Jason Giambi beats Matt Holliday

Giambi leads on both counts: 56.3 wins added to 50.5 over a career, and 43.1 to 35.9 across his seven best seasons.

left field

Matt Holliday

St. Louis Cardinals, 2004–2018

43.2

Score, No. 333 all-time

first base

Jason Giambi

Oakland Athletics, 1995–2014

49.7

Score, No. 186 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
Matt Holliday		Jason Giambi
43.2	Score	49.7(better)
50.5	Wins added, career	56.3(better)
35.9	Wins added, best 7 seasons	43.1(better)
333	All-time rank	186(better)
15	Seasons	20
Hitting
1,903	Games	2,260(better)
2,096(better)	Hits	2,010
316	Home runs	440(better)
1,220	Runs batted in	1,441(better)
108

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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