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Barry BondsvsBabe Ruth

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

LF · VAL group BAT

Barry Bonds

1986–2007 · 22 seasons

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RF · VAL group BAT

Babe Ruth

1914–1935 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

Barry Bonds and Babe Ruth: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Barry Bonds	Stat	Babe Ruth
22	Seasons	22
374.2	Career VAL	406.8
31.0 (2001)	Peak-season VAL	34.4 (1921)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1936
7×	MVP Awards	1×
8×	Gold Gloves	—
12×	Silver Sluggers	—
14×	All-Star Selections	2×
2	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	—
30

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 Barry Bonds and Babe Ruth have
Barry Bonds	Stat	Babe Ruth
Career
2,986	Games	2,504
Batting
2,935	Hits	2,873
762	Home runs	714
1,996	RBI	2,213
2,227	Runs	2,174
514	Stolen bases	123
2,558

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	Barry Bonds	Babe Ruth
20	—	7.7
21	4.5	12.7
22	8.9	12
23	13	12.4
24	9.9	19.5
25	18.5	33.6
26	17.2	34.4
27	24.2	15.1
28	24.4	32.7
29	13.6	27.6
30	16.3	7.6
31	21.5	26.4
32	19	28.8
33	19.6	23.1
34	9.6	18.5
35	19.9	25.1
36	31	24.5
37	28.9	19.6
38	22.9	15.2
39	29.8	10.3
41	9.9	—
42	11.6	—