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Jeff KentvsEdgar Martinez

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

2B · VAL group BAT

Jeff Kent

1992–2008 · 17 seasons

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DH · VAL group BAT

Edgar Martinez

1987–2004 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

Jeff Kent and Edgar Martinez: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Jeff Kent	Stat	Edgar Martinez
17	Seasons	18
141.5	Career VAL	145.1
19.4 (2000)	Peak-season VAL	17.0 (1995)
Inducted 2026	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2019
1×	MVP Awards	—
4×	Silver Sluggers	5×
5×	All-Star Selections	7×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
2	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	4

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 Jeff Kent and Edgar Martinez have
Jeff Kent	Stat	Edgar Martinez
Career
2,298	Games	2,055
Batting
2,461	Hits	2,247
377	Home runs	309
1,518	RBI	1,261
1,320	Runs	1,219
94	Stolen bases	49
801

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	Jeff Kent	Edgar Martinez
24	3.4	—
25	4.7	—
26	3.6	0
27	5	7.2
28	4.8	8.7
29	5.7	13.3
30	12.1	0.5
31	8.8	2.4
32	19.4	17
33	11.3	13.8
34	15.5	13.3
35	9.3	15.5
36	10.8	12.3
37	11.4	13.7
38	5.7	11.7
39	7.7	5.6
40	2.3	8.6
41	—	1.5