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Gabby HartnettvsDon Baylor

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

C · VAL group BAT

Gabby Hartnett

1922–1941 · 20 seasons

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DH · VAL group BAT

Don Baylor

1970–1988 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Gabby Hartnett and Don Baylor: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Gabby Hartnett	Stat	Don Baylor
20	Seasons	19
99.4	Career VAL	90.6
16.2 (1930)	Peak-season VAL	14.0 (1979)
Inducted 1955	Hall of Fame	—
1×	MVP Awards	1×
6×	All-Star Selections	1×
—	Silver Sluggers	3×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	2
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	8

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 Gabby Hartnett and Don Baylor have
Gabby Hartnett	Stat	Don Baylor
Career
1,991	Games	2,292
Batting
1,912	Hits	2,135
236	Home runs	338
1,179	RBI	1,276
867	Runs	1,236
28	Stolen bases	285
703

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	Gabby Hartnett	Don Baylor
22	3.2	—
23	8.3	4
24	8.1	6.6
25	2.9	4.6
26	5.7	9.6
27	10.1	5.3
28	—	5
29	16.2	10.2
30	4.7	14
31	3.7	0
32	3.9	3.3
33	7.1	4.5
34	7.3	9
35	2	5.2
36	8.4	3.7
37	2.6	4.3
38	3.1	1
39	—	0.3
40	2.1	—