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Turkey StearnesvsBobby Bonilla

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

OF · VAL group BAT

Turkey Stearnes

1923–1940 · 18 seasons

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3B · VAL group BAT

Bobby Bonilla

1986–2001 · 16 seasons

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At a glance

Turkey Stearnes and Bobby Bonilla: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Turkey Stearnes	Stat	Bobby Bonilla
18	Seasons	16
118.3	Career VAL	123.9
15.8 (1926)	Peak-season VAL	14.5 (1991)
Inducted 2000	Hall of Fame	—
—	Silver Sluggers	3×
—	All-Star Selections	6×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
—	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 Turkey Stearnes and Bobby Bonilla have
Turkey Stearnes	Stat	Bobby Bonilla
Career
1,005	Games	2,113
Batting
1,343	Hits	2,010
189	Home runs	287
981	RBI	1,173
928	Runs	1,084
132	Stolen bases	45
416

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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Pitching
1	Losses	0
7.0	Innings pitched	1.0
2	Strikeouts (pitching)	0
15.43	ERA	18.00
2.43	WHIP	4.00
25	ERA+	25

Age	Turkey Stearnes	Bobby Bonilla
22	8.4	—
23	6.3	1.6
24	14	7.6
25	15.8	13.6
26	13.5	13.9
27	9.9	12.1
28	11.7	14.5
29	3.3	7.9
30	5.3	10.2
31	2.7	6.3
32	5.1	13.7
33	4.9	10.1
34	6	8.4
35	4.5	2.2
36	—	0
37	0.8	1.8
38	4.2	0
39	1.9	—