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John WardvsJim Bottomley

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SS · VAL group BAT

John Ward

1878–1894 · 17 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Jim Bottomley

1922–1937 · 16 seasons

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At a glance

John Ward and Jim Bottomley: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
John Ward	Stat	Jim Bottomley
17	Seasons	16
101.8	Career VAL	95.5
16.4 (1880)	Peak-season VAL	16.5 (1928)
Inducted 1964	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1974
—	MVP Awards	1×

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 Jim Bottomley have
John Ward	Stat	Jim Bottomley
Career
1,825	Games	1,991
Batting
2,104	Hits	2,313
26	Home runs	219
867	RBI	1,422
1,408	Runs	1,177
540	Stolen bases	58
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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View data (20 rows)

VAL by age
Age	John Ward	Jim Bottomley
18	8.4	—
19	13.5	—
20	16.4	—
21	10.3	—
22	7.6	2.6
23	11.2	11.6
24	1.7	6.7
25	1	14.6
26	4	7.5
27	4.7	10.4
28	2.2	16.5
29	2.9	12.1
30	7.6	4.5
31	2.1	6.5
32	4.1	2.3
33	4.1	0
34	0	0.1
35	—	0
36	—	0.1
37	—	0