MLB · Career head-to-head

Ted WilliamsvsEddie Collins Sr.

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

LF · VAL group BAT

Ted Williams

1939–1960 · 19 seasons

Full profile →

2B · VAL group BAT

Eddie Collins Sr.

1906–1930 · 25 seasons

Full profile →

At a glance

Ted Williams and Eddie Collins Sr.: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Ted Williams	Stat	Eddie Collins Sr.
19	Seasons	25
320.5	Career VAL	302.7
27.0 (1941)	Peak-season VAL	25.1 (1909)
Inducted 1966	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1939
2×	MVP Awards	1×
17×	All-Star Selections	—
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	—
5	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 Ted Williams and Eddie Collins Sr. have
Ted Williams	Stat	Eddie Collins Sr.
Career
2,292	Games	2,827
Batting
2,654	Hits	3,314
521	Home runs	47
1,839	RBI	1,300
1,798	Runs	1,821
24	Stolen bases	745
2,019

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

Compare Ted Williams with someone else

Share on X Current-form ratings live on the Knox Current board

Related comparisons

Ohtani vs TroutMLB · career head-to-head Ruth vs TroutMLB · career head-to-head Freeman vs GoldschmidtMLB · career head-to-head

Age	Ted Williams	Eddie Collins Sr.
20	15.6	—
21	15.8	5
22	27	25.1
23	24	22.4
24	—	16.9
25	—	18.5
26	—	19.9
27	24.2	22.4
28	22	21.6
29	19.3	16.4
30	25.4	17
31	13.2	6.7
32	19	16.4
33	—	18.4
34	6	9.1
35	19.6	8.9
36	17.4	17.4
37	16.2	15.5
38	24.1	11.4
39	14.5	8.3
40	4.3	5.4
41	12.9	—