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Best Pitchers of All-Time - Career (Regular Season)

1871-2020.





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Rank First Name Last Name HOF
Status		 PEVA-P
Career
Yrs.		 PEVA-P
Per Year		 Career
Wins
Loss
Saves
ERA
81 Joe McGinnity HOFP 175.944 10 17.594 246 142 24 2.66
82 Stan Coveleski HOFP 175.862 14 12.562 215 142 21 2.89
83 Billy Pierce
175.777 18 9.765 211 169 32 3.27
84 Dave Stieb
174.001 16 10.875 176 137 3 3.44
85 David Wells
173.846 21 8.278 239 157 13 4.13
86 Jimmy Key 173.444 15 11.563 186 117 10 3.51
87 Tim Keefe HOFP 173.362 14 12.383 342 225 2 2.62
88 Eddie Plank HOFP 173.294 17 10.194 326 194 23 2.35
89 Javier Vazquez 172.439 14 12.317 165 160 0 4.22
90 Catfish Hunter HOFP 171.445 15 11.430 224 166 1 3.26
91 Vida Blue 171.111 17 10.065 209 161 2 3.27
92 Dutch Leonard 170.527 20 8.526 191 181 44 3.25
93 Chris Carpenter 167.841 15 11.189 144 94 0 3.76
94 Hoyt Wilhelm HOFP 167.483 21 7.975 143 122 227 2.52
95 Mordecai Brown HOFP 167.406 14 11.958 239 130 49 2.06
96 Al Spalding HOFPE 167.275 7 23.896 253 65 11 2.14
97 Trevor Hoffman HOFP 166.371 18 9.243 61 75 601 2.87
98 Bob Lemon HOFP 165.840 13 12.757 207 128 22 3.23
99 Chris Sale
164.883 10 16.488 109 73 12
 3.03
100 Wilbur Cooper 164.114 15 10.941 216 178 14 2.89

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Notes: Photo Credits: Walter Johnson, Grover Cleveland Alexander, and Christy Mathewson. Library of Congress.

HOF/HOFP - Hall of Fame player. PEVA - Player Rating for Season or Career. PEVA per Year - Average Player Rating per season. Seasons include all seasons played with no monimum.

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  • What is PEVA?

    PEVA is the acronym for Stat Geek Baseball's New Player Rating value. This grade is given to each player and pitcher each season, rating their performance on a peer to peer review. Six components for pitchers and batters are melded together into the PEVA Rating, which ranges each year from 0.200 to 64.000. For more information on PEVA and the other new Stat Geek Baseball Stats, see our Definitions page. PEVA ratings are available for every pitcher and hitter in baseball history.

    PEVA Scale

    64.000 - Maximum
    32.000 - Cy Young/MVP Candidate
    20.000 - All League
    15.000 - All-Star Level
    10.000 - Very Good
    3.500 - Average
    0.200 - Minimum



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