Barry Bonds vs Ted Williams

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Barry Bonds and Ted Williams compared on their MLB careers: Barry Bonds played 22 seasons, 1986 to 2007, Ted Williams 19 seasons, 1939 to 1960. Barry Bonds has .298 batting average to Ted Williams's .344.

Who has the better career numbers?

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

Barry Bonds and Ted Williams career totals

2,986	GP	2,292
9,847	AB	7,706
2,227, better	R	1,798
2,935, better	H	2,654
762, better	HR	521
1,996, better	RBI	1,839
514, better	SB	24
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4	OBP	0.5, better
0.6	SLG	0.6, better
1.1	OPS	1.1, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Barry Bonds and Ted Williams postseason

48	GP	7
151	AB	25
33, better	R	2
37, better	H	5
9, better	HR	0
24, better	RBI	1
9, better	SB	0
0.2, better	AVG	0.2
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.5, better	SLG	0.2
0.9, better	OPS	0.5

Where each stands all time

Barry Bonds and Ted Williams all-time places

1st (762), better	Home runs	20th (521)
36th (2,935), better	Hits	76th (2,654)
4th (1,996), better	RBI	14th (1,839)
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 Ted Williams titles and awards

—	Championships	—
—	AL MVP	2, 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 Ted Williams season by season

1st	1986	.223	16	48	1939	.327, better	31, better	145, better
2nd	1987	.261	25, better	59	1940	.344, better	23	113, better
3rd	1988	.283	24	58	1941	.406, better	37, better	120, better
4th	1989	.248	19	58	1942	.356, better	36, better	137, better
5th	1990	.301	33	114	1946	.342, better	38, better	123, better
6th	1991	.292	25	116, better	1947	.343, better	32, better	114
7th	1992	.311	34, better	103	1948	.369, better	25	127, better
8th	1993	.336	46, better	123	1949	.343, better	43	159, better
9th	1994	.312	37, better	81	1950	.317, better	28	97, better
10th	1995	.294	33, better	104	1951	.318, better	30	126, better
11th	1996	.308	42, better	129, better	1952	.400, better	1	3
12th	1997	.291	40, better	101, better	1953	.407, better	13	34
13th	1998	.303	37, better	122, better	1954	.345, better	29	89
14th	1999	.262	34, better	83	1955	.356, better	28	83
15th	2000	.306	49, better	106, better	1956	.345, better	24	82
16th	2001	.328	73, better	137, better	1957	.388, better	38	87
17th	2002	.370, better	46, better	110, better	1958	.328	26	85
18th	2003	.341, better	45, better	90, better	1959	.254	10	43
19th	2004	.362, better	45, better	101, better	1960	.316	29	72
20th	2005	.286	5	10	—	—	—	—
21st	2006	.270	26	77	—	—	—	—
22nd	2007	.276	28	66	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI