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Dave WinfieldvsJim Thome

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

RF · VAL group BAT

Dave Winfield

1973–1995 · 22 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Jim Thome

1991–2012 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

Dave Winfield and Jim Thome: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Dave Winfield	Stat	Jim Thome
22	Seasons	22
191.8	Career VAL	194.0
17.1 (1979)	Peak-season VAL	19.2 (2002)
Inducted 2001	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2018
7×	Gold Gloves	—
6×	Silver Sluggers	1×
12×	All-Star Selections	5×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
13	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	10

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 Dave Winfield and Jim Thome have
Dave Winfield	Stat	Jim Thome
Career
2,973	Games	2,543
Batting
3,110	Hits	2,328
465	Home runs	612
1,833	RBI	1,699
1,669	Runs	1,583
223	Stolen bases	19
1,216

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	Dave Winfield	Jim Thome
20	—	0.1
21	0.9	0
22	6.6	2.5
23	6.7	4.1
24	8.9	12.1
25	7.8	17
26	13.2	13.5
27	17.1	11.9
28	9	11
29	5.9	11.3
30	12	15.7
31	12.6	19.2
32	14.1	14
33	9.4	13.2
34	8.1	0.4
35	8.9	12.1
36	16.5	9.8
37	—	7.8
38	6.4	4.6
39	9.1	8.2
40	13.5	3.8
41	4.8	1.7
42	0.3	—
43	0	—