Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
John Patterson
Washington Nationals, 2002–2007
5.0
Score, No. 5279 all-time
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Scherzer leads on both counts: 69.0 wins added to 5.0 over a career, and 42.6 to 5.0 across his seven best seasons.
Max Scherzer is still playing, so his numbers will keep moving.
starting pitcher
Washington Nationals, 2002–2007
5.0
Score, No. 5279 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.
| John Patterson | Max Scherzer | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 5.0 | Score | 55.8(better) |
| 5.0 | Wins added, career | 69.0(better) |
| 5.0 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 42.6(better) |
| 5,279 | All-time rank | 123(better) |
| 6 | ||
| Pitching | ||
| 18 | Wins | 221(better) |
| 25 | Losses | 117 |
| 454.1 | Innings | 2,963.0(better) |
| 415 | Strikeouts | 3,489(better) |
| 4.32 | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| Seasons |
|---|
| 18 |
| 3.22(better) |
| 1.35 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.08(better) |
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