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George BrettvsGary Sheffield

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

3B · VAL group BAT

George Brett

1973–1993 · 21 seasons

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RF · VAL group BAT

Gary Sheffield

1988–2009 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

George Brett and Gary Sheffield: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
George Brett	Stat	Gary Sheffield
21	Seasons	22
221.9	Career VAL	195.5
21.1 (1985)	Peak-season VAL	20.0 (1996)
Inducted 1999	Hall of Fame	—
1×	MVP Awards	—
1×	Gold Gloves	—
3×	Silver Sluggers	5×
13×	All-Star Selections	9×
2	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
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 George Brett and Gary Sheffield have
George Brett	Stat	Gary Sheffield
Career
2,707	Games	2,576
Batting
3,154	Hits	2,689
317	Home runs	509
1,596	RBI	1,676
1,583	Runs	1,636
201	Stolen bases	253
1,096

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