Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Frankie Frisch

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 52.9 over a career, and 74.0 to 32.2 across his seven best seasons.

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Frankie Frisch

St. Louis Cardinals, 1919–1937

42.5

Score, No. 352 all-time

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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
Frankie Frisch		Rogers Hornsby
42.5	Score	99.6(better)
52.9	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
32.2	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
352	All-time rank	7(better)
19	Seasons	23
Hitting
2,311(better)	Games	2,259
2,880	Hits	2,930(better)
105	Home runs	301(better)
1,244	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
419

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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