0	8.0	0.528	0.6	1.6	8.9	8.1	0.525	0.6	1.6
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CAREER (reg. season)			571	207.0	172.0	0.546	25.5	44.9	203.3	170.6	0.544	24.2	43.3
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PostSeason (career)			19	9.3	5.4	0.630		3.0	8.5	6.0	0.584		2.3
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COMBINED			590	216.3	177.5	0.546		47.9	211.7	176.6	0.544		45.6

This is Curt Schilling's fourth year on the Hall-of-Fame ballot. In my 2013 Hall-of-Fame ballot series, I looked at how Schilling and Randy Johnson ranked among the top teammates of all time. In the 2014 Hall-of-Fame ballot series, I showed how Schilling ranked historically in Component 3: Balls not in Play. For the 2015 Hall-of-Fame ballot series, I looked at Curt Schilling's postseason performance.

This season, I look at what cap Curt Schilling's hypothetical Hall-of-Fame plaque might show.

Curt Schilling played for five teams in his major-league career, although his performances for the first two of those teams - the Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros have absolutely nothing to do with his Hall-of-Fame case.

But Curt Schilling made an All-Star team, received Cy Young votes, and won a World Series game for three different franchises: the Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Boston Red Sox. Curt Schilling's career records for those three teams, as measured by Player won-lost records, are shown in the table below. The numbers in the table include postseason games, since Schilling's postseason performance is such a strong part of his Hall-of-Fame case.

Team	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
Philadelphia Phillies	248	106.1	94.6	10.6	20.5	104.4	92.8	10.6	20.3
Arizona Diamondbacks	115	59.0	40.4	12.1	17.1	56.2	41.1	10.3	15.2
Boston Red Sox	127	44.7	34.1	6.0	10.5	44.3	35.4	5.2	9.7

Which hat should Curt Schilling wear on his Hall-of-Fame plaque? The numbers above present an interesting challenge.

Schilling pitched by far the most for the Phillies, which is borne out by his having accumulated far more pWins and pWins over replacement level (pWORL) as a Phillie than as a D-Back or a Red Sock.

Schilling's two best seasons - as measured by either pWOPA or pWORL - were as a Diamondback (in 2001 and 2002). This is reflected in his having amassed more pWins over positional average as a Diamondback than as either a Phillie or a Red Sock.

The Red Sox probably have the weakest statistical case of Schilling's three teams. But Schilling won more World Series in Boston (two) than anyplace else and he probably had his most iconic moment as a Red Sock (the Bloody Sock game).

If I had to pick, I'd probably put a Diamondbacks hat on Schilling, but really, I don't think you could go wrong with any of the three.

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