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Eddie MathewsvsVladimir Guerrero

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

3B · VAL group BAT

Eddie Mathews

1952–1968 · 17 seasons

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RF · VAL group BAT

Vladimir Guerrero

1996–2011 · 16 seasons

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At a glance

Eddie Mathews and Vladimir Guerrero: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Eddie Mathews	Stat	Vladimir Guerrero
17	Seasons	16
209.6	Career VAL	165.7
19.3 (1959)	Peak-season VAL	19.5 (2002)
Inducted 1978	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2018
9×	All-Star Selections	9×
—	MVP Awards	1×
—	Silver Sluggers	8×
2	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
22	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	14

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 Mathews and Vladimir Guerrero have
Eddie Mathews	Stat	Vladimir Guerrero
Career
2,391	Games	2,147
Batting
2,315	Hits	2,590
512	Home runs	449
1,453	RBI	1,496
1,509	Runs	1,328
68	Stolen bases	181
1,444

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 Mathews	Vladimir Guerrero
20	7.2	—
21	18	—
22	17.7	3.2
23	18.7	14.6
24	13.8	12.8
25	15.8	18.7
26	9.2	13.4
27	19.3	19.5
28	16.1	12.1
29	17.7	17.5
30	11.7	13.2
31	13.6	10.9
32	8	10.3
33	10.3	8.2
34	6.2	2.6
35	6.3	6.7
36	—	2