Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Darrell Porter

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 42.4 over a career, and 74.0 to 28.8 across his seven best seasons.

catcher

Darrell Porter

Milwaukee Brewers, 1971–1987

35.6

Score, No. 554 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
Darrell Porter		Rogers Hornsby
35.6	Score	99.6(better)
42.4	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
28.8	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
554	All-time rank	7(better)
17	Seasons	23
Hitting
1,782	Games	2,259(better)
1,369	Hits	2,930(better)
188	Home runs	301(better)
826	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
39	Stolen bases

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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