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Sammy SosavsEd Delahanty

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

RF · VAL group BAT

Sammy Sosa

1989–2007 · 18 seasons

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LF · VAL group BAT

Ed Delahanty

1888–1903 · 16 seasons

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At a glance

Sammy Sosa and Ed Delahanty: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Sammy Sosa	Stat	Ed Delahanty
18	Seasons	16
156.0	Career VAL	160.1
24.1 (2001)	Peak-season VAL	21.6 (1902)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1945
1×	MVP Awards	—
6×	Silver Sluggers	—
7×	All-Star Selections	—
5	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	—
15	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	—

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 Sammy Sosa and Ed Delahanty have
Sammy Sosa	Stat	Ed Delahanty
Career
2,354	Games	1,835
Batting
2,408	Hits	2,596
609	Home runs	101
1,667	RBI	1,464
1,475	Runs	1,599
234	Stolen bases	455
929

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	Sammy Sosa	Ed Delahanty
20	0.7	0.9
21	2.6	1.7
22	0	5.8
23	2.5	1
24	7.8	11.3
25	6.5	12.2
26	8.4	8.7
27	9	13.7
28	4.8	15.7
29	19.9	10.1
30	14.7	9.1
31	18.5	15.7
32	24.1	9.1
33	15.7	20.3
34	10.4	21.6
35	7.5	3.2
36	0	—
38	2.9	—