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Nap LajoievsHonus Wagner

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2B · VAL group BAT

Nap Lajoie

1896–1916 · 21 seasons

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SS · VAL group BAT

Honus Wagner

1897–1917 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Nap Lajoie and Honus Wagner: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Nap Lajoie	Stat	Honus Wagner
21	Seasons	21
282.2	Career VAL	355.5
31.6 (1901)	Peak-season VAL	28.9 (1908)
Inducted 1937	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1936

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 Nap Lajoie and Honus Wagner have
Nap Lajoie	Stat	Honus Wagner
Career
2,480	Games	2,796
Batting
3,252	Hits	3,430
82	Home runs	101
1,599	RBI	1,732
1,504	Runs	1,736
380	Stolen bases	722
516

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 (23 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Nap Lajoie	Honus Wagner
21	4.1	—
22	13	—
23	11.7	3.5
24	7	6.8
25	14.5	11.3
26	31.6	24.3
27	16.9	24.1
28	18.4	20.3
29	25.9	21.9
30	8.4	23.8
31	22.2	28.5
32	14.5	23.7
33	10.9	28.2
34	13	28.9
35	27	21.2
36	8.7	18
37	12.6	15.4
38	10.4	17.1
39	2.5	8.8
40	6.3	5.6
41	2.6	12.9
42	—	8.5
43	—	2.7