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

LF · VAL group BAT

George Foster

1969–1986 · 18 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Carlos Delgado

1993–2009 · 17 seasons

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At a glance

George Foster and Carlos Delgado: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
George Foster	Stat	Carlos Delgado
18	Seasons	17
111.2	Career VAL	137.9
20.4 (1977)	Peak-season VAL	21.0 (2000)
1×	MVP Awards	—
1×	Silver Sluggers	3×
5×	All-Star Selections	2×
3	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
12	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	9

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 Foster and Carlos Delgado have
George Foster	Stat	Carlos Delgado
Career
1,977	Games	2,035
Batting
1,925	Hits	2,038
348	Home runs	473
1,239	RBI	1,512
986	Runs	1,241
51	Stolen bases	14
666

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 Foster	Carlos Delgado
22	1.5	0.7
23	0	—
24	—	5.9
25	3.3	6.5
26	10.2	12.6
27	14.9	10.1
28	20.4	21
29	15.7	12
30	11.9	11.5
31	8.8	16.3
32	8.6	8.5
33	0.9	11.7
34	2.8	8.1
35	5	3.3
36	6.2	8.5
37	1	1.2