Stan Musial is well ahead of Willie McCovey

Musial leads on both counts: 120.3 wins added to 65.9 over a career, and 60.8 to 40.5 across his seven best seasons.

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Willie McCovey

San Francisco Giants, 1959–1980

53.2

Score, No. 148 all-time

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Stan Musial

St. Louis Cardinals, 1941–1963

90.5

Score, No. 14 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
Willie McCovey		Stan Musial
53.2	Score	90.5(better)
65.9	Wins added, career	120.3(better)
40.5	Wins added, best 7 seasons	60.8(better)
148	All-time rank	14(better)
22	Seasons	22
Hitting
2,588	Games	3,026(better)
2,211	Hits	3,630(better)
521(better)	Home runs	475
1,555	Runs batted in	1,951(better)
26	Stolen bases

The dot marks the better number in each row.

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