Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Kirk Rueter
San Francisco Giants, 1993–2005
15.5
Score, No. 2184 all-time
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Martinez leads on both counts: 78.9 wins added to 16.2 over a career, and 53.3 to 14.8 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
San Francisco Giants, 1993–2005
15.5
Score, No. 2184 all-time
starting pitcher
Boston Red Sox, 1992–2009
66.1
Score, No. 54 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.
| Kirk Rueter | Pedro Martinez | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 15.5 | Score | 66.1(better) |
| 16.2 | Wins added, career | 78.9(better) |
| 14.8 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 53.3(better) |
| 2,184 | All-time rank | 54(better) |
| 13 | Seasons | 18 |
| Pitching | ||
| 130 | Wins | 219(better) |
| 92 | Losses | 100 |
| 1,918.0 | Innings | 2,827.1(better) |
| 818 | Strikeouts | 3,154(better) |
| 4.27 | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 2.93(better) |
| 1.39 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.05(better) |
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