Baseball GOATcatcher
Josh Gibson
Homestead Grays, 1930–1946
66.1
Score, No. 53 all-time
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Gibson leads on both counts: 81.1 wins added to 46.5 over a career, and 51.2 to 31.3 across his seven best seasons.
catcher
Homestead Grays, 1930–1946
66.1
Score, No. 53 all-time
catcher
New York Giants, 1897–1915
38.9
Score, No. 441 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.
| Josh Gibson | Roger Bresnahan | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 66.1(better) | Score | 38.9 |
| 81.1(better) | Wins added, career | 46.5 |
| 51.2(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 31.3 |
| 53(better) | All-time rank | 441 |
| 16 | Seasons | 17 |
| Hitting | ||
| 766 | Games | 1,446(better) |
| 1,007 | Hits | 1,252(better) |
| 197(better) | Home runs | 26 |
| 872(better) | Runs batted in | 530 |
| 44 | Stolen bases | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 212(better) |
| .364(better) | Batting average | .279 |
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| .446(better) | On-base percentage | .386 |
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| .691(better) | Slugging percentage | .377 |
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