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Sam ThompsonvsMickey Tettleton

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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C · VAL group BAT

Mickey Tettleton

1984–1997 · 14 seasons

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At a glance

Sam Thompson and Mickey Tettleton: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Sam Thompson	Stat	Mickey Tettleton
15	Seasons	14
104.3	Career VAL	95.7
15.6 (1895)	Peak-season VAL	15.6 (1991)
Inducted 1974	Hall of Fame	—
—	Silver Sluggers	3×
—	All-Star Selections	2×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	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 Sam Thompson and Mickey Tettleton have
Sam Thompson	Stat	Mickey Tettleton
Career
1,407	Games	1,485
Batting
1,979	Hits	1,132
126	Home runs	245
1,299	RBI	732
1,256	Runs	711
229	Stolen bases	23
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	Mickey Tettleton
24	—	1.7
25	5.3	2.4
26	7.8	0.6
27	11.7	4.7
28	3.9	12.4
29	9.7	7.4
30	9	15.6
31	4.9	14.9
32	10.1	11.1
33	9.5	6.6
34	11	10.2
35	15.6	8.1
36	5.8	—