Nap Lajoie vs Tristram Speaker — MLB career head-to-head | StatVault

MLB · Career head-to-head

Nap LajoievsTristram Speaker

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

2B · VAL group BAT

Nap Lajoie

1896–1916 · 21 seasons

Full profile →

CF · VAL group BAT

Tristram Speaker

1907–1928 · 22 seasons

Full profile →

At a glance

Nap Lajoie and Tristram Speaker: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Nap Lajoie	Stat	Tristram Speaker
21	Seasons	22
282.2	Career VAL	299.9
31.6 (1901)	Peak-season VAL	25.1 (1912)
Inducted 1937	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1937
—	MVP Awards	1×

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 Tristram Speaker have
Nap Lajoie	Stat	Tristram Speaker
Career
2,480	Games	2,792
Batting
3,252	Hits	3,515
82	Home runs	117
1,599	RBI	1,529
1,504	Runs	1,881
380	Stolen bases	432
516

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

Compare Nap Lajoie with someone else

Share on X Current-form ratings live on the Knox Current board

Related comparisons

Ohtani vs TroutMLB · career head-to-head Ruth vs TroutMLB · career head-to-head Freeman vs GoldschmidtMLB · career head-to-head

View data (22 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Nap Lajoie	Tristram Speaker
20	—	0
21	4.1	15
22	13	18.8
23	11.7	14
24	7	25.1
25	14.5	21.6
26	31.6	20.5
27	16.9	15.4
28	18.4	23.9
29	25.9	20.4
30	8.4	11.7
31	22.2	11.3
32	14.5	19.6
33	10.9	11.5
34	13	14
35	27	19
36	8.7	9.9
37	12.6	13
38	10.4	8
39	2.5	6.2
40	6.3	1
41	2.6	—