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ReplyDeleteYou know, this is much harder than I thought it would be. Stan the Man was AWESOME...Williams is an American Hero, Ricky is Ricky, and Barry Bonds stats are unmatched. I might even take Barry Bonds BEFORE the record breaking years. He was that speed/power match only Mays really ever had. I'm a tentative Bonds because I can't bring myself to choose a Red Sox.
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ReplyDeleteIn Stan Musial's first four full major league seasons, the Cardinals captured four pennants and three World Championships. Although the Cardinals failed to win another title during his career, Musial went on to become on of the game's greatest players. He won seven batting championships, three MVP Awards, and reached the 3,000 hit milestone. Vin Scully said of him: "He was good enough to take your breath away."
"I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first thirty feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it had crossed the plate." Stan Musial
"You wait for a strike, then you knock the shit out of it." Stan Musial
Best Season: 1948
Musial won his third MVP in 1948, and his third batting title (.376). He banged out 230 hits, leading the league in that category. He also paced the NL in runs scored, doubles, triples, RBI, total bases, extra-base hits, slugging, OBP, and OPS.
Most Walk-Off Home Runs, Career
Jimmie Foxx........12
Mickey Mantle......12
Stan Musial........12
Frank Robinson.....12
Babe Ruth..........12
Tony Perez.........11
Dick Allen.........10
Harold Baines......10
Reggie Jackson.....10
Mike Schmidt.......10
career average .331
I agree, really hard to dispute...but here is Barry Bonds:
ReplyDeleteBarry is (1986-2000 the last year before his 4 consecutive MVP's and obvious steroid years) 32 SB from being 500HR/500SB from 1986-2000. He has 567 HR's without including the 2001- years. Never hitting more than 46 in any of those years. Let's not forget 1996 and 40/40. He only struck out 100 times once in his entire career (102 his rookie year). 9 Time All star before 2001. 8 time Gold Glover winner, 8 time silver slugger before 2001. His average isn't what Stan's is but it's still .300 range. And just for kicks check out Barry's OBP and OPS over the Steroid years. .600 obp...wow. I'm a big fan of the speed/defense/power that Barry always had so I'd take him over Stan for that reason. I can fill that pure hitting power hitter in another position. (disclaimer-Barry could easily have been doing steroids prior to 2001 but the numbers just jump up more obviously in '01.)
I think I finally figured out how to post on here. I really hate myself for saying this... but it has to be Barry Bonds. This guys is a beast, even before the steroids in 01, he can hurt you with the bat, gold glover, and could steal bases. Stats above say it all. You can't argue with the numbers.
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