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Al KalinevsRafael Palmeiro

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

Rafael Palmeiro

1986–2005 · 20 seasons

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At a glance

Al Kaline and Rafael Palmeiro: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Al Kaline	Stat	Rafael Palmeiro
22	Seasons	20
201.9	Career VAL	191.1
16.7 (1955)	Peak-season VAL	16.5 (1999)
Inducted 1980	Hall of Fame	—
10×	Gold Gloves	3×
15×	All-Star Selections	4×
—	Silver Sluggers	2×
1	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
10	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	11

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 Rafael Palmeiro have
Al Kaline	Stat	Rafael Palmeiro
Career
2,834	Games	2,831
Batting
3,007	Hits	3,020
399	Home runs	569
1,583	RBI	1,834
1,622	Runs	1,663
137	Stolen bases	97
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	Rafael Palmeiro
19	0.1	—
20	16.7	—
21	14.3	—
22	8.9	4.2
23	9.3	8.1
24	14.8	4.6
25	6.4	9.1
26	13	16.4
27	9.8	9
28	12.2	13.5
29	11.3	8.1
30	9.6	12.5
31	13.5	13.1
32	16.1	5.7
33	7.4	14
34	6.9	16.5
35	8.3	12.9
36	9.7	12.4
37	6.2	13
38	1.9	9.2
39	5.5	5.6
40	—	3.2