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Rico PetrocellivsHoward Johnson

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

SS · VAL group BAT

Rico Petrocelli

1963–1976 · 13 seasons

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3B · VAL group BAT

Howard Johnson

1982–1995 · 14 seasons

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At a glance

Rico Petrocelli and Howard Johnson: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Rico Petrocelli	Stat	Howard Johnson
13	Seasons	14
98.5	Career VAL	83.9
22.2 (1969)	Peak-season VAL	18.9 (1989)
2×	All-Star Selections	2×
—	Silver Sluggers	2×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
1	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	7

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 Rico Petrocelli and Howard Johnson have
Rico Petrocelli	Stat	Howard Johnson
Career
1,553	Games	1,531
Batting
1,352	Hits	1,229
210	Home runs	228
773	RBI	760
653	Runs	760
10	Stolen bases	231
661

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	Rico Petrocelli	Howard Johnson
21	—	2.6
22	4.2	—
23	4.3	3.6
24	9	2.1
25	4.4	3
26	22.2	13.3
27	13.3	9.5
28	14.4	18.9
29	8.7	8.3
30	6	15.5
31	8.4	3.3
32	2.9	2.3
33	0.7	1.1
34	—	0.4