Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Kid Nichols
Boston Beaneaters, 1890–1906
95.7
Score, No. 11 all-time
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Nichols leads on both counts: 118.9 wins added to 71.1 over a career, and 72.6 to 60.6 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Boston Beaneaters, 1890–1906
95.7
Score, No. 11 all-time
starting pitcher
Providence Grays, 1880–1891
65.9
Score, No. 56 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.
| Kid Nichols | Old Hoss Radbourn | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 95.7(better) | Score | 65.9 |
| 118.9(better) | Wins added, career | 71.1 |
| 72.6(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 60.6 |
| 11(better) | All-time rank | 56 |
| 15 | Seasons | 12 |
| Pitching | ||
| 362(better) | Wins | 310 |
| 208 | Losses | 194 |
| 5,067.1(better) | Innings | 4,527.1 |
| 1,881(better) | Strikeouts | 1,830 |
| 2.96 | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 2.68(better) |
| 1.22 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.15(better) |
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