Lou Gehrig vs Jimmie Foxx — MLB career head-to-head | StatVault

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Lou GehrigvsJimmie Foxx

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

1B · VAL group BAT

Lou Gehrig

1923–1939 · 17 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Jimmie Foxx

1925–1945 · 20 seasons

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At a glance

Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Lou Gehrig	Stat	Jimmie Foxx
17	Seasons	20
262.0	Career VAL	237.5
29.3 (1927)	Peak-season VAL	27.2 (1932)
Inducted 1939	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1951
2×	MVP Awards	3×
7×	All-Star Selections	9×

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 Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx have
Lou Gehrig	Stat	Jimmie Foxx
Career
2,164	Games	2,317
Batting
2,721	Hits	2,646
493	Home runs	534
1,995	RBI	1,922
1,888	Runs	1,751
102	Stolen bases	87
1,508

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 (18 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Lou Gehrig	Jimmie Foxx
19	—	2.5
20	—	8.7
21	—	19.6
22	7.8	17.6
23	13.3	10.7
24	29.3	27.2
25	19.9	23.7
26	15.9	20
27	25.4	17.3
28	25.2	16.7
29	18.7	10.1
30	18.3	21.3
31	24	17.5
32	15.8	12.3
33	20.7	10.1
34	19	0
35	8.7	—
37	—	2.2