Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Kid Nichols
Boston Beaneaters, 1890–1906
95.7
Score, No. 11 all-time
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Nichols leads on both counts: 118.9 wins added to 103.6 over a career, and 72.6 to 51.6 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Boston Beaneaters, 1890–1906
95.7
Score, No. 11 all-time
starting pitcher
Milwaukee Braves, 1942–1965
77.6
Score, No. 26 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.
| Kid Nichols | Warren Spahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 95.7(better) | Score | 77.6 |
| 118.9(better) | Wins added, career | 103.6 |
| 72.6(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 51.6 |
| 11(better) | All-time rank | 26 |
| 15 | Seasons | 21 |
| Pitching | ||
| 362 | Wins | 363(better) |
| 208 | Losses | 245 |
| 5,067.1 | Innings | 5,243.2(better) |
| 1,881 | Strikeouts | 2,583(better) |
| 2.96(better) | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 3.09 |
| 1.22 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.19(better) |
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