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Reggie JacksonvsJim Thome

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

RF · VAL group BAT

Reggie Jackson

1967–1987 · 21 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Jim Thome

1991–2012 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

Reggie Jackson and Jim Thome: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Reggie Jackson	Stat	Jim Thome
21	Seasons	22
199.2	Career VAL	194.0
20.6 (1969)	Peak-season VAL	19.2 (2002)
Inducted 1993	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2018
1×	MVP Awards	—
2×	Silver Sluggers	1×
14×	All-Star Selections	5×
1	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
16	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	10

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 Reggie Jackson and Jim Thome have
Reggie Jackson	Stat	Jim Thome
Career
2,820	Games	2,543
Batting
2,584	Hits	2,328
563	Home runs	612
1,702	RBI	1,699
1,551	Runs	1,583
228	Stolen bases	19
1,375

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	Reggie Jackson	Jim Thome
20	—	0.1
21	0	0
22	9.1	2.5
23	20.6	4.1
24	8	12.1
25	11.9	17
26	9.8	13.5
27	14.6	11.9
28	15.4	11
29	11.3	11.3
30	11.5	15.7
31	12.9	19.2
32	10	14
33	12	13.2
34	16.6	0.4
35	2.7	12.1
36	13.4	9.8
37	0	7.8
38	3.5	4.6
39	9.1	8.2
40	5.9	3.8
41	0.9	1.7