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Ed DelahantyvsRon Santo

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

LF · VAL group BAT

Ed Delahanty

1888–1903 · 16 seasons

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3B · VAL group BAT

Ron Santo

1960–1974 · 15 seasons

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At a glance

Ed Delahanty and Ron Santo: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Ed Delahanty	Stat	Ron Santo
16	Seasons	15
160.1	Career VAL	168.6
21.6 (1902)	Peak-season VAL	20.1 (1964)
Inducted 1945	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2012
—	Gold Gloves	5×
—	All-Star Selections	9×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	11

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 Ed Delahanty and Ron Santo have
Ed Delahanty	Stat	Ron Santo
Career
1,835	Games	2,243
Batting
2,596	Hits	2,254
101	Home runs	342
1,464	RBI	1,331
1,599	Runs	1,138
455	Stolen bases	35
741

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	Ed Delahanty	Ron Santo
20	0.9	1.4
21	1.7	11.1
22	5.8	0.3
23	1	11.3
24	11.3	20.1
25	12.2	16
26	8.7	18.1
27	13.7	18.5
28	15.7	12
29	10.1	16.1
30	9.1	12.7
31	15.7	9.6
32	9.1	13.4
33	20.3	8
34	21.6	0
35	3.2	—