Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Bid McPhee

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 45.4 over a career, and 74.0 to 24.7 across his seven best seasons.

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Bid McPhee

Cincinnati Reds, 1882–1899

35.1

Score, No. 568 all-time

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Rogers Hornsby

St. Louis Cardinals, 1915–1937

99.6

Score, No. 7 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
Bid McPhee		Rogers Hornsby
35.1	Score	99.6(better)
45.4	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
24.7	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
568	All-time rank	7(better)
18	Seasons	23
Hitting
2,138	Games	2,259(better)
2,258	Hits	2,930(better)
53	Home runs	301(better)
1,072	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
568

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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