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 38.5 over a career, and 72.8 to 30.9 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
St. Louis Browns, 1884–1893
76.0
Score, No. 27 all-time
starting pitcher
Los Angeles Dodgers, 1980–1997
34.7
Score, No. 585 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 | Fernando Valenzuela | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 76.0(better) | Score | 34.7 |
| 79.3(better) | Wins added, career | 38.5 |
| 72.8(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 30.9 |
| 27(better) | All-time rank | 585 |
| 10 | Seasons | 17 |
| Pitching | ||
| 218(better) | Wins | 173 |
| 99 | Losses | 153 |
| 2,828.2 | Innings | 2,930.0(better) |
| 900 | Strikeouts | 2,074(better) |
| 2.83(better) | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 3.54 |
| 1.16(better) | Walks and hits per inning | 1.32 |
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