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Al KalinevsEddie Murray

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

RF · VAL group BAT

Al Kaline

1953–1974 · 22 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Eddie Murray

1977–1997 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Al Kaline and Eddie Murray: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Al Kaline	Stat	Eddie Murray
22	Seasons	21
201.9	Career VAL	196.7
16.7 (1955)	Peak-season VAL	16.6 (1984)
Inducted 1980	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2003
10×	Gold Gloves	3×
15×	All-Star Selections	8×
—	Rookie of the Year	1×
—	Silver Sluggers	3×
1	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Al Kaline and Eddie Murray have
Al Kaline	Stat	Eddie Murray
Career
2,834	Games	3,026
Batting
3,007	Hits	3,255
399	Home runs	504
1,583	RBI	1,917
1,622	Runs	1,627
137	Stolen bases	110
1,277

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Al Kaline	Eddie Murray
19	0.1	—
20	16.7	—
21	14.3	7.7
22	8.9	12.6
23	9.3	10.3
24	14.8	11.9
25	6.4	8.1
26	13	15.2
27	9.8	15.9
28	12.2	16.6
29	11.3	14.8
30	9.6	9.7
31	13.5	9.4
32	16.1	12.5
33	7.4	6.6
34	6.9	15.8
35	8.3	5.4
36	9.7	6.9
37	6.2	6.3
38	1.9	0.1
39	5.5	7.7
40	—	3.2
41	—	0