Baseball GOATrelief pitcher
Eddie Guardado
Minnesota Twins, 1993–2009
12.7
Score, No. 2676 all-time
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Blyleven leads on both counts: 89.9 wins added to 14.6 over a career, and 46.8 to 10.9 across his seven best seasons.
relief pitcher
Minnesota Twins, 1993–2009
12.7
Score, No. 2676 all-time
starting pitcher
Minnesota Twins, 1970–1992
68.4
Score, No. 45 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.
| Eddie Guardado | Bert Blyleven | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 12.7 | Score | 68.4(better) |
| 14.6 | Wins added, career | 89.9(better) |
| 10.9 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 46.8(better) |
| 2,676 | All-time rank | 45(better) |
| 17 | Seasons | 22 |
| Pitching | ||
| 46 | Wins | 287(better) |
| 61 | Losses | 250 |
| 187(better) | Saves | 0 |
| 944.2 | Innings | 4,970.0(better) |
| 798 | Strikeouts | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 4.31 | Earned run average | 3.31(better) |
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| 1.31 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.20(better) |
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