Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Clayton Kershaw
Los Angeles Dodgers, 2008–2025
64.2
Score, No. 62 all-time
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Kershaw leads on both counts: 81.4 wins added to 68.1 over a career, and 47.1 to 46.5 across his seven best seasons.
Clayton Kershaw is still playing, so his numbers will keep moving.
starting pitcher
Los Angeles Dodgers, 2008–2025
64.2
Score, No. 62 all-time
starting pitcher
Los Angeles Dodgers, 1956–1969
57.3
Score, No. 111 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.
| Clayton Kershaw | Don Drysdale | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 64.2(better) | Score | 57.3 |
| 81.4(better) | Wins added, career | 68.1 |
| 47.1(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 46.5 |
| 62(better) | All-time rank | 111 |
| 18 | ||
| Pitching | ||
| 223(better) | Wins | 209 |
| 96 | Losses | 166 |
| 2,855.1 | Innings | 3,432.0(better) |
| 3,052(better) | Strikeouts | 2,486 |
| 2.53(better) | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| Seasons |
|---|
| 14 |
| 2.95 |
| 1.02(better) | Walks and hits per inning | 1.15 |
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