Jason Giambi is well ahead of Seth Smith

Giambi leads on both counts: 56.3 wins added to 13.6 over a career, and 43.1 to 11.9 across his seven best seasons.

left field

Seth Smith

Colorado Rockies, 2007–2017

12.8

Score, No. 2673 all-time

first base

Jason Giambi

Oakland Athletics, 1995–2014

49.7

Score, No. 186 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
Seth Smith		Jason Giambi
12.8	Score	49.7(better)
13.6	Wins added, career	56.3(better)
11.9	Wins added, best 7 seasons	43.1(better)
2,673	All-time rank	186(better)
11	Seasons	20
Hitting
1,249	Games	2,260(better)
934	Hits	2,010(better)
126	Home runs	440(better)
458	Runs batted in	1,441(better)
22(better)

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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