Baseball GOATdesignated hitter
Joey Butler
Tampa Bay Rays, 2013–2015
0.5
Score, No. 10184 all-time
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Martinez leads on both counts: 66.0 wins added to 0.5 over a career, and 42.1 to 0.5 across his seven best seasons.
designated hitter
Tampa Bay Rays, 2013–2015
0.5
Score, No. 10184 all-time
designated hitter
Seattle Mariners, 1987–2004
54.0
Score, No. 138 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.
| Joey Butler | Edgar Martinez | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 0.5 | Score | 54.0(better) |
| 0.5 | Wins added, career | 66.0(better) |
| 0.5 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 42.1(better) |
| 10,184 | All-time rank | 138(better) |
| 3 | Seasons | 18 |
| Hitting | ||
| 102 | Games | 2,055(better) |
| 75 | Hits | 2,247(better) |
| 8 | Home runs | 309(better) |
| 31 | Runs batted in | 1,261(better) |
| 5 | Stolen bases | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 49(better) |
| .274 | Batting average | .312(better) |
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| .330 | On-base percentage | .418(better) |
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| .412 | Slugging percentage | .515(better) |
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