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Alex RodriguezvsAlbert Pujols

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

SS · VAL group BAT

Alex Rodriguez

1994–2016 · 22 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Albert Pujols

2001–2022 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

Alex Rodriguez and Albert Pujols: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Alex Rodriguez	Stat	Albert Pujols
22	Seasons	22
269.2	Career VAL	220.3
21.5 (1996)	Peak-season VAL	21.4 (2003)
3×	MVP Awards	3×
2×	Gold Gloves	2×
10×	Silver Sluggers	6×
14×	All-Star Selections	10×
—	Rookie of the Year	1×
6	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	6
28

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 Alex Rodriguez and Albert Pujols have
Alex Rodriguez	Stat	Albert Pujols
Career
2,784	Games	3,080
Batting
3,115	Hits	3,384
696	Home runs	703
2,086	RBI	2,218
2,021	Runs	1,914
329	Stolen bases	117
1,338

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	Alex Rodriguez	Albert Pujols
19	0.6	—
20	21.5	—
21	10.3	15.2
22	18.5	13.3
23	12.5	21.4
24	19.7	19.6
25	20.9	18.3
26	21	16.3
27	19.5	12.5
28	14.5	17.2
29	20.8	18.3
30	12.1	15.9
31	19.8	10.5
32	13.2	9.6
33	10.7	3.2
34	9.5	7.6
35	5.9	5.6
36	6.2	5.2
37	2.3	0.1
38	—	1.4
39	9.7	2.7
40	0	0
41	—	1.3
42	—	5.1