A-Rod

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Originally Posted by steve B

If he gets close at anywhere near 20 a year he'll stick around for 700.

I don't think he's the best HR hitter of his era at all. Maybe not even top 5 definetly not top 3.

I'd put the top3 as
Bonds -Yeah, I know, PEDs, but from looking at his record and assuming a PED start fairly late I think he'd have got to 700 anyway, and probably passed Aaron too. If he'd been a bit nicer guy that also would have helped.

Griffey Jr.- 630 and supposedly clean. I'll go with that, but the quick breakdown is sort of typical for guys coming off the juice.

Thome- 600+ and not a hint of PEDs.

I know the Yankee fans will hate me saying so, but I haven't liked A-Rod for years. He seems to me to be a guy who brings losing with him wherever he goes. Before him 5 WS wins in 8 years. after him- 1WS win in 9 years. Adding in losing trips to the WS makes it even worse. 6 trips in 8 years without and 1 in 9 with. Gaudy numbers, but for some reason he makes his team worse.

Steve B

Steve, while I respect your opinion, I disagree with Griffey and Thome. Thome definitely not top 5, maybe not even top 10 IMO. Gotta look past the HR totals my friend.

Bonds: .298/.444/.607/1.051 HR:762 RBI:1996 SB:514 Games: 2986 PA: 12606 AB: 9847 R: 2227 H: 2935 BB: 2558 SO: 1539

Griffey: .284/.370/.538/.907 HR: 630 RBI: 1836 SB: 184. Games: 2671 PA: 11304 AB: 9801 R: 1662 H:2781 BB: 1312 SO: 1779

A-Rod: Games: .300/.384/.560/.945 HR: 647 RBI: 1950 SB: 318 Games: 2524 PA: 11163 AB: 9662 R: 1898 H: 2901 BB: 1217 SO: 2032

Thome: .276/.402/.554/.956 HR: 612 RBI: 1699 SB:19 Games: 2543 PA:10313 AB: 8422 R: 1583 H: 2328 BB:1747 SO:2548

Bonds owns, almost 1k more hits than strikeouts. Thome has more K's than hits. A-Rod has the best numbers almost on a per-game basis.