Rickey Henderson is well ahead of Ozzie Smith

Henderson leads on both counts: 102.2 wins added to 40.7 over a career, and 46.1 to 26.2 across his seven best seasons.

shortstop

Ozzie Smith

St. Louis Cardinals, 1978–1996

33.5

Score, No. 631 all-time

left field

Rickey Henderson

Oakland Athletics, 1979–2003

74.1

Score, No. 36 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
Ozzie Smith		Rickey Henderson
33.5	Score	74.1(better)
40.7	Wins added, career	102.2(better)
26.2	Wins added, best 7 seasons	46.1(better)
631	All-time rank	36(better)
19	Seasons	25
Hitting
2,573	Games	3,081(better)
2,460	Hits	3,055(better)
28	Home runs	297(better)
793	Runs batted in	1,115(better)
580	Stolen bases

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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