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Will ClarkvsRyne Sandberg

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

1B · VAL group BAT

Will Clark

1986–2000 · 15 seasons

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2B · VAL group BAT

Ryne Sandberg

1981–1997 · 16 seasons

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At a glance

Will Clark and Ryne Sandberg: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Will Clark	Stat	Ryne Sandberg
15	Seasons	16
139.8	Career VAL	148.1
17.6 (1989)	Peak-season VAL	18.0 (1990)
—	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2005
1×	Gold Gloves	9×
2×	Silver Sluggers	7×
6×	All-Star Selections	10×
—	MVP Awards	1×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
8

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 Will Clark and Ryne Sandberg have
Will Clark	Stat	Ryne Sandberg
Career
1,976	Games	2,164
Batting
2,176	Hits	2,386
284	Home runs	282
1,205	RBI	1,061
1,186	Runs	1,318
67	Stolen bases	344
937

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	Will Clark	Ryne Sandberg
22	4.3	4.1
23	13.7	4
24	15.8	17
25	17.6	16.5
26	9	7.2
27	13.6	10
28	11.8	10.6
29	5.3	14.5
30	7.5	18
31	6.9	15.7
32	4.8	16.8
33	6.4	5.8
34	9.7	0.1
35	3.5	—
36	9.9	5.8
37	—	2