Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Bert Blyleven
Minnesota Twins, 1970–1992
68.4
Score, No. 45 all-time
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Blyleven leads on both counts: 89.9 wins added to 25.4 over a career, and 46.8 to 19.6 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Minnesota Twins, 1970–1992
68.4
Score, No. 45 all-time
relief pitcher
Minnesota Twins, 1999–2016
22.5
Score, No. 1321 all-time
Wins added is how many extra games a player’s teams won because they had him and not a replacement-level player, the kind of fill-in any team can find. In one season, 2 is a solid regular, 5 is an All-Star and 8 or more is an MVP-level year. Score is the average of the career total and the best seven seasons.
| Bert Blyleven | Joe Nathan | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 68.4(better) | Score | 22.5 |
| 89.9(better) | Wins added, career | 25.4 |
| 46.8(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 19.6 |
| 45(better) | All-time rank | 1,321 |
| 22 | Seasons | 16 |
| Pitching | ||
| 287(better) | Wins | 64 |
| 250 | Losses | 34 |
| 0 | Saves | 377(better) |
| 4,970.0(better) | Innings | 923.1 |
| 3,701(better) | Strikeouts | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 976 |
| 3.31 | Earned run average | 2.87(better) |
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| 1.20 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.12(better) |
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