Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Jim Merritt
Minnesota Twins, 1965–1975
17.0
Score, No. 1965 all-time
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Blyleven leads on both counts: 89.9 wins added to 17.0 over a career, and 46.8 to 17.0 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Minnesota Twins, 1965–1975
17.0
Score, No. 1965 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.
| Jim Merritt | Bert Blyleven | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 17.0 | Score | 68.4(better) |
| 17.0 | Wins added, career | 89.9(better) |
| 17.0 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 46.8(better) |
| 1,965 | All-time rank | 45(better) |
| 11 | Seasons | 22 |
| Pitching | ||
| 81 | Wins | 287(better) |
| 86 | Losses | 250 |
| 1,483.0 | Innings | 4,970.0(better) |
| 932 | Strikeouts | 3,701(better) |
| 3.65 | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 3.31(better) |
| 1.21 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.20(better) |
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