Edgar Martinez is well ahead of Benny Ayala

Martinez leads on both counts: 66.0 wins added to 0.9 over a career, and 42.1 to 1.7 across his seven best seasons.

designated hitter

Benny Ayala

Baltimore Orioles, 1974–1985

1.3

Score, No. 8314 all-time

designated hitter

Edgar Martinez

Seattle Mariners, 1987–2004

54.0

Score, No. 138 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
Benny Ayala		Edgar Martinez
1.3	Score	54.0(better)
0.9	Wins added, career	66.0(better)
1.7	Wins added, best 7 seasons	42.1(better)
8,314	All-time rank	138(better)
10	Seasons	18
Hitting
425	Games	2,055(better)
217	Hits	2,247(better)
38	Home runs	309(better)
145	Runs batted in	1,261(better)
2	Stolen bases

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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