Baseball GOATshortstop
Honus Wagner
Pittsburgh Pirates, 1897–1917
86.4
Score, No. 18 all-time
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Wagner leads on both counts: 115.8 wins added to 67.2 over a career, and 57.0 to 37.6 across his seven best seasons.
shortstop
Pittsburgh Pirates, 1897–1917
86.4
Score, No. 18 all-time
shortstop
Chicago White Sox, 1930–1950
52.4
Score, No. 157 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.
| Honus Wagner | Luke Appling | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 86.4(better) | Score | 52.4 |
| 115.8(better) | Wins added, career | 67.2 |
| 57.0(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 37.6 |
| 18(better) | All-time rank | 157 |
| 21 | Seasons | 20 |
| Hitting | ||
| 2,794(better) | Games | 2,422 |
| 3,420(better) | Hits | 2,749 |
| 101(better) | Home runs | 45 |
| 1,733(better) | Runs batted in | 1,116 |
| 723 | ||
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| Stolen bases |
|---|
| 179 |
| .328(better) | Batting average | .310 |
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| .391 | On-base percentage | .399(better) |
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| .467(better) | Slugging percentage | .398 |
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