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Ty CobbvsHonus Wagner

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CF · VAL group BAT

Ty Cobb

1905–1928 · 24 seasons

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Honus Wagner

1897–1917 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Ty Cobb	Stat	Honus Wagner
24	Seasons	21
441.6	Career VAL	355.5
35.4 (1911)	Peak-season VAL	28.9 (1908)
Inducted 1936	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1936
1×	MVP Awards	—

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner have
Ty Cobb	Stat	Honus Wagner
Career
3,035	Games	2,796
Batting
4,191	Hits	3,430
117	Home runs	101
1,938	RBI	1,732
2,246	Runs	1,736
892	Stolen bases	722
1,249

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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View data (26 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Ty Cobb	Honus Wagner
18	0.7	—
19	10.1	—
20	25.2	—
21	20.4	—
22	30	—
23	29.1	3.5
24	35.4	6.8
25	27.2	11.3
26	20.9	24.3
27	15.6	24.1
28	32.1	20.3
29	25.6	21.9
30	31.3	23.8
31	17.6	28.5
32	21.7	23.7
33	9.4	28.2
34	18.4	28.9
35	14.5	21.2
36	8.9	18
37	11.4	15.4
38	14.4	17.1
39	5.2	8.8
40	12.4	5.6
41	4.1	12.9
42	—	8.5
43	—	2.7