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Smoky BurgessvsShin-Soo Choo

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

C · VAL group BAT

Smoky Burgess

1949–1967 · 18 seasons

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RF · VAL group BAT

Shin-Soo Choo

2005–2020 · 16 seasons

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At a glance

Smoky Burgess and Shin-Soo Choo: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Smoky Burgess	Stat	Shin-Soo Choo
18	Seasons	16
71.2	Career VAL	77.8
9.6 (1955)	Peak-season VAL	10.4 (2013)
6×	All-Star Selections	1×
—	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 Smoky Burgess and Shin-Soo Choo have
Smoky Burgess	Stat	Shin-Soo Choo
Career
1,692	Games	1,652
Batting
1,318	Hits	1,671
126	Home runs	218
673	RBI	782
485	Runs	961
13	Stolen bases	157
477

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	Smoky Burgess	Shin-Soo Choo
23	—	1.3
24	0.6	—
25	6.8	6.3
26	3.9	8.7
27	9.5	9.2
28	9.6	2
29	3.8	7.3
30	5.5	10.4
31	2.3	3.5
32	7.5	7.5
33	4.1	1.7
34	6.5	5.9
35	7.1	6.6
36	3	7
37	1	0.4