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Rickey HendersonvsKen Griffey Jr.

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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CF · VAL group BAT

Ken Griffey Jr.

1989–2010 · 22 seasons

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At a glance

Rickey Henderson and Ken Griffey Jr.: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Rickey Henderson	Stat	Ken Griffey Jr.
25	Seasons	22
240.2	Career VAL	220.7
20.3 (1990)	Peak-season VAL	19.2 (1993)
Inducted 2009	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2016
1×	MVP Awards	1×
1×	Gold Gloves	10×
3×	Silver Sluggers	7×
10×	All-Star Selections	13×
11	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1

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 Ken Griffey Jr. have
Rickey Henderson	Stat	Ken Griffey Jr.
Career
3,081	Games	2,671
Batting
3,055	Hits	2,781
297	Home runs	630
1,115	RBI	1,836
2,295	Runs	1,662
1,406	Stolen bases	184
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	Ken Griffey Jr.
19	—	6.6
20	1.6	12.3
21	14	16.3
22	9.6	14.2
23	13.3	19.2
24	14.3	14.1
25	13.2	4.9
26	19.6	17.3
27	13	18.7
28	11.2	17.7
29	13.6	15.4
30	14.3	12.6
31	20.3	7.3
32	12	2.3
33	13.2	3.6
34	13.9	5.2
35	3.1	11.9
36	7.7	4.8
37	5.8	8.8
38	5.1	4.5
39	6.5	3
40	9	0
41	2.2	—
42	2.5	—
43	1.2	—