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Billy WilliamsvsEddie Mathews

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

OF · VAL group BAT

Billy Williams

1959–1976 · 18 seasons

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3B · VAL group BAT

Eddie Mathews

1952–1968 · 17 seasons

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At a glance

Billy Williams and Eddie Mathews: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Billy Williams	Stat	Eddie Mathews
18	Seasons	17
198.0	Career VAL	209.6
21.1 (1972)	Peak-season VAL	19.3 (1959)
Inducted 1987	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1978
1×	Rookie of the Year	—
6×	All-Star Selections	9×
2	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	2
25	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	22

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 Billy Williams and Eddie Mathews have
Billy Williams	Stat	Eddie Mathews
Career
2,488	Games	2,391
Batting
2,711	Hits	2,315
426	Home runs	512
1,475	RBI	1,453
1,410	Runs	1,509
90	Stolen bases	68
1,045

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	Billy Williams	Eddie Mathews
20	—	7.2
21	—	18
22	—	17.7
23	8.4	18.7
24	9.3	13.8
25	12.6	15.8
26	17.5	9.2
27	17.6	19.3
28	10.7	16.1
29	13.9	17.7
30	13.5	11.7
31	11.2	13.6
32	20.2	8
33	14.6	10.3
34	21.1	6.2
35	10	6.3
36	9.1	—
37	6.5	—
38	1.8	—