Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Joe Niekro
Houston Astros, 1967–1988
28.0
Score, No. 907 all-time
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Clemens leads on both counts: 128.0 wins added to 32.3 over a career, and 58.4 to 23.7 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Houston Astros, 1967–1988
28.0
Score, No. 907 all-time
starting pitcher
Boston Red Sox, 1984–2007
93.2
Score, No. 13 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.
| Joe Niekro | Roger Clemens | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 28.0 | Score | 93.2(better) |
| 32.3 | Wins added, career | 128.0(better) |
| 23.7 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 58.4(better) |
| 907 | All-time rank | 13(better) |
| 22 | Seasons | 24 |
| Pitching | ||
| 221 | Wins | 354(better) |
| 204 | Losses | 184 |
| 3,584.0 | Innings | 4,916.2(better) |
| 1,747 | Strikeouts | 4,672(better) |
| 3.59 | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 3.12(better) |
| 1.32 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.17(better) |
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