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Cecil CoopervsRichie Ashburn

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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CF · VAL group BAT

Richie Ashburn

1948–1962 · 15 seasons

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At a glance

Cecil Cooper and Richie Ashburn: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Cecil Cooper	Stat	Richie Ashburn
17	Seasons	15
98.4	Career VAL	107.0
15.3 (1980)	Peak-season VAL	14.7 (1958)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1995
2×	Gold Gloves	—
3×	Silver Sluggers	—
5×	All-Star Selections	5×
2	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	2
12	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	15

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 Richie Ashburn have
Cecil Cooper	Stat	Richie Ashburn
Career
1,896	Games	2,189
Batting
2,192	Hits	2,574
241	Home runs	29
1,125	RBI	586
1,012	Runs	1,322
89	Stolen bases	234
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	Richie Ashburn
21	—	7.1
22	—	1.6
23	0	6.1
24	3.7	12.3
25	6.9	5.6
26	5.2	7.2
27	7.4	9.4
28	7.9	13.1
29	11.3	6
30	15.3	6.2
31	6.8	14.7
32	12.4	2.9
33	11.5	6.3
34	2.1	1.6
35	7.3	6.9
36	0.6	—
37	0	—