Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Lu Blue

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 26.9 over a career, and 74.0 to 21.6 across his seven best seasons.

first base

Lu Blue

Detroit Tigers, 1921–1933

24.2

Score, No. 1161 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
Lu Blue		Rogers Hornsby
24.2	Score	99.6(better)
26.9	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
21.6	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
1,161	All-time rank	7(better)
13	Seasons	23
Hitting
1,615	Games	2,259(better)
1,696	Hits	2,930(better)
44	Home runs	301(better)
695	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
151(better)

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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