Barry Bonds vs Lou Gehrig

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Barry Bonds and Lou Gehrig compared on their MLB careers: Barry Bonds played 22 seasons, 1986 to 2007, Lou Gehrig 17 seasons, 1923 to 1939. Barry Bonds has .298 batting average to Lou Gehrig's .340. Lou Gehrig won 8 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

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

Barry Bonds and Lou Gehrig career totals

2,986	GP	2,164
9,847	AB	8,001
2,227, better	R	1,888
2,935, better	H	2,721
762, better	HR	493
1,996, better	RBI	1,995
514, better	SB	102
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4	OBP	0.4, better
0.6	SLG	0.6, better
1.1	OPS	1.1, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Barry Bonds and Lou Gehrig postseason

48	GP	34
151	AB	119
33, better	R	30
37	H	43, better
9	HR	10, better
24	RBI	35, better
9, better	SB	0
0.2	AVG	0.4, better
0.4	OBP	0.5, better
0.5	SLG	0.7, better
0.9	OPS	1.2, better

Where each stands all time

Barry Bonds and Lou Gehrig all-time places

1st (762), better	Home runs	29th (493)
36th (2,935), better	Hits	63rd (2,721)
4th (1,996), better	RBI	5th (1,995)
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 Lou Gehrig titles and awards

—	Championships	8, better
—	AL MVP	1, 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 Lou Gehrig season by season

1st	1986	.223	16, better	48, better	1923	.423, better	1	9
2nd	1987	.261	25, better	59, better	1924	.500, better	0	5
3rd	1988	.283	24, better	58	1925	.295, better	20	68, better
4th	1989	.248	19, better	58	1926	.313, better	16	112, better
5th	1990	.301	33	114	1927	.373, better	47, better	175, better
6th	1991	.292	25	116	1928	.374, better	27, better	142, better
7th	1992	.311, better	34	103	1929	.300	35, better	126, better
8th	1993	.336	46, better	123	1930	.379, better	41	174, better
9th	1994	.312	37	81	1931	.341, better	46, better	184, better
10th	1995	.294	33	104	1932	.349, better	34, better	151, better
11th	1996	.308	42, better	129	1933	.334, better	32	139, better
12th	1997	.291	40	101	1934	.363, better	49, better	165, better
13th	1998	.303	37, better	122, better	1935	.329, better	30	119
14th	1999	.262	34	83	1936	.354, better	49, better	152, better
15th	2000	.306	49, better	106	1937	.351, better	37	159, better
16th	2001	.328, better	73, better	137, better	1938	.295	29	114
17th	2002	.370, better	46, better	110, better	1939	.143	0	1
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