Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Max Scherzer
Washington Nationals, 2008–2025
55.8
Score, No. 123 all-time
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Scherzer leads on both counts: 69.0 wins added to 6.9 over a career, and 42.6 to 6.4 across his seven best seasons.
Max Scherzer is still playing, so his numbers will keep moving.
starting pitcher
Washington Nationals, 2008–2025
55.8
Score, No. 123 all-time
relief pitcher
Seattle Mariners, 2009–2019
6.7
Score, No. 4483 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.
| Max Scherzer | Shawn Kelley | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 55.8(better) | Score | 6.7 |
| 69.0(better) | Wins added, career | 6.9 |
| 42.6(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 6.4 |
| 123(better) | All-time rank | 4,483 |
| 18 | Seasons | 11 |
| Pitching | ||
| 221(better) | Wins | 32 |
| 117 | Losses | 25 |
| 0 | Saves | 26(better) |
| 2,963.0(better) | Innings | 464.2 |
| 3,489(better) | Strikeouts | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 521 |
| 3.22(better) | Earned run average | 3.80 |
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| 1.08(better) | Walks and hits per inning | 1.19 |
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