Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Bob Shaw
Chicago White Sox, 1957–1967
21.5
Score, No. 1414 all-time
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Seaver leads on both counts: 107.8 wins added to 21.2 over a career, and 58.2 to 21.9 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Chicago White Sox, 1957–1967
21.5
Score, No. 1414 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.
| Bob Shaw | Tom Seaver | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 21.5 | Score | 83.0(better) |
| 21.2 | Wins added, career | 107.8(better) |
| 21.9 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 58.2(better) |
| 1,414 | All-time rank | 21(better) |
| 11 | Seasons | 20 |
| Pitching | ||
| 108 | Wins | 311(better) |
| 98 | Losses | 205 |
| 1,778.0 | Innings | 4,782.2(better) |
| 880 | Strikeouts | 3,640(better) |
| 3.52 | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 2.86(better) |
| 1.32 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.12(better) |
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