Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Gary Matthews

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 38.8 over a career, and 74.0 to 24.9 across his seven best seasons.

left field

Gary Matthews

San Francisco Giants, 1972–1987

31.8

Score, No. 696 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
Gary Matthews		Rogers Hornsby
31.8	Score	99.6(better)
38.8	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
24.9	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
696	All-time rank	7(better)
16	Seasons	23
Hitting
2,033	Games	2,259(better)
2,011	Hits	2,930(better)
234	Home runs	301(better)
978	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
183

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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