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Eddie Collins Sr.vsWillie Mays

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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CF · VAL group BAT

Willie Mays

1948–1973 · 23 seasons

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At a glance

Eddie Collins Sr. and Willie Mays: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Eddie Collins Sr.	Stat	Willie Mays
25	Seasons	23
302.7	Career VAL	328.7
25.1 (1909)	Peak-season VAL	23.1 (1955)
Inducted 1939	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1979
1×	MVP Awards	2×
—	Rookie of the Year	1×
—	Gold Gloves	12×
—	All-Star Selections	20×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	7
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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 Willie Mays have
Eddie Collins Sr.	Stat	Willie Mays
Career
2,827	Games	3,005
Batting
3,314	Hits	3,293
47	Home runs	660
1,300	RBI	1,909
1,821	Runs	2,068
745	Stolen bases	339
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.	Willie Mays
20	—	8.4
21	5	1.5
22	25.1	—
23	22.4	20.7
24	16.9	23.1
25	18.5	16.8
26	19.9	22.8
27	22.4	20.7
28	21.6	19.4
29	16.4	15.5
30	17	18.1
31	6.7	18.9
32	16.4	18.4
33	18.4	22.8
34	9.1	22.4
35	8.9	15.6
36	17.4	8.7
37	15.5	13.9
38	11.4	7.1
39	8.3	13.4
40	5.4	14.4
41	—	5.7
42	—	0.4