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Fred ClarkevsDavid Ortiz

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

LF · VAL group BAT

Fred Clarke

1894–1915 · 21 seasons

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DH · VAL group BAT

David Ortiz

1997–2016 · 20 seasons

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At a glance

Fred Clarke and David Ortiz: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Fred Clarke	Stat	David Ortiz
21	Seasons	20
151.7	Career VAL	163.3
14.6 (1903)	Peak-season VAL	14.8 (2007)
Inducted 1945	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2022
—	Silver Sluggers	7×
—	All-Star Selections	10×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
—	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 Fred Clarke and David Ortiz have
Fred Clarke	Stat	David Ortiz
Career
2,242	Games	2,408
Batting
2,672	Hits	2,472
67	Home runs	541
1,015	RBI	1,768
1,619	Runs	1,419
506	Stolen bases	17
874

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	Fred Clarke	David Ortiz
21	0	—
22	2.9	3.1
23	6	—
24	9.1	2.7
25	4.9	2.8
26	5.4	4.7
27	4.1	9.2
28	13.6	13.8
29	12.9	14.4
30	14.6	13.9
31	5.7	14.8
32	12.1	6.9
33	11.2	4.3
34	14.1	8.5
35	8.7	10.7
36	11.9	8.8
37	6	11.6
38	8.5	9
39	—	9.9
40	—	14.2