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Ty CobbvsNap Lajoie

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CF · VAL group BAT

Ty Cobb

1905–1928 · 24 seasons

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Nap Lajoie

1896–1916 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Ty Cobb and Nap Lajoie: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Ty Cobb	Stat	Nap Lajoie
24	Seasons	21
441.6	Career VAL	282.2
35.4 (1911)	Peak-season VAL	31.6 (1901)
Inducted 1936	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1937
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 Nap Lajoie have
Ty Cobb	Stat	Nap Lajoie
Career
3,035	Games	2,480
Batting
4,191	Hits	3,252
117	Home runs	82
1,938	RBI	1,599
2,246	Runs	1,504
892	Stolen bases	380
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 (24 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Ty Cobb	Nap Lajoie
18	0.7	—
19	10.1	—
20	25.2	—
21	20.4	4.1
22	30	13
23	29.1	11.7
24	35.4	7
25	27.2	14.5
26	20.9	31.6
27	15.6	16.9
28	32.1	18.4
29	25.6	25.9
30	31.3	8.4
31	17.6	22.2
32	21.7	14.5
33	9.4	10.9
34	18.4	13
35	14.5	27
36	8.9	8.7
37	11.4	12.6
38	14.4	10.4
39	5.2	2.5
40	12.4	6.3
41	4.1	2.6