Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Placido Polanco

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 25.1 over a career, and 74.0 to 19.3 across his seven best seasons.

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Placido Polanco

Detroit Tigers, 1998–2013

22.2

Score, No. 1344 all-time

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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
Placido Polanco		Rogers Hornsby
22.2	Score	99.6(better)
25.1	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
19.3	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
1,344	All-time rank	7(better)
16	Seasons	23
Hitting
1,927	Games	2,259(better)
2,142	Hits	2,930(better)
104	Home runs	301(better)
723	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
81	Stolen bases

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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