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 47.2 over a career, and 63.6 to 38.3 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Philadelphia Athletics, 1925–1941
84.0
Score, No. 20 all-time
starting pitcher
Oakland Athletics, 1969–1986
42.8
Score, No. 342 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 | Vida Blue | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 84.0(better) | Score | 42.8 |
| 104.4(better) | Wins added, career | 47.2 |
| 63.6(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 38.3 |
| 20(better) | All-time rank | 342 |
| 17 | Seasons | 17 |
| Pitching | ||
| 300(better) | Wins | 209 |
| 141 | Losses | 161 |
| 3,940.2(better) | Innings | 3,343.1 |
| 2,266(better) | Strikeouts | 2,175 |
| 3.06(better) | Earned run average | 3.27 |
| 1.28 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.23(better) |
The dot marks the better number in each row.