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Lou GehrigvsRogers Hornsby

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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2B · VAL group BAT

Rogers Hornsby

1915–1937 · 23 seasons

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At a glance

Lou Gehrig and Rogers Hornsby: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Lou Gehrig	Stat	Rogers Hornsby
17	Seasons	23
262.0	Career VAL	275.1
29.3 (1927)	Peak-season VAL	28.9 (1922)
Inducted 1939	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1942
2×	MVP Awards	2×
7×	All-Star Selections	—

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 Rogers Hornsby have
Lou Gehrig	Stat	Rogers Hornsby
Career
2,164	Games	2,259
Batting
2,721	Hits	2,930
493	Home runs	301
1,995	RBI	1,584
1,888	Runs	1,579
102	Stolen bases	135
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 (17 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Lou Gehrig	Rogers Hornsby
20	—	13.7
21	—	18.5
22	7.8	7.6
23	13.3	14.6
24	29.3	19.4
25	19.9	22.6
26	15.9	28.9
27	25.4	14.9
28	25.2	24.3
29	18.7	26.1
30	18.3	7.4
31	24	19.1
32	15.8	20.9
33	20.7	24.6
34	19	1.1
35	8.7	9.4
37	—	2