Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Bobby Shantz
Philadelphia Athletics, 1949–1964
32.2
Score, No. 679 all-time
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Grove leads on both counts: 104.4 wins added to 38.0 over a career, and 63.6 to 26.4 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Philadelphia Athletics, 1949–1964
32.2
Score, No. 679 all-time
starting pitcher
Philadelphia Athletics, 1925–1941
84.0
Score, No. 20 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.
| Bobby Shantz | Lefty Grove | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 32.2 | Score | 84.0(better) |
| 38.0 | Wins added, career | 104.4(better) |
| 26.4 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 63.6(better) |
| 679 | All-time rank | 20(better) |
| 16 | Seasons | 17 |
| Pitching | ||
| 119 | Wins | 300(better) |
| 99 | Losses | 141 |
| 1,935.2 | Innings | 3,940.2(better) |
| 1,072 | Strikeouts | 2,266(better) |
| 3.38 | Earned run average | 3.06(better) |
| 1.26(better) | Walks and hits per inning | 1.28 |
The dot marks the better number in each row.