Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Jim Palmer
Baltimore Orioles, 1965–1984
67.1
Score, No. 50 all-time
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Palmer leads on both counts: 80.8 wins added to 74.0 over a career, and 53.5 to 42.0 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Baltimore Orioles, 1965–1984
67.1
Score, No. 50 all-time
starting pitcher
Baltimore Orioles, 1991–2008
58.0
Score, No. 101 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 Palmer | Mike Mussina | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 67.1(better) | Score | 58.0 |
| 80.8(better) | Wins added, career | 74.0 |
| 53.5(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 42.0 |
| 50(better) | All-time rank | 101 |
| 19 | Seasons | 18 |
| Pitching | ||
| 268 | Wins | 270(better) |
| 152 | Losses | 153 |
| 3,948.0(better) | Innings | 3,562.2 |
| 2,212 | Strikeouts | 2,813(better) |
| 2.86(better) | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 3.68 |
| 1.18(better) | Walks and hits per inning | 1.19 |
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