Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Orlando Cepeda

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 45.5 over a career, and 74.0 to 32.3 across his seven best seasons.

first base

Orlando Cepeda

San Francisco Giants, 1958–1974

38.9

Score, No. 442 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
Orlando Cepeda		Rogers Hornsby
38.9	Score	99.6(better)
45.5	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
32.3	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
442	All-time rank	7(better)
17	Seasons	23
Hitting
2,124	Games	2,259(better)
2,351	Hits	2,930(better)
379(better)	Home runs	301
1,365	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
142

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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