Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Francisco Liriano
Minnesota Twins, 2005–2019
17.4
Score, No. 1916 all-time
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Blyleven leads on both counts: 89.9 wins added to 16.7 over a career, and 46.8 to 18.0 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Minnesota Twins, 2005–2019
17.4
Score, No. 1916 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.
| Francisco Liriano | Bert Blyleven | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 17.4 | Score | 68.4(better) |
| 16.7 | Wins added, career | 89.9(better) |
| 18.0 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 46.8(better) |
| 1,916 | All-time rank | 45(better) |
| 14 | Seasons | 22 |
| Pitching | ||
| 112 | Wins | 287(better) |
| 114 | Losses | 250 |
| 1,813.2 | Innings | 4,970.0(better) |
| 1,815 | Strikeouts | 3,701(better) |
| 4.15 | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 3.31(better) |
| 1.36 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.20(better) |
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