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Rickey HendersonvsJim Thome

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

LF · VAL group BAT

Rickey Henderson

1979–2003 · 25 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Jim Thome

1991–2012 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

Rickey Henderson and Jim Thome: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Rickey Henderson	Stat	Jim Thome
25	Seasons	22
240.2	Career VAL	194.0
20.3 (1990)	Peak-season VAL	19.2 (2002)
Inducted 2009	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2018
1×	MVP Awards	—
1×	Gold Gloves	—
3×	Silver Sluggers	1×
10×	All-Star Selections	5×
11	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
29

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 Rickey Henderson and Jim Thome have
Rickey Henderson	Stat	Jim Thome
Career
3,081	Games	2,543
Batting
3,055	Hits	2,328
297	Home runs	612
1,115	RBI	1,699
2,295	Runs	1,583
1,406	Stolen bases	19
2,190

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	Rickey Henderson	Jim Thome
20	1.6	0.1
21	14	0
22	9.6	2.5
23	13.3	4.1
24	14.3	12.1
25	13.2	17
26	19.6	13.5
27	13	11.9
28	11.2	11
29	13.6	11.3
30	14.3	15.7
31	20.3	19.2
32	12	14
33	13.2	13.2
34	13.9	0.4
35	3.1	12.1
36	7.7	9.8
37	5.8	7.8
38	5.1	4.6
39	6.5	8.2
40	9	3.8
41	2.2	1.7
42	2.5	—
43	1.2	—