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Rico PetrocellivsKevin Mitchell

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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LF · VAL group BAT

Kevin Mitchell

1984–1998 · 13 seasons

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At a glance

Rico Petrocelli and Kevin Mitchell: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Rico Petrocelli	Stat	Kevin Mitchell
13	Seasons	13
98.5	Career VAL	88.7
22.2 (1969)	Peak-season VAL	20.9 (1989)
2×	All-Star Selections	2×
—	MVP Awards	1×
—	Silver Sluggers	1×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	2
1	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	5

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 Kevin Mitchell have
Rico Petrocelli	Stat	Kevin Mitchell
Career
1,553	Games	1,223
Batting
1,352	Hits	1,173
210	Home runs	234
773	RBI	760
653	Runs	630
10	Stolen bases	30
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	Kevin Mitchell
22	4.2	—
23	4.3	—
24	9	4.1
25	4.4	7.2
26	22.2	6.6
27	13.3	20.9
28	14.4	12.7
29	8.7	7.8
30	6	4.9
31	8.4	8.9
32	2.9	11
33	0.7	—
34	—	4.6
36	—	0