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Mark McGwirevsBilly Williams

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

1B · VAL group BAT

Mark McGwire

1986–2001 · 16 seasons

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OF · VAL group BAT

Billy Williams

1959–1976 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

Mark McGwire and Billy Williams: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Mark McGwire	Stat	Billy Williams
16	Seasons	18
179.5	Career VAL	198.0
25.2 (1998)	Peak-season VAL	21.1 (1972)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1987
1×	Rookie of the Year	1×
1×	Gold Gloves	—
3×	Silver Sluggers	—
12×	All-Star Selections	6×
4	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	2
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 Mark McGwire and Billy Williams have
Mark McGwire	Stat	Billy Williams
Career
1,874	Games	2,488
Batting
1,626	Hits	2,711
583	Home runs	426
1,414	RBI	1,475
1,167	Runs	1,410
12	Stolen bases	90
1,317

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	Mark McGwire	Billy Williams
23	16.9	8.4
24	11	9.3
25	8.8	12.6
26	11.6	17.5
27	4.4	17.6
28	16.3	10.7
29	3.9	13.9
30	2.1	13.5
31	12	11.2
32	19.2	20.2
33	15.4	14.6
34	25.2	21.1
35	18.5	10
36	11.5	9.1
37	2.7	6.5
38	—	1.8