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Ken Griffey Jr.vsGary Sheffield

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

CF · VAL group BAT

Ken Griffey Jr.

1989–2010 · 22 seasons

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RF · VAL group BAT

Gary Sheffield

1988–2009 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

Ken Griffey Jr. and Gary Sheffield: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Ken Griffey Jr.	Stat	Gary Sheffield
22	Seasons	22
220.7	Career VAL	195.5
19.2 (1993)	Peak-season VAL	20.0 (1996)
Inducted 2016	Hall of Fame	—
1×	MVP Awards	—
10×	Gold Gloves	—
7×	Silver Sluggers	5×
13×	All-Star Selections	9×
1	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
16

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 Ken Griffey Jr. and Gary Sheffield have
Ken Griffey Jr.	Stat	Gary Sheffield
Career
2,671	Games	2,576
Batting
2,781	Hits	2,689
630	Home runs	509
1,836	RBI	1,676
1,662	Runs	1,636
184	Stolen bases	253
1,312

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	Ken Griffey Jr.	Gary Sheffield
19	6.6	—
20	12.3	0.3
21	16.3	6.3
22	14.2	0
23	19.2	17.4
24	14.1	8
25	4.9	6.8
26	17.3	8.1
27	18.7	20
28	17.7	7.2
29	15.4	11.7
30	12.6	10.7
31	7.3	17.6
32	2.3	14.3
33	3.6	10.6
34	5.2	18.2
35	11.9	13.3
36	4.8	11.4
37	8.8	1.4
38	4.5	6.8
39	3	2.5
40	0	2.9