Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Bob Caruthers
St. Louis Browns, 1884–1893
76.0
Score, No. 27 all-time
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Caruthers leads on both counts: 79.3 wins added to 42.7 over a career, and 72.8 to 29.0 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
St. Louis Browns, 1884–1893
76.0
Score, No. 27 all-time
starting pitcher
Los Angeles Dodgers, 1978–1994
35.8
Score, No. 540 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.
| Bob Caruthers | Bob Welch | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 76.0(better) | Score | 35.8 |
| 79.3(better) | Wins added, career | 42.7 |
| 72.8(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 29.0 |
| 27(better) | All-time rank | 540 |
| 10 | Seasons | 17 |
| Pitching | ||
| 218(better) | Wins | 211 |
| 99 | Losses | 146 |
| 2,828.2 | Innings | 3,092.0(better) |
| 900 | Strikeouts | 1,969(better) |
| 2.83(better) | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 3.47 |
| 1.16(better) | Walks and hits per inning | 1.27 |
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