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Lu Blue
Detroit Tigers, 1921–1933
24.2
Score, No. 1161 all-time
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Cobb leads on both counts: 151.6 wins added to 26.9 over a career, and 65.3 to 21.6 across his seven best seasons.
first base
Detroit Tigers, 1921–1933
24.2
Score, No. 1161 all-time
center field
Detroit Tigers, 1905–1928
108.4
Score, No. 4 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.
| Lu Blue | Ty Cobb | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 24.2 | Score | 108.4(better) |
| 26.9 | Wins added, career | 151.6(better) |
| 21.6 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 65.3(better) |
| 1,161 | All-time rank | 4(better) |
| 13 | Seasons | 24 |
| Hitting | ||
| 1,615 | Games | 3,035(better) |
| 1,696 | Hits | 4,189(better) |
| 44 | Home runs | 117(better) |
| 695 | Runs batted in | 1,944(better) |
| 151 | Stolen bases | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 896(better) |
| .287 | Batting average | .366(better) |
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| .402 | On-base percentage | .433(better) |
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| .401 | Slugging percentage | .512(better) |
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