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 40.7 over a career, and 57.0 to 26.2 across his seven best seasons.
shortstop
Pittsburgh Pirates, 1897–1917
86.4
Score, No. 18 all-time
shortstop
St. Louis Cardinals, 1978–1996
33.5
Score, No. 631 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 | Ozzie Smith | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 86.4(better) | Score | 33.5 |
| 115.8(better) | Wins added, career | 40.7 |
| 57.0(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 26.2 |
| 18(better) | All-time rank | 631 |
| 21 | Seasons | 19 |
| Hitting | ||
| 2,794(better) | Games | 2,573 |
| 3,420(better) | Hits | 2,460 |
| 101(better) | Home runs | 28 |
| 1,733(better) | Runs batted in | 793 |
| 723(better) | ||
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| Stolen bases |
|---|
| 580 |
| .328(better) | Batting average | .262 |
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| .391(better) | On-base percentage | .337 |
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| .467(better) | Slugging percentage | .328 |
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