Stan Musial is well ahead of Henry Larkin

Musial leads on both counts: 120.3 wins added to 37.6 over a career, and 60.8 to 30.3 across his seven best seasons.

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Henry Larkin

Philadelphia Athletics, 1884–1893

33.9

Score, No. 614 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
Henry Larkin		Stan Musial
33.9	Score	90.5(better)
37.6	Wins added, career	120.3(better)
30.3	Wins added, best 7 seasons	60.8(better)
614	All-time rank	14(better)
10	Seasons	22
Hitting
1,184	Games	3,026(better)
1,429	Hits	3,630(better)
53	Home runs	475(better)
836	Runs batted in	1,951(better)
129(better)

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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