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Billy WilliamsvsRon Santo

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

Ron Santo

1960–1974 · 15 seasons

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At a glance

Billy Williams and Ron Santo: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Billy Williams	Stat	Ron Santo
18	Seasons	15
198.0	Career VAL	168.6
21.1 (1972)	Peak-season VAL	20.1 (1964)
Inducted 1987	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2012
1×	Rookie of the Year	—
6×	All-Star Selections	9×
—	Gold Gloves	5×
2	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
25	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	11

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 Ron Santo have
Billy Williams	Stat	Ron Santo
Career
2,488	Games	2,243
Batting
2,711	Hits	2,254
426	Home runs	342
1,475	RBI	1,331
1,410	Runs	1,138
90	Stolen bases	35
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	Ron Santo
20	—	1.4
21	—	11.1
22	—	0.3
23	8.4	11.3
24	9.3	20.1
25	12.6	16
26	17.5	18.1
27	17.6	18.5
28	10.7	12
29	13.9	16.1
30	13.5	12.7
31	11.2	9.6
32	20.2	13.4
33	14.6	8
34	21.1	0
35	10	—
36	9.1	—
37	6.5	—
38	1.8	—