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Miguel CabreravsRusty Staub

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

1B · VAL group BAT

Miguel Cabrera

2003–2023 · 21 seasons

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OF · VAL group BAT

Rusty Staub

1963–1985 · 23 seasons

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At a glance

Miguel Cabrera and Rusty Staub: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Miguel Cabrera	Stat	Rusty Staub
21	Seasons	23
172.4	Career VAL	148.3
17.4 (2013)	Peak-season VAL	17.5 (1969)
2×	MVP Awards	—
7×	Silver Sluggers	—
11×	All-Star Selections	6×
3	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
24	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	7

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 Miguel Cabrera and Rusty Staub have
Miguel Cabrera	Stat	Rusty Staub
Career
2,797	Games	2,951
Batting
3,174	Hits	2,716
511	Home runs	292
1,881	RBI	1,466
1,551	Runs	1,189
40	Stolen bases	47
1,258

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	Miguel Cabrera	Rusty Staub
19	—	0
20	2.6	0.1
21	10.4	4.7
22	13.1	6.3
23	11.6	13.1
24	11.4	8.6
25	9	17.5
26	10.2	14.8
27	15.4	13.4
28	15.4	4.9
29	16	7.9
30	17.4	8
31	11.5	9.8
32	8.9	11.1
33	12.5	6.8
34	1.9	9.4
35	1.7	2.4
36	1.8	5
37	0.2	3
38	1.1	0
39	0	1.5
40	0.3	—