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 36.0 over a career, and 63.6 to 27.8 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Philadelphia Athletics, 1925–1941
84.0
Score, No. 20 all-time
starting pitcher
Philadelphia Athletics, 1923–1937
31.9
Score, No. 690 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 | Rube Walberg | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 84.0(better) | Score | 31.9 |
| 104.4(better) | Wins added, career | 36.0 |
| 63.6(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 27.8 |
| 20(better) | All-time rank | 690 |
| 17 | Seasons | 15 |
| Pitching | ||
| 300(better) | Wins | 155 |
| 141 | Losses | 141 |
| 3,940.2(better) | Innings | 2,644.0 |
| 2,266(better) | Strikeouts | 1,085 |
| 3.06(better) | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 4.16 |
| 1.28(better) | Walks and hits per inning | 1.45 |
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