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 33.0 over a career, and 72.8 to 32.1 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
St. Louis Browns, 1884–1893
76.0
Score, No. 27 all-time
starting pitcher
Philadelphia Athletics, 1906–1920
32.5
Score, No. 668 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 | Jack Coombs | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 76.0(better) | Score | 32.5 |
| 79.3(better) | Wins added, career | 33.0 |
| 72.8(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 32.1 |
| 27(better) | All-time rank | 668 |
| 10 | Seasons | 14 |
| Pitching | ||
| 218(better) | Wins | 158 |
| 99 | Losses | 110 |
| 2,828.2(better) | Innings | 2,320.0 |
| 900 | Strikeouts | 1,052(better) |
| 2.83 | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 2.78(better) |
| 1.16(better) | Walks and hits per inning | 1.24 |
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