Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Frank Smith
Chicago White Sox, 1904–1915
31.7
Score, No. 699 all-time
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Seaver leads on both counts: 107.8 wins added to 30.9 over a career, and 58.2 to 32.5 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Chicago White Sox, 1904–1915
31.7
Score, No. 699 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.
| Frank Smith | Tom Seaver | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 31.7 | Score | 83.0(better) |
| 30.9 | Wins added, career | 107.8(better) |
| 32.5 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 58.2(better) |
| 699 | All-time rank | 21(better) |
| 11 | Seasons | 20 |
| Pitching | ||
| 139 | Wins | 311(better) |
| 111 | Losses | 205 |
| 2,274.0 | Innings | 4,782.2(better) |
| 1,051 | Strikeouts | 3,640(better) |
| 2.59(better) | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 2.86 |
| 1.17 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.12(better) |
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