Reply #30: I'll elaborate on Ruth in case you don't get it. [View All]

[MiserableFailure]

Babe Ruth- lifetime batting average .342, Barry Bonds .298

Babe Ruth- lifetime on base percentage .474, Barry Bonds .444

Babe Ruth- lifetime slugging percentage .690, Barry Bonds .608. HUGE GAP here.

Now even if you adjust for ERA and compare their stats to the league averages over their careers and adjust for park factor(the parks they played their home games in), Babe Ruth has an adjusted OPS(on base percentage plus slugging) of 207. Ted Williams is second at 190 and Barry Bonds is third at 182. That means that Ruth was 107% better than the league average position player adjusted for what I said above over his career. Ted Williams was 90% better and Bonds was 82% better. Throw in the steroid allegations and the fact that Ted was also a left handed batter(just like Ruth and Barry), and I don't know how you can claim with a straight face that Barry has the sweetest left handed swing ever.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/OPSplus_career.shtml

Giants fan?