Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Cy Young
Cleveland Spiders, 1890–1911
117.9
Score, No. 3 all-time
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Young leads on both counts: 161.4 wins added to 87.2 over a career, and 74.3 to 49.1 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Cleveland Spiders, 1890–1911
117.9
Score, No. 3 all-time
starting pitcher
San Francisco Giants, 1962–1983
68.2
Score, No. 47 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.
| Cy Young | Gaylord Perry | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 117.9(better) | Score | 68.2 |
| 161.4(better) | Wins added, career | 87.2 |
| 74.3(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 49.1 |
| 3(better) | All-time rank | 47 |
| 22 | Seasons | 22 |
| Pitching | ||
| 511(better) | Wins | 314 |
| 315 | Losses | 265 |
| 7,356.0(better) | Innings | 5,350.1 |
| 2,803 | Strikeouts | 3,534(better) |
| 2.63(better) | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 3.11 |
| 1.13(better) | Walks and hits per inning | 1.18 |
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