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John WardvsEdd Roush

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

SS · VAL group BAT

John Ward

1878–1894 · 17 seasons

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CF · VAL group BAT

Edd Roush

1913–1931 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

John Ward and Edd Roush: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
John Ward	Stat	Edd Roush
17	Seasons	18
101.8	Career VAL	130.1
16.4 (1880)	Peak-season VAL	15.5 (1917)
Inducted 1964	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1962

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 John Ward and Edd Roush have
John Ward	Stat	Edd Roush
Career
1,825	Games	1,967
Batting
2,104	Hits	2,376
26	Home runs	68
867	RBI	981
1,408	Runs	1,099
540	Stolen bases	268
420

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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VAL by age
Age	John Ward	Edd Roush
18	8.4	—
19	13.5	—
20	16.4	—
21	10.3	4.3
22	7.6	11.1
23	11.2	3.6
24	1.7	15.5
25	1	11.1
26	4	12.7
27	4.7	13.6
28	2.2	9.6
29	2.9	3.1
30	7.6	10.9
31	2.1	8.8
32	4.1	9.7
33	4.1	6
34	0	3.5
35	—	0
36	—	6.6
38	—	0