Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Lefty Grove
Philadelphia Athletics, 1925–1941
84.0
Score, No. 20 all-time
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Grove leads on both counts: 104.4 wins added to 65.1 over a career, and 63.6 to 45.7 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Philadelphia Athletics, 1925–1941
84.0
Score, No. 20 all-time
first base
Oakland Athletics, 1986–2001
55.4
Score, No. 128 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.
| Lefty Grove | Mark McGwire | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 84.0(better) | Score | 55.4 |
| 104.4(better) | Wins added, career | 65.1 |
| 63.6(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 45.7 |
| 20(better) | All-time rank | 128 |
| 17 | Seasons | 16 |
The dot marks the better number in each row. A hitter and a pitcher don’t share traditional stats, so this comparison uses the ratings only.