Fred McGriff beats Ben Zobrist

McGriff leads on both counts: 56.8 wins added to 34.5 over a career, and 34.8 to 29.8 across his seven best seasons.

second base

Ben Zobrist

Tampa Bay Rays, 2006–2019

32.1

Score, No. 682 all-time

first base

Fred McGriff

Toronto Blue Jays, 1986–2004

45.8

Score, No. 262 all-time

Tale of the tape

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.

Ratings
Ben Zobrist		Fred McGriff
32.1	Score	45.8(better)
34.5	Wins added, career	56.8(better)
29.8	Wins added, best 7 seasons	34.8(better)
682	All-time rank	262(better)
14	Seasons	19
Hitting
1,651	Games	2,460(better)
1,566	Hits	2,490(better)
167	Home runs	493(better)
768	Runs batted in	1,550(better)
116

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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