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Nelson Liriano
Toronto Blue Jays, 1987–1998
4.5
Score, No. 5528 all-time
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Giambi leads on both counts: 56.3 wins added to 4.4 over a career, and 43.1 to 4.7 across his seven best seasons.
second base
Toronto Blue Jays, 1987–1998
4.5
Score, No. 5528 all-time
first base
Oakland Athletics, 1995–2014
49.7
Score, No. 186 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.
| Nelson Liriano | Jason Giambi | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 4.5 | Score | 49.7(better) |
| 4.4 | Wins added, career | 56.3(better) |
| 4.7 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 43.1(better) |
| 5,528 | All-time rank | 186(better) |
| 11 | Seasons | 20 |
| Hitting | ||
| 823 | Games | 2,260(better) |
| 576 | Hits | 2,010(better) |
| 25 | Home runs | 440(better) |
| 240 | Runs batted in | 1,441(better) |
| 59(better) | ||
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| Stolen bases |
|---|
| 20 |
| .260 | Batting average | .277(better) |
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| .324 | On-base percentage | .399(better) |
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| .366 | Slugging percentage | .516(better) |
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