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Jim BottomleyvsSam Rice

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

1B · VAL group BAT

Jim Bottomley

1922–1937 · 16 seasons

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RF · VAL group BAT

Sam Rice

1915–1934 · 20 seasons

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At a glance

Jim Bottomley and Sam Rice: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Jim Bottomley	Stat	Sam Rice
16	Seasons	20
95.5	Career VAL	112.5
16.5 (1928)	Peak-season VAL	15.1 (1920)
Inducted 1974	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1963
1×	MVP Awards	—

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 Jim Bottomley and Sam Rice have
Jim Bottomley	Stat	Sam Rice
Career
1,991	Games	2,405
Batting
2,313	Hits	2,987
219	Home runs	34
1,422	RBI	1,078
1,177	Runs	1,513
58	Stolen bases	351
664

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 (22 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Jim Bottomley	Sam Rice
22	2.6	—
23	11.6	—
24	6.7	—
25	14.6	—
26	7.5	3.5
27	10.4	13.5
28	16.5	—
29	12.1	13.8
30	4.5	15.1
31	6.5	8.5
32	2.3	4.5
33	0	7.8
34	0.1	7.3
35	0	8.8
36	0.1	7
37	0	2.3
38	—	5.6
39	—	4.6
40	—	6
41	—	1.3
42	—	2.9
44	—	0