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Harmon KillebrewvsRod Carew

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

1B · VAL group BAT

Harmon Killebrew

1954–1975 · 22 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Rod Carew

1967–1985 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Harmon Killebrew and Rod Carew: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Harmon Killebrew	Stat	Rod Carew
22	Seasons	19
196.9	Career VAL	171.1
21.3 (1969)	Peak-season VAL	21.0 (1977)
Inducted 1984	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1991
1×	MVP Awards	1×
11×	All-Star Selections	18×
—	Rookie of the Year	1×
4	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	3
20	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	11

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 Harmon Killebrew and Rod Carew have
Harmon Killebrew	Stat	Rod Carew
Career
2,435	Games	2,469
Batting
2,086	Hits	3,053
573	Home runs	92
1,584	RBI	1,015
1,283	Runs	1,424
19	Stolen bases	353
1,559

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	Harmon Killebrew	Rod Carew
20	0.2	—
21	—	6.4
22	—	3
23	11.7	8.5
24	9.3	4.7
25	17.5	5.4
26	11.7	6.3
27	12.6	14.5
28	16.9	16.4
29	9.7	15.8
30	15.7	14.9
31	19.9	21
32	6.1	13.8
33	21.3	6.8
34	17.4	8.9
35	12.2	3.7
36	9.2	7.4
37	1.5	7.5
38	2.2	2.7
39	1.8	3.4