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Tony ClarkvsMatt Carpenter

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

1B · VAL group BAT

Tony Clark

1995–2009 · 15 seasons

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DH · VAL group BAT

Matt Carpenter

2011–2024 · 14 seasons

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At a glance

Tony Clark and Matt Carpenter: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Tony Clark	Stat	Matt Carpenter
15	Seasons	14
51.7	Career VAL	52.9
9.9 (1998)	Peak-season VAL	10.3 (2018)
1×	All-Star Selections	3×
—	Silver Sluggers	1×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	4

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 Tony Clark and Matt Carpenter have
Tony Clark	Stat	Matt Carpenter
Career
1,559	Games	1,511
Batting
1,188	Hits	1,257
251	Home runs	179
824	RBI	659
629	Runs	813
6	Stolen bases	28
527

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	Tony Clark	Matt Carpenter
23	0	—
24	3.6	—
25	8.7	—
26	9.9	2.7
27	6.4	7.9
28	3	3.4
29	5.7	8
30	0	7.2
31	1.7	6.6
32	1.3	10.3
33	9	1
34	0	0
35	2.4	0
36	0	4.9
37	—	0.5
38	—	0.4