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Ken Griffey Jr.vsJim Thome

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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1B · VAL group BAT

Jim Thome

1991–2012 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

Ken Griffey Jr. and Jim Thome: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Ken Griffey Jr.	Stat	Jim Thome
22	Seasons	22
220.7	Career VAL	194.0
19.2 (1993)	Peak-season VAL	19.2 (2002)
Inducted 2016	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2018
1×	MVP Awards	—
10×	Gold Gloves	—
7×	Silver Sluggers	1×
13×	All-Star Selections	5×
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 Jim Thome have
Ken Griffey Jr.	Stat	Jim Thome
Career
2,671	Games	2,543
Batting
2,781	Hits	2,328
630	Home runs	612
1,836	RBI	1,699
1,662	Runs	1,583
184	Stolen bases	19
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.	Jim Thome
19	6.6	—
20	12.3	0.1
21	16.3	0
22	14.2	2.5
23	19.2	4.1
24	14.1	12.1
25	4.9	17
26	17.3	13.5
27	18.7	11.9
28	17.7	11
29	15.4	11.3
30	12.6	15.7
31	7.3	19.2
32	2.3	14
33	3.6	13.2
34	5.2	0.4
35	11.9	12.1
36	4.8	9.8
37	8.8	7.8
38	4.5	4.6
39	3	8.2
40	0	3.8
41	—	1.7