re: Barry Bonds is the GOAT Baseball Player

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2001-2004 fWARs

Barry Bonds: 46.6 fWAR
New York Mets: 46.6 fWAR
Milwaukee Brewers: 45.3 fWAR
Kansas City Royals: 31.0 fWAR
Detroit Tigers: 30.9 fWAR
Montreal Expos: 30.7 fWAR

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26.3% of Barry Bonds’ 12,606 career plate appearances ended with a home run or a walk.

From 2001-2004, that number was 39.5%.

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From 1993-2007, Barry Bonds had more intentional walks than the Twins, Rangers, White Sox, Orioles, A’s, Blue Jays, Royals, and Tigers.

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49.1% of Barry Bonds’ 2,935 career hits were extra base hits.

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From 2001-2004, Barry Bonds played in 573 games and reached base in 539 of them. That’s 94% of his games.

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The Numbers: 36-36

Home runs and stolen bases Bonds averaged per year from 1990 to 1998.

On the whole during that stretch, he ranked third with 327 home runs and sixth with 328 stolen bases. Atop the home run leaderboard was Mark McGwire, yet he merely tied for 464th with nine steals. Otis Nixon led in steals but didn't even crack the top 600 by hitting just eight home runs.

It's otherwise just plain bonkers that 36-36 was Bonds' baseline for nearly a decade.

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Bonds' career OPS against pitchers who are in the Hall of Fame: .986

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