Bonds. greatest of all time?

[Keyser Soze]

Lets look at their career averages.

Babe Ruth

AB R HR RBI SB SO BA OBP SLG TB
---+----+---+---+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
544 141 46 143 8 86 .342 .474 .690 375

Barry Bonds

AB R HR RBI SB SO BA OBP SLG TB
---+----+---+---+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
560 121 40 109 34 90 .292 .419 .585 327

Willie Mays

AB R HR RBI SB SO BA OBP SLG TB
---+----+---+---+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
589 112 36 103 18 83 .302 .384 .557 328

Ted Williams

AB R HR RBI SB SO BA OBP SLG TB
---+----+---+---+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
545 127 37 130 2 50 .344 .482 .634 345

Lou Gehrig

AB R HR RBI SB SO BA OBP SLG TB
---+----+---+---+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
599 141 37 149 8 59 .340 .447 .632 379



Ruth destroys Bonds in nearly every offensive category except for stolen bases. Ruth is simply the greatest ever. A case could be made that they played in different eras and they faced different pitching.

Williams is the best pure hitter ever, with a ridiculously low 50 strikeout career average and a career .344 batting average along with an insane .634 slugging percentage.

Gehrig is a little of Ruth and a little of Williams, not as many homers as Ruth but a respectable 37 average along with the .340 batting average and just 59 average career strikeouts. Not to mention the .632 slugging percentage and 379 total bases.

Ok Musial, Mays, you are right, are not as good as Bonds after taking a closer look but I can roll off alot more players who have better career averages than Bonds.

Bonds might be the best power/speed player ever with Ricky Henderson right there with him.



Edited By Keyser Soze on April 10 2002 at 2:23