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Cecil CoopervsDavey Lopes

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

1B · VAL group BAT

Cecil Cooper

1971–1987 · 17 seasons

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2B · VAL group BAT

Davey Lopes

1972–1987 · 16 seasons

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At a glance

Cecil Cooper and Davey Lopes: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Cecil Cooper	Stat	Davey Lopes
17	Seasons	16
98.4	Career VAL	106.1
15.3 (1980)	Peak-season VAL	14.5 (1979)
2×	Gold Gloves	1×
3×	Silver Sluggers	—
5×	All-Star Selections	4×
2	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
12	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	8

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 Cecil Cooper and Davey Lopes have
Cecil Cooper	Stat	Davey Lopes
Career
1,896	Games	1,812
Batting
2,192	Hits	1,671
241	Home runs	155
1,125	RBI	614
1,012	Runs	1,023
89	Stolen bases	557
448

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	Cecil Cooper	Davey Lopes
23	0	—
24	3.7	—
25	6.9	—
26	5.2	—
27	7.4	—
28	7.9	7.3
29	11.3	10.7
30	15.3	10.8
31	6.8	6.1
32	12.4	10.4
33	11.5	13
34	2.1	14.5
35	7.3	3.8
36	0.6	0
37	0	3.4
38	—	8.1
39	—	4.6
40	—	8.1
41	—	5.3