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Dan BrouthersvsLuke Appling

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

1B · VAL group BAT

Dan Brouthers

1879–1904 · 19 seasons

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SS · VAL group BAT

Luke Appling

1930–1950 · 20 seasons

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At a glance

Dan Brouthers and Luke Appling: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Dan Brouthers	Stat	Luke Appling
19	Seasons	20
141.1	Career VAL	124.5
14.4 (1886)	Peak-season VAL	14.0 (1936)
Inducted 1945	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1964
—	All-Star Selections	7×

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Dan Brouthers and Luke Appling have
Dan Brouthers	Stat	Luke Appling
Career
1,673	Games	2,422
Batting
2,296	Hits	2,749
106	Home runs	45
1,296	RBI	1,116
1,523	Runs	1,319
256	Stolen bases	179
840

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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View data (22 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Dan Brouthers	Luke Appling
21	1.1	—
23	5.8	—
24	9.6	0
25	11.4	2.4
26	10.1	9.4
27	10.7	4.7
28	14.4	7.6
29	11	14
30	9.3	9.6
31	8.6	0.8
32	8.2	8.6
33	9.6	9.8
34	12.6	9.5
35	4.9	3.5
36	8.5	13.7
37	1.9	—
38	3.4	—
39	—	6.7
40	—	6.2
41	—	6.7
42	—	11.3
43	—	0