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Joey Cora
Seattle Mariners, 1987–1998
12.2
Score, No. 2792 all-time
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Rodriguez leads on both counts: 106.0 wins added to 12.3 over a career, and 57.9 to 12.1 across his seven best seasons.
second base
Seattle Mariners, 1987–1998
12.2
Score, No. 2792 all-time
shortstop
New York Yankees, 1994–2016
81.9
Score, No. 23 all-time
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.
| Joey Cora | Alex Rodriguez | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 12.2 | Score | 81.9(better) |
| 12.3 | Wins added, career | 106.0(better) |
| 12.1 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 57.9(better) |
| 2,792 | All-time rank | 23(better) |
| 11 | Seasons | 22 |
| Hitting | ||
| 1,119 | Games | 2,784(better) |
| 1,035 | Hits | 3,115(better) |
| 30 | Home runs | 696(better) |
| 294 | Runs batted in | 2,086(better) |
| 117 | Stolen bases | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 329(better) |
| .277 | Batting average | .295(better) |
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| .348 | On-base percentage | .380(better) |
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| .369 | Slugging percentage | .550(better) |
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