Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Roger Connor

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 77.6 over a career, and 74.0 to 40.6 across his seven best seasons.

first base

Roger Connor

New York Giants, 1880–1897

59.1

Score, No. 92 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
Roger Connor		Rogers Hornsby
59.1	Score	99.6(better)
77.6	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
40.6	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
92	All-time rank	7(better)
18	Seasons	23
Hitting
1,998	Games	2,259(better)
2,467	Hits	2,930(better)
138	Home runs	301(better)
1,323	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
244

The dot marks the better number in each row.

Loading matchup