Baseball GOATrelief pitcher
Jon Rauch
Washington Nationals, 2002–2013
8.7
Score, No. 3770 all-time
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Scherzer leads on both counts: 69.0 wins added to 8.5 over a career, and 42.6 to 8.9 across his seven best seasons.
Max Scherzer is still playing, so his numbers will keep moving.
relief pitcher
Washington Nationals, 2002–2013
8.7
Score, No. 3770 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.
| Jon Rauch | Max Scherzer | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 8.7 | Score | 55.8(better) |
| 8.5 | Wins added, career | 69.0(better) |
| 8.9 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 42.6(better) |
| 3,770 | All-time rank | 123(better) |
| 11 | Seasons | 18 |
| Pitching | ||
| 43 | Wins | 221(better) |
| 40 | Losses | 117 |
| 62(better) | Saves | 0 |
| 595.0 | Innings | 2,963.0(better) |
| 475 | Strikeouts | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 3.90 | Earned run average | 3.22(better) |
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| 1.24 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.08(better) |
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