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Babe RuthvsRogers Hornsby

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

Rogers Hornsby

1915–1937 · 23 seasons

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At a glance

Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Babe Ruth	Stat	Rogers Hornsby
22	Seasons	23
406.8	Career VAL	275.1
34.4 (1921)	Peak-season VAL	28.9 (1922)
Inducted 1936	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1942
1×	MVP Awards	2×
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 Rogers Hornsby have
Babe Ruth	Stat	Rogers Hornsby
Career
2,504	Games	2,259
Batting
2,873	Hits	2,930
714	Home runs	301
2,213	RBI	1,584
2,174	Runs	1,579
123	Stolen bases	135
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 (20 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Babe Ruth	Rogers Hornsby
20	7.7	13.7
21	12.7	18.5
22	12	7.6
23	12.4	14.6
24	19.5	19.4
25	33.6	22.6
26	34.4	28.9
27	15.1	14.9
28	32.7	24.3
29	27.6	26.1
30	7.6	7.4
31	26.4	19.1
32	28.8	20.9
33	23.1	24.6
34	18.5	1.1
35	25.1	9.4
36	24.5	—
37	19.6	2
38	15.2	—
39	10.3	—