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Originally Posted by Tabe
His career arc suggests that he would put up his best home run % at the age of 39?!!? In an era when players were basically never even good at that age?
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As someone who watched Aaron closely in these years, there was no PED use that explained his home run arc. His minor fluctuations were throughout his entire career and he was extremely consistent. The 29 HRs in 1968 were in the year of the pitcher when everyone's totals were down. He put up 47 in 1971 in a home run friendly ballpark but hitting 44 or so was the norm for him. In 1973, Evans and Davey Johnson were kids, they weren't 40 years old. The bad information in this thread concerning Aaron is astounding.