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Al KalinevsJim Thome

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

Jim Thome

1991–2012 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

Al Kaline and Jim Thome: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Al Kaline	Stat	Jim Thome
22	Seasons	22
201.9	Career VAL	194.0
16.7 (1955)	Peak-season VAL	19.2 (2002)
Inducted 1980	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2018
10×	Gold Gloves	—
15×	All-Star Selections	5×
—	Silver Sluggers	1×
1	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
10	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	10

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 Jim Thome have
Al Kaline	Stat	Jim Thome
Career
2,834	Games	2,543
Batting
3,007	Hits	2,328
399	Home runs	612
1,583	RBI	1,699
1,622	Runs	1,583
137	Stolen bases	19
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	Jim Thome
19	0.1	—
20	16.7	0.1
21	14.3	0
22	8.9	2.5
23	9.3	4.1
24	14.8	12.1
25	6.4	17
26	13	13.5
27	9.8	11.9
28	12.2	11
29	11.3	11.3
30	9.6	15.7
31	13.5	19.2
32	16.1	14
33	7.4	13.2
34	6.9	0.4
35	8.3	12.1
36	9.7	9.8
37	6.2	7.8
38	1.9	4.6
39	5.5	8.2
40	—	3.8
41	—	1.7