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Gary SheffieldvsJim Thome

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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1B · VAL group BAT

Jim Thome

1991–2012 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

Gary Sheffield and Jim Thome: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Gary Sheffield	Stat	Jim Thome
22	Seasons	22
195.5	Career VAL	194.0
20.0 (1996)	Peak-season VAL	19.2 (2002)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2018
5×	Silver Sluggers	1×
9×	All-Star Selections	5×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
8	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	10

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 Jim Thome have
Gary Sheffield	Stat	Jim Thome
Career
2,576	Games	2,543
Batting
2,689	Hits	2,328
509	Home runs	612
1,676	RBI	1,699
1,636	Runs	1,583
253	Stolen bases	19
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	Jim Thome
20	0.3	0.1
21	6.3	0
22	0	2.5
23	17.4	4.1
24	8	12.1
25	6.8	17
26	8.1	13.5
27	20	11.9
28	7.2	11
29	11.7	11.3
30	10.7	15.7
31	17.6	19.2
32	14.3	14
33	10.6	13.2
34	18.2	0.4
35	13.3	12.1
36	11.4	9.8
37	1.4	7.8
38	6.8	4.6
39	2.5	8.2
40	2.9	3.8
41	—	1.7