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Sam ThompsonvsDante Bichette

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

OF · VAL group BAT

Sam Thompson

1885–1906 · 15 seasons

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RF · VAL group BAT

Dante Bichette

1988–2001 · 14 seasons

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At a glance

Sam Thompson and Dante Bichette: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Sam Thompson	Stat	Dante Bichette
15	Seasons	14
104.3	Career VAL	84.8
15.6 (1895)	Peak-season VAL	14.3 (1995)
Inducted 1974	Hall of Fame	—
—	Silver Sluggers	1×
—	All-Star Selections	4×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	3
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	9

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 Sam Thompson and Dante Bichette have
Sam Thompson	Stat	Dante Bichette
Career
1,407	Games	1,704
Batting
1,979	Hits	1,906
126	Home runs	274
1,299	RBI	1,141
1,256	Runs	934
229	Stolen bases	152
450

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	Sam Thompson	Dante Bichette
25	5.3	0
26	7.8	2.3
27	11.7	1.7
28	3.9	3.3
29	9.7	9.4
30	9	6.5
31	4.9	14.3
32	10.1	12.2
33	9.5	7.3
34	11	10.5
35	15.6	8.3
36	5.8	6.6
37	—	2.4