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Reggie SmithvsEdgar Martinez

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

RF · VAL group BAT

Reggie Smith

1966–1982 · 17 seasons

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DH · VAL group BAT

Edgar Martinez

1987–2004 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

Reggie Smith and Edgar Martinez: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Reggie Smith	Stat	Edgar Martinez
17	Seasons	18
152.7	Career VAL	145.1
16.5 (1977)	Peak-season VAL	17.0 (1995)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2019
1×	Gold Gloves	—
7×	All-Star Selections	7×
—	Silver Sluggers	5×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
4	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	4

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 Smith and Edgar Martinez have
Reggie Smith	Stat	Edgar Martinez
Career
1,987	Games	2,055
Batting
2,020	Hits	2,247
314	Home runs	309
1,092	RBI	1,261
1,123	Runs	1,219
137	Stolen bases	49
890

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 Smith	Edgar Martinez
22	6.5	—
23	10.1	—
24	13.2	—
25	11.1	—
26	11.4	0
27	10.7	7.2
28	11.1	8.7
29	14.9	13.3
30	10.6	0.5
31	4.9	2.4
32	16.5	17
33	14	13.8
34	3.7	13.3
35	7.5	15.5
36	—	12.3
37	6.5	13.7
38	—	11.7
39	—	5.6
40	—	8.6
41	—	1.5