Barry Bonds vs Willie Mays

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Barry Bonds and Willie Mays compared on their MLB careers: Barry Bonds played 22 seasons, 1986 to 2007, Willie Mays 22 seasons, 1951 to 1973. Barry Bonds has .298 batting average to Willie Mays's .302. Willie Mays won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

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

Barry Bonds and Willie Mays career totals

2,986	GP	2,992
9,847	AB	10,881
2,227, better	R	2,062
2,935	H	3,283, better
762, better	HR	660
1,996, better	RBI	1,903
514, better	SB	338
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.6, better	SLG	0.6
1.1, better	OPS	0.9

How do they compare in the postseason?

Barry Bonds and Willie Mays postseason

48	GP	25
151	AB	89
33, better	R	12
37, better	H	22
9, better	HR	1
24, better	RBI	10
9, better	SB	3
0.2	AVG	0.2, better
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.5, better	SLG	0.3
0.9, better	OPS	0.7

Where each stands all time

Barry Bonds and Willie Mays all-time places

1st (762), better	Home runs	6th (660)
36th (2,935)	Hits	12th (3,283), better
4th (1,996), better	RBI	10th (1,903)
33rd (514), better	Stolen bases	122nd (338)

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 Willie Mays titles and awards

—	Championships	1, better
—	NL Rookie of the Year	1, better
7, better	NL MVP	2
—	AL Gold Glove	1, better
8	NL Gold Glove	12, better
12, better	NL Silver Slugger	—
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 Willie Mays season by season

1st	1986	.223	16	48	1951	.274, better	20, better	68, better
2nd	1987	.261, better	25, better	59, better	1952	.236	4	23
3rd	1988	.283	24	58	1954	.345, better	41, better	110, better
4th	1989	.248	19	58	1955	.319, better	51, better	127, better
5th	1990	.301, better	33	114, better	1956	.296	36, better	84
6th	1991	.292	25	116, better	1957	.333, better	35, better	97
7th	1992	.311	34, better	103, better	1958	.347, better	29	96
8th	1993	.336, better	46, better	123, better	1959	.313	34	104
9th	1994	.312	37, better	81	1960	.319, better	29	103, better
10th	1995	.294	33	104	1961	.308, better	40, better	123, better
11th	1996	.308, better	42	129	1962	.304	49, better	141, better
12th	1997	.291	40, better	101	1963	.314, better	38	103, better
13th	1998	.303, better	37	122, better	1964	.296	47, better	111
14th	1999	.262	34	83	1965	.317, better	52, better	112, better
15th	2000	.306, better	49, better	106, better	1966	.288	37	103
16th	2001	.328, better	73, better	137, better	1967	.263	22	70
17th	2002	.370, better	46, better	110, better	1968	.289	23	79
18th	2003	.341, better	45, better	90, better	1969	.283	13	58
19th	2004	.362, better	45, better	101, better	1970	.291	28	83
20th	2005	.286, better	5	10	1971	.271	18, better	61, better
21st	2006	.270, better	26, better	77, better	1972	.250	8	22
22nd	2007	.276, better	28, better	66, better	1973	.211	6	25

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI