Barry Bonds vs Joe DiMaggio

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Barry Bonds and Joe DiMaggio compared on their MLB careers: Barry Bonds played 22 seasons, 1986 to 2007, Joe DiMaggio 13 seasons, 1936 to 1951. Barry Bonds has .298 batting average to Joe DiMaggio's .325. Joe DiMaggio won 9 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Barry Bonds leads in 8 of the 9 lines, Joe DiMaggio in 1. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Barry Bonds and Joe DiMaggio career totals

2,986	GP	1,736
9,847	AB	6,821
2,227, better	R	1,390
2,935, better	H	2,214
762, better	HR	361
1,996, better	RBI	1,537
514, better	SB	30
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.6, better	SLG	0.6
1.1, better	OPS	1.0

How do they compare in the postseason?

Barry Bonds and Joe DiMaggio postseason

48	GP	51
151	AB	199
33, better	R	27
37	H	54, better
9, better	HR	8
24	RBI	30, better
9, better	SB	0
0.2	AVG	0.3, better
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.5, better	SLG	0.4
0.9, better	OPS	0.8

Where each stands all time

Barry Bonds and Joe DiMaggio all-time places

1st (762), better	Home runs	92nd (361)
36th (2,935), better	Hits	185th (2,214)
4th (1,996), better	RBI	43rd (1,537)
33rd (514), better	Stolen bases	—

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

Barry Bonds and Joe DiMaggio titles and awards

—	Championships	9, better
—	AL MVP	3, better
8, better	NL Gold Glove	—
12, better	NL Silver Slugger	—
7, better	NL MVP	—
3, better	Hank Aaron Award	—

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.

Barry Bonds and Joe DiMaggio season by season

1st	1986	.223	16	48	1936	.323, better	29, better	125, better
2nd	1987	.261	25	59	1937	.346, better	46, better	167, better
3rd	1988	.283	24	58	1938	.324, better	32, better	140, better
4th	1989	.248	19	58	1939	.381, better	30, better	126, better
5th	1990	.301	33, better	114	1940	.352, better	31	133, better
6th	1991	.292	25	116	1941	.357, better	30, better	125, better
7th	1992	.311, better	34, better	103	1942	.305	21	114, better
8th	1993	.336, better	46, better	123, better	1946	.290	25	95
9th	1994	.312	37, better	81	1947	.315, better	20	97, better
10th	1995	.294	33	104	1948	.320, better	39, better	155, better
11th	1996	.308	42, better	129, better	1949	.346, better	14	67
12th	1997	.291	40, better	101	1950	.301, better	32	122, better
13th	1998	.303, better	37, better	122, better	1951	.263	12	71
14th	1999	.262	34	83	—	—	—	—
15th	2000	.306	49	106	—	—	—	—
16th	2001	.328	73	137	—	—	—	—
17th	2002	.370	46	110	—	—	—	—
18th	2003	.341	45	90	—	—	—	—
19th	2004	.362	45	101	—	—	—	—
20th	2005	.286	5	10	—	—	—	—
21st	2006	.270	26	77	—	—	—	—
22nd	2007	.276	28	66	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI