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Nap Lajoie
Cleveland Naps, 1896–1916
74.3
Score, No. 35 all-time
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Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 96.1 over a career, and 74.0 to 52.6 across his seven best seasons.
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Cleveland Naps, 1896–1916
74.3
Score, No. 35 all-time
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St. Louis Cardinals, 1915–1937
99.6
Score, No. 7 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.
| Nap Lajoie | Rogers Hornsby | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 74.3 | Score | 99.6(better) |
| 96.1 | Wins added, career | 125.2(better) |
| 52.6 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 74.0(better) |
| 35 | All-time rank | 7(better) |
| 21 | Seasons | 23 |
| Hitting | ||
| 2,480(better) | Games | 2,259 |
| 3,243(better) | Hits | 2,930 |
| 82 | Home runs | 301(better) |
| 1,599(better) | Runs batted in | 1,584 |
| 380 | ||
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| Stolen bases |
|---|
| 135 |
| .338 | Batting average | .358(better) |
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| .380 | On-base percentage | .434(better) |
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| .466 | Slugging percentage | .577(better) |
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