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Babe RuthvsNap Lajoie

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

RF · VAL group BAT

Babe Ruth

1914–1935 · 22 seasons

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2B · VAL group BAT

Nap Lajoie

1896–1916 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Babe Ruth and Nap Lajoie: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Babe Ruth	Stat	Nap Lajoie
22	Seasons	21
406.8	Career VAL	282.2
34.4 (1921)	Peak-season VAL	31.6 (1901)
Inducted 1936	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1937
1×	MVP Awards	—
2×	All-Star Selections	—

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Babe Ruth and Nap Lajoie have
Babe Ruth	Stat	Nap Lajoie
Career
2,504	Games	2,480
Batting
2,873	Hits	3,252
714	Home runs	82
2,213	RBI	1,599
2,174	Runs	1,504
123	Stolen bases	380
2,062

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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View data (22 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Babe Ruth	Nap Lajoie
20	7.7	—
21	12.7	4.1
22	12	13
23	12.4	11.7
24	19.5	7
25	33.6	14.5
26	34.4	31.6
27	15.1	16.9
28	32.7	18.4
29	27.6	25.9
30	7.6	8.4
31	26.4	22.2
32	28.8	14.5
33	23.1	10.9
34	18.5	13
35	25.1	27
36	24.5	8.7
37	19.6	12.6
38	15.2	10.4
39	10.3	2.5
40	—	6.3
41	—	2.6