re: Barry Bonds is the GOAT Baseball Player

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Bob Gibson single-handedly won the Cards 2 Championships -- '64 and '67 -- on teams that were just..."good" enough.

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singe-handedly? A pitcher? In the 1964 WS, he pitched three times, losing once. His team gave him 7 runs when he allowed 5 in one of the wins. They had to win 4 games to win the WS, not two, so no he didn't do it by himself.

He did win 3 games in the 1967 WS but, again, they needed 4 to win, not 3.

Unless a pitcher is throwing complete game shutouts and pitching every game, no he isn't winning a WS single-handedly. If a pitcher's offense doesn't give him run support, he still loses most of the time. If the other pitchers on staff don't win their games, he still doesn't win a WS. If the bullpen falls apart, he still doesn't win a world series.

I'll give you an example. In the 1999 Playoffs, Pedro Martinez didn't give up a single run and only allowed 5 hits in 17 innings pitched. The Red Sox lost in the ALCS. In the 2004 playoffs, he was great, not quite as great as he was in the 1999 playoffs, but the Red Sox won the WS because everyone around him played better