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Gary SheffieldvsReggie Jackson

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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RF · VAL group BAT

Reggie Jackson

1967–1987 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Gary Sheffield and Reggie Jackson: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Gary Sheffield	Stat	Reggie Jackson
22	Seasons	21
195.5	Career VAL	199.2
20.0 (1996)	Peak-season VAL	20.6 (1969)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1993
5×	Silver Sluggers	2×
9×	All-Star Selections	14×
—	MVP Awards	1×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
8	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	16

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 Reggie Jackson have
Gary Sheffield	Stat	Reggie Jackson
Career
2,576	Games	2,820
Batting
2,689	Hits	2,584
509	Home runs	563
1,676	RBI	1,702
1,636	Runs	1,551
253	Stolen bases	228
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	Reggie Jackson
20	0.3	—
21	6.3	0
22	0	9.1
23	17.4	20.6
24	8	8
25	6.8	11.9
26	8.1	9.8
27	20	14.6
28	7.2	15.4
29	11.7	11.3
30	10.7	11.5
31	17.6	12.9
32	14.3	10
33	10.6	12
34	18.2	16.6
35	13.3	2.7
36	11.4	13.4
37	1.4	0
38	6.8	3.5
39	2.5	9.1
40	2.9	5.9
41	—	0.9