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Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Cardinals, 1915–1937
99.6
Score, No. 7 all-time
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Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 59.2 over a career, and 74.0 to 39.0 across his seven best seasons.
second base
St. Louis Cardinals, 1915–1937
99.6
Score, No. 7 all-time
catcher
St. Louis Cardinals, 1968–1988
49.1
Score, No. 193 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.
| Rogers Hornsby | Ted Simmons | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 99.6(better) | Score | 49.1 |
| 125.2(better) | Wins added, career | 59.2 |
| 74.0(better) | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 39.0 |
| 7(better) | All-time rank | 193 |
| 23 | Seasons | 21 |
| Hitting | ||
| 2,259 | Games | 2,456(better) |
| 2,930(better) | Hits | 2,472 |
| 301(better) | Home runs | 248 |
| 1,584(better) | Runs batted in | 1,389 |
| 135 | ||
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| Stolen bases |
|---|
| 21 |
| .358(better) | Batting average | .285 |
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| .434(better) | On-base percentage | .348 |
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| .577(better) | Slugging percentage | .437 |
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