Baseball GOATrelief pitcher
Grant Balfour
Tampa Bay Rays, 2001–2015
10.8
Score, No. 3162 all-time
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Longoria leads on both counts: 46.4 wins added to 10.6 over a career, and 31.0 to 11.0 across his seven best seasons.
relief pitcher
Tampa Bay Rays, 2001–2015
10.8
Score, No. 3162 all-time
third base
Tampa Bay Rays, 2008–2023
38.7
Score, No. 447 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.
| Grant Balfour | Evan Longoria | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 10.8 | Score | 38.7(better) |
| 10.6 | Wins added, career | 46.4(better) |
| 11.0 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 31.0(better) |
| 3,162 | All-time rank | 447(better) |
| 12 | Seasons | 16 |
The dot marks the better number in each row. A hitter and a pitcher don’t share traditional stats, so this comparison uses the ratings only.