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Rogers HornsbyvsNap Lajoie

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2B · VAL group BAT

Rogers Hornsby

1915–1937 · 23 seasons

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2B · VAL group BAT

Nap Lajoie

1896–1916 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Rogers Hornsby and Nap Lajoie: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Rogers Hornsby	Stat	Nap Lajoie
23	Seasons	21
275.1	Career VAL	282.2
28.9 (1922)	Peak-season VAL	31.6 (1901)
Inducted 1942	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1937
2×	MVP Awards	—

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Rogers Hornsby and Nap Lajoie have
Rogers Hornsby	Stat	Nap Lajoie
Career
2,259	Games	2,480
Batting
2,930	Hits	3,252
301	Home runs	82
1,584	RBI	1,599
1,579	Runs	1,504
135	Stolen bases	380
1,038

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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View data (22 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Rogers Hornsby	Nap Lajoie
20	13.7	—
21	18.5	4.1
22	7.6	13
23	14.6	11.7
24	19.4	7
25	22.6	14.5
26	28.9	31.6
27	14.9	16.9
28	24.3	18.4
29	26.1	25.9
30	7.4	8.4
31	19.1	22.2
32	20.9	14.5
33	24.6	10.9
34	1.1	13
35	9.4	27
36	—	8.7
37	2	12.6
38	—	10.4
39	—	2.5
40	—	6.3
41	—	2.6