Rogers Hornsby is well ahead of Ryne Sandberg

Hornsby leads on both counts: 125.2 wins added to 54.2 over a career, and 74.0 to 39.9 across his seven best seasons.

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Ryne Sandberg

Chicago Cubs, 1981–1997

47.0

Score, No. 239 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
Ryne Sandberg		Rogers Hornsby
47.0	Score	99.6(better)
54.2	Wins added, career	125.2(better)
39.9	Wins added, best 7 seasons	74.0(better)
239	All-time rank	7(better)
16	Seasons	23
Hitting
2,164	Games	2,259(better)
2,386	Hits	2,930(better)
282	Home runs	301(better)
1,061	Runs batted in	1,584(better)
344

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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