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Joe CartervsBob Watson

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

LF · VAL group BAT

Joe Carter

1983–1998 · 16 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Bob Watson

1966–1984 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Joe Carter and Bob Watson: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Joe Carter	Stat	Bob Watson
16	Seasons	19
89.4	Career VAL	96.1
11.8 (1991)	Peak-season VAL	11.6 (1973)
2×	Silver Sluggers	—
5×	All-Star Selections	2×
1	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
12	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	2

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 Joe Carter and Bob Watson have
Joe Carter	Stat	Bob Watson
Career
2,189	Games	1,832
Batting
2,184	Hits	1,826
396	Home runs	184
1,445	RBI	989
1,170	Runs	802
231	Stolen bases	27
527

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	Joe Carter	Bob Watson
22	—	0.3
24	2.9	3.2
25	3.5	4.5
26	11.4	10.7
27	7	11.6
28	10.3	8.3
29	7.6	10
30	2.1	11.1
31	11.8	9.4
32	10.6	8.1
33	6.6	7.1
34	5	6.9
35	2.6	0.7
36	5	1.2
37	0	3
38	3	—