R.I.P. Willie Mays

[Mister TV]

6 hours ago, odessasteps said:

 

If Clemente played for a NYC team the #21 would be retired league wide and he’d be considered one of the top 5 greats. 

[zendragon]

cool stat...

Number of players in MLB history with at least a .300 career batting average and

100 HR / 100 SB: 48

150 HR / 150 SB: 15

200 HR / 200 SB: 8

250 HR / 250 SB: 2

300 HR / 300 SB: Only Mays

400 HR / 300 SB: Only Mays

500 HR / 300 SB: Only Mays

600 HR / 300 SB: Only Mays

[odessasteps]

 

[Brian Fowler]

On 6/23/2024 at 12:37 AM, zendragon said:

cool stat...

Number of players in MLB history with at least a .300 career batting average and

100 HR / 100 SB: 48

150 HR / 150 SB: 15

200 HR / 200 SB: 8

250 HR / 250 SB: 2

300 HR / 300 SB: Only Mays

400 HR / 300 SB: Only Mays

500 HR / 300 SB: Only Mays

600 HR / 300 SB: Only Mays

Incredible. 

Also incredible: Bonds misses all of those and more by .002 BA. Only three players have 600 hrs and 300 steals (in fact, only three have 500/200): Mays, Bonds, and A-Rod.

Only Bonds has 500/400, 600/400, 700/400, 500/500, 600/500, and 700/500.

I'm not sure who the best baseball player ever is, but I'm pretty sure it's either Willie Mays or his godson.

[Tabe]

On 6/25/2024 at 3:36 AM, Brian Fowler said:

Incredible. 

Also incredible: Bonds misses all of those and more by .002 BA. Only three players have 600 hrs and 300 steals (in fact, only three have 500/200): Mays, Bonds, and A-Rod.

Only Bonds has 500/400, 600/400, 700/400, 500/500, 600/500, and 700/500.

I'm not sure who the best baseball player ever is, but I'm pretty sure it's either Willie Mays or his godson.

Henry Aaron is upset you left him out of the 500/200 club (he has 240 steals). 

[Brian Fowler]

4 minutes ago, Tabe said:

Henry Aaron is upset you left him out of the 500/200 club (he has 240 steals). 

Oh damn not sure how I missed him.

[odessasteps]

Is that his new combination of mlb and NLB stats? 

[Tabe]

9 hours ago, odessasteps said:

Is that his new combination of mlb and NLB stats? 

No. 

[supremebve]

The best baseball player of all time is one of those conversations we pretend is difficult,  but it's a 4 person race and 2 of the 4 have a pretty big caveat associated with their greatness. Aaron and Mays are the only two who played at a time where pretty much everyone who wanted to play could and did so before steroids were prominent. Both Ruth and Bonds were legitimately great,  but Mays and Aaron don't have much you can argue against.