Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Thornton Lee
Chicago White Sox, 1933–1948
38.2
Score, No. 466 all-time
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Seaver leads on both counts: 107.8 wins added to 38.9 over a career, and 58.2 to 37.4 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Chicago White Sox, 1933–1948
38.2
Score, No. 466 all-time
starting pitcher
New York Mets, 1967–1986
83.0
Score, No. 21 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.
| Thornton Lee | Tom Seaver | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 38.2 | Score | 83.0(better) |
| 38.9 | Wins added, career | 107.8(better) |
| 37.4 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 58.2(better) |
| 466 | All-time rank | 21(better) |
| 16 | Seasons | 20 |
| Pitching | ||
| 117 | Wins | 311(better) |
| 124 | Losses | 205 |
| 2,331.1 | Innings | 4,782.2(better) |
| 937 | Strikeouts | 3,640(better) |
| 3.56 | Earned run average | 2.86(better) |
| 1.36 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.12(better) |
The dot marks the better number in each row.