Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Curt Flood

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 26.2 over a career, and 74.0 to 22.3 across his seven best seasons.

center field

Curt Flood

St. Louis Cardinals, 1956–1971

24.3

Score, No. 1156 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
Curt Flood		Rogers Hornsby
24.3	Score	99.6(better)
26.2	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
22.3	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
1,156	All-time rank	7(better)
15	Seasons	23
Hitting
1,759	Games	2,259(better)
1,861	Hits	2,930(better)
85	Home runs	301(better)
636	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
88	Stolen bases

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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