Stan Musial is well ahead of Joey Votto

Musial leads on both counts: 120.3 wins added to 61.2 over a career, and 60.8 to 43.6 across his seven best seasons.

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Joey Votto

Cincinnati Reds, 2007–2023

52.4

Score, No. 158 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
Joey Votto		Stan Musial
52.4	Score	90.5(better)
61.2	Wins added, career	120.3(better)
43.6	Wins added, best 7 seasons	60.8(better)
158	All-time rank	14(better)
17	Seasons	22
Hitting
2,056	Games	3,026(better)
2,135	Hits	3,630(better)
356	Home runs	475(better)
1,144	Runs batted in	1,951(better)
80

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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