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Pete O'BrienvsGus Zernial

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

1B · VAL group BAT

Pete O'Brien

1982–1993 · 12 seasons

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LF · VAL group BAT

Gus Zernial

1949–1959 · 11 seasons

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At a glance

Pete O'Brien and Gus Zernial: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Pete O'Brien	Stat	Gus Zernial
12	Seasons	11
52.3	Career VAL	49.1
10.6 (1986)	Peak-season VAL	10.6 (1953)
—	All-Star Selections	1×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	6

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 Pete O'Brien and Gus Zernial have
Pete O'Brien	Stat	Gus Zernial
Career
1,567	Games	1,234
Batting
1,421	Hits	1,093
169	Home runs	237
736	RBI	776
654	Runs	572
24	Stolen bases	15
641

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	Pete O'Brien	Gus Zernial
25	0.3	—
26	7.4	2.7
27	8.2	5.1
28	10.6	9.1
29	7.3	7.4
30	7.5	10.6
31	5.2	1.4
32	0	5.4
33	3.2	2.1
34	1.5	3.1
35	1.1	1.8
36	—	0.4