Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Miguel Tejada

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 47.3 over a career, and 74.0 to 33.8 across his seven best seasons.

shortstop

Miguel Tejada

Oakland Athletics, 1997–2013

40.5

Score, No. 388 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
Miguel Tejada		Rogers Hornsby
40.5	Score	99.6(better)
47.3	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
33.8	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
388	All-time rank	7(better)
16	Seasons	23
Hitting
2,171	Games	2,259(better)
2,407	Hits	2,930(better)
307(better)	Home runs	301
1,302	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
85	Stolen bases

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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