Baseball GOATstarting pitcher
Mark Portugal
Houston Astros, 1985–1999
20.5
Score, No. 1526 all-time
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Blyleven leads on both counts: 89.9 wins added to 22.2 over a career, and 46.8 to 18.8 across his seven best seasons.
starting pitcher
Houston Astros, 1985–1999
20.5
Score, No. 1526 all-time
starting pitcher
Minnesota Twins, 1970–1992
68.4
Score, No. 45 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.
| Mark Portugal | Bert Blyleven | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 20.5 | Score | 68.4(better) |
| 22.2 | Wins added, career | 89.9(better) |
| 18.8 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 46.8(better) |
| 1,526 | All-time rank | 45(better) |
| 15 | Seasons | 22 |
| Pitching | ||
| 109 | Wins | 287(better) |
| 95 | Losses | 250 |
| 1,826.1 | Innings | 4,970.0(better) |
| 1,134 | Strikeouts | 3,701(better) |
| 4.03 | Earned run average | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 3.31(better) |
| 1.33 | Walks and hits per inning | 1.20(better) |
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