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Babe RuthvsTed Williams

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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LF · VAL group BAT

Ted Williams

1939–1960 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Babe Ruth and Ted Williams: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Babe Ruth	Stat	Ted Williams
22	Seasons	19
406.8	Career VAL	320.5
34.4 (1921)	Peak-season VAL	27.0 (1941)
Inducted 1936	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1966
1×	MVP Awards	2×
2×	All-Star Selections	17×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	5

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 Babe Ruth and Ted Williams have
Babe Ruth	Stat	Ted Williams
Career
2,504	Games	2,292
Batting
2,873	Hits	2,654
714	Home runs	521
2,213	RBI	1,839
2,174	Runs	1,798
123	Stolen bases	24
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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Pitching
94	Wins	0
46	Losses	0
4	Saves	0
1221.1	Innings pitched	2.0
488	Strikeouts (pitching)	1
2.28	ERA	4.50
1.16	WHIP	1.50
128	ERA+	97

Age	Babe Ruth	Ted Williams
20	7.7	15.6
21	12.7	15.8
22	12	27
23	12.4	24
24	19.5	—
25	33.6	—
26	34.4	—
27	15.1	24.2
28	32.7	22
29	27.6	19.3
30	7.6	25.4
31	26.4	13.2
32	28.8	19
33	23.1	—
34	18.5	6
35	25.1	19.6
36	24.5	17.4
37	19.6	16.2
38	15.2	24.1
39	10.3	14.5
40	—	4.3
41	—	12.9