Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Bobby Wallace

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 56.2 over a career, and 74.0 to 29.1 across his seven best seasons.

shortstop

Bobby Wallace

St. Louis Browns, 1894–1918

42.6

Score, No. 347 all-time

second base

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
Bobby Wallace		Rogers Hornsby
42.6	Score	99.6(better)
56.2	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
29.1	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
347	All-time rank	7(better)
25	Seasons	23
Hitting
2,383(better)	Games	2,259
2,309	Hits	2,930(better)
34	Home runs	301(better)
1,121	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
201

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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