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Don BaylorvsSteve Garvey

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

DH · VAL group BAT

Don Baylor

1970–1988 · 19 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Steve Garvey

1969–1987 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Don Baylor and Steve Garvey: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Don Baylor	Stat	Steve Garvey
19	Seasons	19
90.6	Career VAL	100.0
14.0 (1979)	Peak-season VAL	13.5 (1978)
1×	MVP Awards	1×
3×	Silver Sluggers	—
1×	All-Star Selections	10×
—	Gold Gloves	4×
2	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
8	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	12

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 Don Baylor and Steve Garvey have
Don Baylor	Stat	Steve Garvey
Career
2,292	Games	2,332
Batting
2,135	Hits	2,599
338	Home runs	272
1,276	RBI	1,308
1,236	Runs	1,143
285	Stolen bases	83
805

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	Don Baylor	Steve Garvey
22	—	0.7
23	4	2.9
24	6.6	3.3
25	4.6	11
26	9.6	10.8
27	5.3	11
28	5	10.3
29	10.2	13.5
30	14	10.2
31	0	8.4
32	3.3	2.2
33	4.5	3
34	9	5.1
35	5.2	1.2
36	3.7	5.3
37	4.3	1.1
38	1	—
39	0.3	—