08-01-2005, 08:18 PM
Hank Aaron was in the top 5 in homers 15 years. Palmeiro: 6 and never did he lead the majors in homers while Aaron led the majors in homers 4 times.
And yes, I'm exaggerating about 35 people hitting 40 homers, but in the late 90s early 2000s, there were normally 20+ people who hit 40 homers. If you dillute his numbers, based on the fact that homer numbers were probably inflated by about 20-25% for much of his career vs history then his numbers don't look as impressive.
And the fact that most other hall-of-famers didn't have steroids to keep their bodys in peak physical condition into their 40s, you also have to discount the fact that he's had an extra few years of production that Aaron and Mantle et al didn't have. So many of the longevity numbers you'll see of 3,000 hits and 500 homers aren't just from the inflated stats over the last decade, but the extra years of playing.
His stats are massively inflated (as is everyone else in the current era) and so you have to compare him to those playing in his current times
And Palmeiro has hit 40 homers with 200 hits exactly zero times in his life
And yes, I'm exaggerating about 35 people hitting 40 homers, but in the late 90s early 2000s, there were normally 20+ people who hit 40 homers. If you dillute his numbers, based on the fact that homer numbers were probably inflated by about 20-25% for much of his career vs history then his numbers don't look as impressive.
And the fact that most other hall-of-famers didn't have steroids to keep their bodys in peak physical condition into their 40s, you also have to discount the fact that he's had an extra few years of production that Aaron and Mantle et al didn't have. So many of the longevity numbers you'll see of 3,000 hits and 500 homers aren't just from the inflated stats over the last decade, but the extra years of playing.
His stats are massively inflated (as is everyone else in the current era) and so you have to compare him to those playing in his current times
And Palmeiro has hit 40 homers with 200 hits exactly zero times in his life