Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Mickey Tettleton

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 36.2 over a career, and 74.0 to 29.3 across his seven best seasons.

catcher

Mickey Tettleton

Detroit Tigers, 1984–1997

32.7

Score, No. 657 all-time

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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
Mickey Tettleton		Rogers Hornsby
32.7	Score	99.6(better)
36.2	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
29.3	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
657	All-time rank	7(better)
14	Seasons	23
Hitting
1,485	Games	2,259(better)
1,132	Hits	2,930(better)
245	Home runs	301(better)
732	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
23	Stolen bases

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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