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Ildemaro Vargas
Arizona Diamondbacks, 2017–2025
1.4
Score, No. 8222 all-time
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Scherzer leads on both counts: 69.0 wins added to 0.8 over a career, and 42.6 to 1.9 across his seven best seasons.
Ildemaro Vargas and Max Scherzer are still playing, so their numbers will keep moving.
third base
Arizona Diamondbacks, 2017–2025
1.4
Score, No. 8222 all-time
starting pitcher
Washington Nationals, 2008–2025
55.8
Score, No. 123 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.
| Ildemaro Vargas | Max Scherzer | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 1.4 | Score | 55.8(better) |
| 0.8 | Wins added, career | 69.0(better) |
| 1.9 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 42.6(better) |
| 8,222 | All-time rank | 123(better) |
| 9 | ||
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.
| Seasons |
|---|
| 18 |