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 28.3 over a career, and 74.3 to 24.3 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Cleveland Spiders, 1890–1911
117.9
Score, No. 3 all-time
starting pitcher
Brooklyn Robins, 1911–1927
26.3
Score, No. 1005 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 | Sherry Smith | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 117.9(better) | Score | 26.3 |
| 161.4(better) | Wins added, career | 28.3 |
| 74.3(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 24.3 |
| 3(better) | All-time rank | 1,005 |
| 22 | Seasons | 14 |
| Pitching | ||
| 511(better) | Wins | 114 |
| 315 | Losses | 118 |
| 7,356.0(better) | Innings | 2,052.2 |
| 2,803(better) | Strikeouts | 428 |
| 2.63(better) | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 3.32 |
| 1.13(better) | Walks and hits per inning | 1.30 |
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