Babe Ruth vs Barry Bonds

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Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds compared on their MLB careers: Babe Ruth played 22 seasons, 1914 to 1935, Barry Bonds 22 seasons, 1986 to 2007. Babe Ruth has .342 batting average to Barry Bonds's .298. Babe Ruth won 7 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Barry Bonds leads in 5 of the 9 lines, Babe Ruth in 4. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds career totals

2,503	GP	2,986
8,399	AB	9,847
2,174	R	2,227, better
2,873	H	2,935, better
714	HR	762, better
1,983	RBI	1,996, better
123	SB	514, better
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.5, better	OBP	0.4
0.7, better	SLG	0.6
1.2, better	OPS	1.1

How do they compare in the postseason?

Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds postseason

41	GP	48
129	AB	151
37, better	R	33
42, better	H	37
15, better	HR	9
30, better	RBI	24
4	SB	9, better
0.3, better	AVG	0.2
0.5, better	OBP	0.4
0.7, better	SLG	0.5
1.2, better	OPS	0.9

Where each stands all time

Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds all-time places

3rd (714)	Home runs	1st (762), better
45th (2,873)	Hits	36th (2,935), better
6th (1,983)	RBI	4th (1,996), better
—	Stolen bases	33rd (514), better

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds titles and awards

7, better	Championships	—
—	NL Gold Glove	8, better
—	NL Silver Slugger	12, better
—	NL MVP	7, better
—	Hank Aaron Award	3, better

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds season by season

1st	1914	.200	0	0	1986	.223, better	16, better	48, better
2nd	1915	.315, better	4	0	1987	.261	25, better	59, better
3rd	1916	.272	3	0	1988	.283, better	24, better	58, better
4th	1917	.325, better	2	0	1989	.248	19, better	58, better
5th	1918	.300	11	0	1990	.301, better	33, better	114, better
6th	1919	.322, better	29, better	0	1991	.292	25	116, better
7th	1920	.376, better	54, better	137, better	1992	.311	34	103
8th	1921	.378, better	59, better	171, better	1993	.336	46	123
9th	1922	.315, better	35	99, better	1994	.312	37, better	81
10th	1923	.393, better	41, better	131, better	1995	.294	33	104
11th	1924	.378, better	46, better	121	1996	.308	42	129, better
12th	1925	.290	25	66	1997	.291, better	40, better	101, better
13th	1926	.372, better	47, better	146, better	1998	.303	37	122
14th	1927	.356, better	60, better	164, better	1999	.262	34	83
15th	1928	.323, better	54, better	142, better	2000	.306	49	106
16th	1929	.345, better	46	154, better	2001	.328	73, better	137
17th	1930	.359	49, better	153, better	2002	.370, better	46	110
18th	1931	.373, better	46, better	163, better	2003	.341	45	90
19th	1932	.341	41	137, better	2004	.362, better	45, better	101
20th	1933	.301, better	34, better	103, better	2005	.286	5	10
21st	1934	.288, better	22	84, better	2006	.270	26, better	77
22nd	1935	.181	6	12	2007	.276, better	28, better	66, better

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI