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Tim Raines Sr.vsMiguel Cabrera

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

LF · VAL group BAT

Tim Raines Sr.

1979–2002 · 23 seasons

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1B · VAL group BAT

Miguel Cabrera

2003–2023 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Tim Raines Sr. and Miguel Cabrera: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Tim Raines Sr.	Stat	Miguel Cabrera
23	Seasons	21
167.7	Career VAL	172.4
16.9 (1987)	Peak-season VAL	17.4 (2013)
Inducted 2017	Hall of Fame	—
1×	Silver Sluggers	7×
7×	All-Star Selections	11×
—	MVP Awards	2×
4	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	3
18	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	24

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 Tim Raines Sr. and Miguel Cabrera have
Tim Raines Sr.	Stat	Miguel Cabrera
Career
2,502	Games	2,797
Batting
2,605	Hits	3,174
170	Home runs	511
980	RBI	1,881
1,571	Runs	1,551
808	Stolen bases	40
1,330

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	Tim Raines Sr.	Miguel Cabrera
20	—	2.6
21	7.9	10.4
22	7.2	13.1
23	14.1	11.6
24	13.9	11.4
25	16.1	9
26	14.9	10.2
27	16.9	15.4
28	8.1	15.4
29	11.4	16
30	7.9	17.4
31	6.4	11.5
32	11.2	8.9
33	9.2	12.5
34	2.9	1.9
35	5.7	1.7
36	3.7	1.8
37	4.8	0.2
38	3.9	1.1
39	0	0
40	—	0.3
41	1.5	—
42	0	—