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Gary SheffieldvsGeorge Brett

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

RF · VAL group BAT

Gary Sheffield

1988–2009 · 22 seasons

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3B · VAL group BAT

George Brett

1973–1993 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Gary Sheffield and George Brett: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Gary Sheffield	Stat	George Brett
22	Seasons	21
195.5	Career VAL	221.9
20.0 (1996)	Peak-season VAL	21.1 (1985)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1999
5×	Silver Sluggers	3×
9×	All-Star Selections	13×
—	MVP Awards	1×
—	Gold Gloves	1×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	2
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 Gary Sheffield and George Brett have
Gary Sheffield	Stat	George Brett
Career
2,576	Games	2,707
Batting
2,689	Hits	3,154
509	Home runs	317
1,676	RBI	1,596
1,636	Runs	1,583
253	Stolen bases	201
1,475

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	Gary Sheffield	George Brett
20	0.3	—
21	6.3	2.9
22	0	10.8
23	17.4	14
24	8	13.6
25	6.8	9.2
26	8.1	17.3
27	20	20.5
28	7.2	6
29	11.7	12.4
30	10.7	12.8
31	17.6	6.2
32	14.3	21.1
33	10.6	9.7
34	18.2	10.5
35	13.3	17.1
36	11.4	8.5
37	1.4	13.7
38	6.8	4.8
39	2.5	6.1
40	2.9	4.7