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Vida BluevsFergie Jenkins

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

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Vida Blue

1969–1986 · 17 seasons

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Fergie Jenkins

1965–1983 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Vida Blue and Fergie Jenkins: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Vida Blue	Stat	Fergie Jenkins
17	Seasons	19
90.8	Career VAL	108.3
14.2 (1971)	Peak-season VAL	13.5 (1974)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1991
1×	MVP Awards	—
1×	Cy Young Awards	1×
6×	All-Star Selections	3×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
5	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	14

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 Vida Blue and Fergie Jenkins have
Vida Blue	Stat	Fergie Jenkins
Career
507	Games	665
Batting
53	Hits	148
4	Home runs	13
15	RBI	85
37	Runs	54
49	Walks	41
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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
209	Wins	284
161	Losses	226
2	Saves	7
3343.1	Innings pitched	4500.2
2,175	Strikeouts (pitching)	3,192
3.27	ERA	3.34
1.23	WHIP	1.14
112	ERA+	109

Age	Vida Blue	Fergie Jenkins
19	0	—
20	2.8	—
21	14.2	—
22	2.9	—
23	5.6	4.8
24	7.5	4.3
25	8.1	6.2
26	13.5	8.3
27	7.8	12.2
28	10	11.4
29	0	3.8
30	9	4.7
31	3.8	13.5
32	2.8	4.6
33	0	4.6
34	—	4.9
35	0	9.1
36	2.8	2.5
37	—	4.3
38	—	0
39	—	6.8
40	—	2.3