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Frank ThomasvsChipper Jones

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

DH · VAL group BAT

Frank Thomas

1990–2008 · 19 seasons

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3B · VAL group BAT

Chipper Jones

1993–2012 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Frank Thomas and Chipper Jones: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Frank Thomas	Stat	Chipper Jones
19	Seasons	19
193.6	Career VAL	211.9
18.9 (1991)	Peak-season VAL	20.9 (1999)
Inducted 2014	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2018
2×	MVP Awards	1×
4×	Silver Sluggers	2×
5×	All-Star Selections	8×
1	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
19	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	2

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 Frank Thomas and Chipper Jones have
Frank Thomas	Stat	Chipper Jones
Career
2,322	Games	2,499
Batting
2,468	Hits	2,726
521	Home runs	468
1,704	RBI	1,623
1,494	Runs	1,619
32	Stolen bases	150
1,667

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	Frank Thomas	Chipper Jones
22	6	—
23	18.9	6.7
24	17.3	14.5
25	16.1	9.9
26	15.4	17.1
27	15.4	20.9
28	16.8	16.4
29	15.9	19.4
30	9.7	16.7
31	6.6	13.8
32	16.9	7.9
33	—	9.9
34	6.3	10
35	11	13.6
36	6.3	12.4
37	1.6	6.2
38	6.9	4.6
39	5.6	6.3
40	0.9	5.6