Barry Bonds vs Pete Rose

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Barry Bonds and Pete Rose compared on their MLB careers: Barry Bonds played 22 seasons, 1986 to 2007, Pete Rose 24 seasons, 1963 to 1986. Barry Bonds has .298 batting average to Pete Rose's .303. Pete Rose won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Barry Bonds leads in 7 of the 9 lines, Pete Rose in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Barry Bonds and Pete Rose career totals

2,986	GP	3,562
9,847	AB	14,053
2,227, better	R	2,165
2,935	H	4,256, better
762, better	HR	160
1,996, better	RBI	1,314
514, better	SB	198
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.6, better	SLG	0.4
1.1, better	OPS	0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

Barry Bonds and Pete Rose postseason

48	GP	67
151	AB	268
33, better	R	30
37	H	86, better
9, better	HR	5
24, better	RBI	22
9, better	SB	2
0.2	AVG	0.3, better
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.5, better	SLG	0.4
0.9, better	OPS	0.8

Where each stands all time

Barry Bonds and Pete Rose all-time places

1st (762), better	Home runs	—
36th (2,935)	Hits	1st (4,256), better
4th (1,996), better	RBI	92nd (1,314)
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 Pete Rose titles and awards

—	Championships	3, better
—	NL Rookie of the Year	1, better
8, better	NL Gold Glove	2
7, better	NL MVP	1
—	World Series MVP	1, better
12, better	NL Silver Slugger	1
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 Pete Rose season by season

1st	1986	.223	16, better	48, better	1963	.273, better	6	41
2nd	1987	.261	25, better	59, better	1964	.269, better	4	34
3rd	1988	.283	24, better	58	1965	.312, better	11	81, better
4th	1989	.248	19, better	58	1966	.313, better	16	70, better
5th	1990	.301	33, better	114, better	1967	.301	12	76
6th	1991	.292	25, better	116, better	1968	.335, better	10	49
7th	1992	.311	34, better	103, better	1969	.348, better	16	82
8th	1993	.336, better	46, better	123, better	1970	.316	15	52
9th	1994	.312, better	37, better	81, better	1971	.304	13	44
10th	1995	.294	33, better	104, better	1972	.307, better	6	57
11th	1996	.308	42, better	129, better	1973	.338, better	5	64
12th	1997	.291, better	40, better	101, better	1974	.284	3	51
13th	1998	.303	37, better	122, better	1975	.317, better	7	74
14th	1999	.262	34, better	83, better	1976	.323, better	10	63
15th	2000	.306	49, better	106, better	1977	.311, better	9	64
16th	2001	.328, better	73, better	137, better	1978	.302	7	52
17th	2002	.370, better	46, better	110, better	1979	.331	4	59
18th	2003	.341, better	45, better	90, better	1980	.282	1	64
19th	2004	.362, better	45, better	101, better	1981	.325	0	33
20th	2005	.286, better	5, better	10	1982	.271	3	54, better
21st	2006	.270, better	26, better	77, better	1983	.245	0	45
22nd	2007	.276	28, better	66, better	1984	.286, better	0	34
23rd	—	—	—	—	1985	.264	2	46
24th	—	—	—	—	1986	.219	0	25

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI