Honus Wagner vs Nap Lajoie — MLB career head-to-head | StatVault

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Honus WagnervsNap Lajoie

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

SS · VAL group BAT

Honus Wagner

1897–1917 · 21 seasons

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2B · VAL group BAT

Nap Lajoie

1896–1916 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Honus Wagner and Nap Lajoie: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Honus Wagner	Stat	Nap Lajoie
21	Seasons	21
355.5	Career VAL	282.2
28.9 (1908)	Peak-season VAL	31.6 (1901)
Inducted 1936	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1937

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Honus Wagner and Nap Lajoie have
Honus Wagner	Stat	Nap Lajoie
Career
2,796	Games	2,480
Batting
3,430	Hits	3,252
101	Home runs	82
1,732	RBI	1,599
1,736	Runs	1,504
722	Stolen bases	380
963

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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View data (23 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Honus Wagner	Nap Lajoie
21	—	4.1
22	—	13
23	3.5	11.7
24	6.8	7
25	11.3	14.5
26	24.3	31.6
27	24.1	16.9
28	20.3	18.4
29	21.9	25.9
30	23.8	8.4
31	28.5	22.2
32	23.7	14.5
33	28.2	10.9
34	28.9	13
35	21.2	27
36	18	8.7
37	15.4	12.6
38	17.1	10.4
39	8.8	2.5
40	5.6	6.3
41	12.9	2.6
42	8.5	—
43	2.7	—