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Barry Bonds is Baseball’s GOAT Despite Not Being In Its Hall Of Fame

John Sapochetti by John Sapochetti
June 24, 2020
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The greatest all-around baseball player of all-time, Barry Bonds, has been airbrushed out of the sport’s history.

Recently, ESPN produced a 30 for 30 Special “The Long Gone Summer” celebrating the 1998 home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. A multiple month event which captured the nation and helped save baseball, four years after a player’s strike led to the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.

22 years later, McGwire and Sosa have been shamed for allegedly using performing enhancement drugs. Neither has sniffed induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The MLB Network just aired “Junior”, a documentary of Hall Of Fame Center Fielder Ken Griffey Jr. Griffey is the most popular player of the past 40 years. There has never been PED allegations with Griffey, although “The Kid”, did begin to suffer injuries in his early 30s that are consistent with PED use such as muscle tears.

But since Griffey is beloved by fans, the media bristles at the mere mention that Griffey may have used PED’s.

Meanwhile, there is no documentary planned for the best player of this or any era, Barry Lamar Bonds.

Bonds has been linked to steroid use, which would lead you to believe that he used chemicals on his way to setting the single-season and career home run records. But other players of the “Steroid Era” who failed the eye test are now in the Hall of Fame. Bonds is not.

Critics propagate that Bonds went from skinny, five-tool player to hulking slugger in one off-season. Like any other human being, Bonds filled out his body over a 10-15 year period from his mid-20s to late 30s.

I encourage everyone to compare their High School or College Yearbook picture with their 20th reunion picture. In Bonds’ case, great genetics, hard work, and meticulous diet led to his incredibly long career, which included an unfathomable nearly 20-year peak.

Bonds does have himself to blame for never being the most popular and beloved player of his generation. Bonds was rarely accommodating to the media. But when he spoke, was extremely comfortable saying what was on his mind.

To say the least, Bonds loved being the man in the black hat.

I saw Bonds play in person many times at Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, and Shea Stadium. I have never heard an opposing player booed as loudly as Bonds was when playing in those ballparks. The sound was deafening. And Bonds ate it up.

In a poll I conducted, Bonds trailed Griffey 45 percent to 36 percent as to who is the greatest all-around player of the last 40 years. Alex Rodriguez (13%) and Mike Schmidt (6%) are a distant third and fourth respectively. Ricky Henderson and Albert Pujols were tough omissions.

The poll should not have been close. Bonds is clearly better than all of the above-mentioned players. He won seven NL MVP’s, only four fewer than those five great players combined. He put up numbers on par with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Ted Williams.

OPS Plus is an interesting stat that combines On Base Percentage and Slugging Percentage in context to each player’s particular era.

A 150 OPS Plus translates to a player being 50 percent better than a league-average player. Here are career OPS numbers for 16 baseball icons:

Career OPS Plus

Babe Ruth 206
Ted Williams 190
Barry Bonds 182
Lou Gehrig 179
Mickey Mantle 172
Jimmie Foxx 163
Stan Musial 159
Willie Mays 156
Henry Aaron 156
Joe DiMaggio 155
Frank Robinson 154
Albert Pujols 147
Mike Schmidt 146
Alex Rodriguez 140
Ken Griffey Jr. 136
Ricky Henderson 127

Griffey’s single-season high OPS Plus was 171, which came in 1993 and 1994. That outstanding number is still 11 points below Bonds’ CAREER AVERAGE OPS Plus.

What makes Bonds the greatest player of all-time is the breadth of his skill. He could slug with Aaron, Ruth, Williams, and Gehrig. He played elite defense, eight Gold Gloves, like Griffey, Mays, and DiMaggio. He could run the bases (514 stolen bases) like Ricky Henderson.

Of the group listed above, only Bonds, Mays, and Mantle could do EVERYTHING at the highest level on a baseball field. The others, while all great, weren’t elite at everything.

Ruth, Williams, Gehrig, Musial, Pujols, and Aaron couldn’t beat you with their legs. While DiMaggio and Henderson had power it wasn’t in the same stratosphere as Bonds, Mays and Mantle’s. Schmidt and Rodriguez could do it all, just not at the same level.

Bonds, Mays, and Mantle could have batted leadoff or cleanup. What separates Bonds from both Mays and Mantle is the fact that he simply had a longer peak than Mays and Mantle which by logical deduction makes him the GOAT.

I know Ruth was an outstanding pitcher and put up offensive numbers which were cartoonish. But the “Babe” played in the most hitter-friendly era ever. Ruth also dominated an era nearly 20 before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947.

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Barry Bonds MVP Seasons

Batt Batt Batt Batt Batt Batt
Year Lg Name Tm WAR BA OBP SLG HR RBI SB
2004 AL Vladimir Guerrero ANA 5.6 .337 .391 .598 39 126 15
2004 NL Barry Bonds SFG 10.6 .362 .609 .812 45 101 6
2003 AL Alex Rodriguez TEX 8.4 .298 .396 .600 47 118 17
2003 NL Barry Bonds SFG 9.2 .341 .529 .749 45 90 7
Batt Batt Batt Batt Batt Batt
2002 AL Miguel Tejada OAK 5.7 .308 .354 .508 34 131 7
2002 NL Barry Bonds SFG 11.7 .370 .582 .799 46 110 9
2001 AL Ichiro Suzuki SEA 7.7 .350 .381 .457 8 69 56
2001 NL Barry Bonds SFG 11.9 .328 .515 .863 73 137 13
1993 AL Frank Thomas CHW 6.2 .317 .426 .607 41 128 4
1993 NL Barry Bonds SFG 9.9 .336 .458 .677 46 123 29
1992 AL Dennis Eckersley OAK 2.9
1992 NL Barry Bonds PIT 9.0 .311 .456 .624 34 103 39
1990 AL Rickey Henderson OAK 9.9 .325 .439 .577 28 61 65
1990 NL Barry Bonds PIT 9.7 .301 .406 .565 33 114 52

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

Meanwhile, Bonds played at a time where he would see the starting pitcher for two at-bats, followed by a lefty specialist then the opposing team’s closer. Many of the great players from yesteryear faced a lot of tired starters.

In his 22-year career, he never played with a Hall of Famer. Bobby Bonilla, Andy Van Slyke, Will Clark, Matt Williams, and Jeff Kent were all-star caliber players. But not Hall of Famers.

The other greats had accomplished Robins to their Batman. Ruth and Gehrig had each other. Williams played with Jimmie Foxx and Bobby Doerr. Mays played with Willie McCovey and Orlando Cepeda. DiMaggio and Mantle played with Yogi Berra. You get my point.

After seven seasons with Pittsburgh, Bonds became a free-agent following the 1992 season. Despite dragging mediocre teams to three straight NL East championships, the Pirates could not afford to keep the best player in Baseball. Most expected him to sign with the powerful Atlanta Braves, a team which had eliminated the Pirates in the previous two National League Championship Series’. Instead, he signed with the San Francisco Giants where his dad, Bobby and godfather, Willie Mays starred.

In his first year in San Francisco Bonds led the Giants to 103 wins, a 31 game improvement from the previous season.

Before the Giants signed Bonds, there was serious talk that the Giants were going to relocate to Tampa. By inking Bonds to a record contract, the Giants became instant contenders, built America!s most beautiful ballpark, and have had a nearly three-decade competitive run which has resulted in three World Series Championships, albeit those coming after Bonds retired.

Bonds could have gone the easy route, signed with the Braves, and won titles. Instead, he accepted the challenge and saved a franchise.

In addition, he put incredible numbers playing his home games in hitting “neutral” Three Rivers Stadium and “pitching friendly” and cavernous Candlestick Park and what is now Oracle Park.

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In 10 years the discussion of who is the GOAT may be between Bonds and Angels’ outfielder Mike Trout.

In eight seasons Mike Trout has won three A.L. MVPs to go along with a tremendous 176 OPS Plus. The soon to be 29-year-old star trails only Ruth, Williams, Bonds, and Gehrig in that all-important statistic.

Trout has accumulated 285 Home Runs and 200 Stolen Bases in 1199 games. Extrapolated over Bonds’ 2986 career games, Trout would post 698 Home Runs and 498 Stolen Bases. As great as Trout is, he lacks the star power of Bonds who may have been the most polarizing athlete since Muhammad Ali. Who by the way was Bonds’ idol.

When Bonds strolled up to home plate, the crowd stopped what they were doing to watch the show.

Bonds has two years of Hall of Fame eligibility remaining before he would need to be inducted by the Veteran’s Committee. Not having the greatest all-around player ever not in Cooperstown, leaves the Baseball Hall of Fame incomplete.

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Comments 7

  1. Jason R. Vass says:
    3 years ago

    Dumbass table for 1!! Someone is jealous of natural talent.

    Reply
  2. Greatminds says:
    3 years ago

    Nope

    Reply
  3. Barry McClure says:
    3 years ago

    That may be the worst journalist baseball article I have ever read. You slanted the truth by forgetting to mention Bonds admitted taking performance enhancing drugs while you accused a clean and naturally aging Griffey’s breaking down to what Bonds did. Bonds averaged 143 games when he was 35-39, an incredible number for that age. Mark McGwire, notoriously hurt prior to steroid use, started a string of three 150+ games played seasons once he started using….at age 33, 34, and 35. After age 29, Griffey averaged 103 games played the rest of his career. Wow, I hate Donald Trump but talk about fake news…your article was 90% fake news. Congrats…you make Donald Trump look like he’s telling the truth.

    Reply
  4. bwreal says:
    2 years ago

    Barry’s my favorite. Made the game exciting. Don’t care about the intangibles.

    Reply
  5. Jerard Thomas says:
    2 years ago

    I beg to differ for Hank Aaron to indeed have great run speed with his legs finishing his career at clip of 77% in steals higher than some prolific base stealers in their such as Lou Brock and Maury Wills, plus for Aaron had a 30-30 season at least once for over 30 HR and 31 SB. Something practically overlooked throughout Aaron due to home run accomplishment highly document.

    Reply
  6. Taz says:
    2 years ago

    Juiced or not, back in those days baseball was actually fun and exciting to watch. I haven’t watched one inning of baseball since the early 2000’s. Players, and the game, are just not the same anymore…………… Even if your bionic, you still have to be able to put the ball on the bat.

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  7. Neil Raymond says:
    1 year ago

    Bonds was worse than these legends. Look at WAR. This is just a cherry picked fanboy article praising a cheater.

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    To replace the Wednesday rumors article, we will present a daily analysis of the playoff races […]

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  • Sabres Hold On To Playoff Hopes, Lyubushkin Opting Out Of Pride Night, Levi In Limbo
    by Michael Augello on March 27, 2023 at 8:30 pm

    The Buffalo Sabres may have squandered a real chance to snap a 12-year playoff drought by not […]

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  • 3/28 - The Latest on Aaron Rodgers and Lamar Jackson
    by Full Press Coverage on March 28, 2023 at 2:51 pm

    Ian and John discuss the latest on Aaron Rodgers break up with the Packers […]

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  • 3/27 - Bruins Are A Wagon; Rodgers, Jets Saga Continues
    by Full Press Coverage on March 27, 2023 at 2:39 pm

    Ian and John discuss the Bruins 57th win of the season and whether or not […]

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  • 3/24 - Bruins Approaching Record; OBJ To the New York Jets?
    by Full Press Coverage on March 25, 2023 at 12:07 am

    Ian and John discuss the Boston Bruins dominance and discuss whether or […]

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  • 3/22 - World Baseball Classic Was A Classic; Connor McDavid on Hockey Tournament
    by Full Press Coverage on March 23, 2023 at 10:29 pm

    Ian and John discuss the success of the World Baseball Classic and debate […]

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  • FPH Daily: Stanley Cup Playoff Races
    by Full Press Coverage on March 23, 2023 at 12:02 pm

    Jim is back for another Full Press Hockey Daily discussing the chase to […]

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  • World Baseball Classic: Is The Excitement Warranted?
    by Full Press Coverage on March 21, 2023 at 7:02 pm

    Ian Glendon and John Sapochetti discuss the excitement around the World […]

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  • Is It A Three Man Race For The NBA MVP?
    by Full Press Coverage on March 17, 2023 at 2:08 pm

    Ian Glendon and John Sapochetti discuss who is the leader for the race for […]

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  • FPH Daily: Flyers Front Office, Trade Deadline, Playoff Races
    by Full Press Coverage on March 11, 2023 at 12:43 pm

    Jim is back with another Full Press Hockey Daily looking at the changes in […]

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  • Crossbody of Work Episode 157: Sid Part One – Skyscraper to Sycho
    by Evan Gomes on March 25, 2023 at 2:25 pm

    Welcome to Crossbody of Work, a show where we break down a wrestler’s career through five of […]

  • AEW Dynamite Ratings Jump Thanks To Stellar Main Event
    by Jim Biringer on March 23, 2023 at 8:42 pm

    It is Thursday and you know what that means… ratings for AEW Dynamite are out. There was a dream […]

  • Crossbody of Work Episode 156: Hacksaw Jim Duggan
    by Evan Gomes on March 18, 2023 at 2:21 pm

    Welcome to Crossbody of Work, a show where we break down a wrestler’s career through five of […]

  • AEW Dynamite Ratings Hold Steady
    by Jim Biringer on March 17, 2023 at 1:39 pm

    It is Friday and usually on Thursday and you know what that means… ratings for AEW Dynamite are […]

  • Crossbody of Work Episode 155: Jazz
    by Evan Gomes on March 11, 2023 at 3:25 pm

    Welcome to Crossbody of Work, a show where we break down a wrestler’s career through five of […]

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  • Ep. 166: University of Sioux Falls Head Football Coach Jim Glogowski
    by Full Press Coverage on March 29, 2023 at 5:00 am

    Biggs sits down withUniversity of Sioux Falls Head Football Coach Jim […]

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  • Full Press MMA - Tuesday, March 28th
    by Full Press Coverage on March 28, 2023 at 11:00 pm

    More drug accusations for Conor McGregor, Valentina Shevchenko has harsh […]

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  • Pelicans at Warriors
    by Broken Controller Media on March 28, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    Stackin the NBA gives you an unique perspective on each NBA match-up on […]

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  • Hornets at Thunder
    by Broken Controller Media on March 28, 2023 at 7:00 pm

    Stackin the NBA gives you an unique perspective on each NBA match-up on […]

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  • Magic at Grizzlies
    by Broken Controller Media on March 28, 2023 at 6:00 pm

    Stackin the NBA gives you an unique perspective on each NBA match-up on […]

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  • Heat at Raptors
    by Broken Controller Media on March 28, 2023 at 5:00 pm

    Stackin the NBA gives you an unique perspective on each NBA match-up on […]

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