Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Cliff Lee
Cleveland Indians, 2002–2014
37.5
Score, No. 485 all-time
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Alexander leads on both counts: 125.5 wins added to 38.4 over a career, and 66.8 to 36.5 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Cleveland Indians, 2002–2014
37.5
Score, No. 485 all-time
starting pitcher
Philadelphia Phillies, 1911–1930
96.1
Score, No. 9 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.
| Cliff Lee | Pete Alexander | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 37.5 | Score | 96.1(better) |
| 38.4 | Wins added, career | 125.5(better) |
| 36.5 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 66.8(better) |
| 485 | All-time rank | 9(better) |
| 13 | Seasons | 20 |
| Pitching | ||
| 143 | Wins | 373(better) |
| 91 | Losses | 208 |
| 2,156.2 | Innings | 5,190.0(better) |
| 1,824 | Strikeouts | 2,198(better) |
| 3.52 | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 2.56(better) |
| 1.20 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.12(better) |
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