Baseball GOATshortstop
Vern Stephens
St. Louis Browns, 1941–1955
40.5
Score, No. 389 all-time
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Ruth leads on both counts: 187.2 wins added to 47.2 over a career, and 83.8 to 33.9 across his seven best seasons.
shortstop
St. Louis Browns, 1941–1955
40.5
Score, No. 389 all-time
right field
New York Yankees, 1914–1935
135.5
Score, No. 1 all-time
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.
| Vern Stephens | Babe Ruth | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | ||
| 40.5 | Score | 135.5(better) |
| 47.2 | Wins added, career | 187.2(better) |
| 33.9 | Wins added, best 7 seasons | 83.8(better) |
| 389 | All-time rank | 1(better) |
| 15 | Seasons | 22 |
| Hitting | ||
| 1,720 | Games | 2,503(better) |
| 1,859 | Hits | 2,873(better) |
| 247 | Home runs | 714(better) |
| 1,174 | Runs batted in | 2,217(better) |
| 25 | Stolen bases | |
The dot marks the better number in each row.
| 123(better) |
| .286 | Batting average | .342(better) |
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| .355 | On-base percentage | .474(better) |
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| .460 | Slugging percentage | .690(better) |
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