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Eddie Collins Sr.vsTed Williams

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

2B · VAL group BAT

Eddie Collins Sr.

1906–1930 · 25 seasons

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LF · VAL group BAT

Ted Williams

1939–1960 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Eddie Collins Sr. and Ted Williams: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Eddie Collins Sr.	Stat	Ted Williams
25	Seasons	19
302.7	Career VAL	320.5
25.1 (1909)	Peak-season VAL	27.0 (1941)
Inducted 1939	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1966
1×	MVP Awards	2×
—	All-Star Selections	17×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	5

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 Eddie Collins Sr. and Ted Williams have
Eddie Collins Sr.	Stat	Ted Williams
Career
2,827	Games	2,292
Batting
3,314	Hits	2,654
47	Home runs	521
1,300	RBI	1,839
1,821	Runs	1,798
745	Stolen bases	24
1,499

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	Eddie Collins Sr.	Ted Williams
20	—	15.6
21	5	15.8
22	25.1	27
23	22.4	24
24	16.9	—
25	18.5	—
26	19.9	—
27	22.4	24.2
28	21.6	22
29	16.4	19.3
30	17	25.4
31	6.7	13.2
32	16.4	19
33	18.4	—
34	9.1	6
35	8.9	19.6
36	17.4	17.4
37	15.5	16.2
38	11.4	24.1
39	8.3	14.5
40	5.4	4.3
41	—	12.9