Jason Giambi beats Ellis Burks

Giambi leads on both counts: 56.3 wins added to 48.9 over a career, and 43.1 to 30.2 across his seven best seasons.

center field

Ellis Burks

Boston Red Sox, 1987–2004

39.5

Score, No. 418 all-time

first base

Jason Giambi

Oakland Athletics, 1995–2014

49.7

Score, No. 186 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
Ellis Burks		Jason Giambi
39.5	Score	49.7(better)
48.9	Wins added, career	56.3(better)
30.2	Wins added, best 7 seasons	43.1(better)
418	All-time rank	186(better)
18	Seasons	20
Hitting
2,000	Games	2,260(better)
2,107(better)	Hits	2,010
352	Home runs	440(better)
1,206	Runs batted in	1,441(better)
181

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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