Stan Musial is well ahead of Dan Brouthers

Musial leads on both counts: 120.3 wins added to 79.8 over a career, and 60.8 to 45.6 across his seven best seasons.

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Dan Brouthers

Buffalo Bisons, 1879–1904

62.7

Score, No. 73 all-time

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Stan Musial

St. Louis Cardinals, 1941–1963

90.5

Score, No. 14 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
Dan Brouthers		Stan Musial
62.7	Score	90.5(better)
79.8	Wins added, career	120.3(better)
45.6	Wins added, best 7 seasons	60.8(better)
73	All-time rank	14(better)
19	Seasons	22
Hitting
1,676	Games	3,026(better)
2,303	Hits	3,630(better)
107	Home runs	475(better)
1,301	Runs batted in	1,951(better)
257

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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