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Originally Posted by falkonisback
How about:
Babe Ruth
Barry Bonds
Hank Aaron
Tony Gwynn
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The Bambino just played 2 years in the majors and that as a pitcher. He retired in 1926 after spending his last 8 years in the minors.
Barry Bonds has had a very nice career so far. He's never played a game in the minors and outside of missing seven months in 1995 with a back injury, he's never missed a game..period. He's been with the Pirates since coming into the league. He's brought the Pirates to the playoffs 8 times since 1986 and won 3 World Series Championships. His best year came in 1999, hitting
53 homers, driving in
173 and hitting .
324 with a
1.179 OPS. He's a six time MVP and an 11 time All-Star. He's only 35 and shows no signs of slowing down.
Career stats so far...
H:
2130 2b:
382 3b:
89 HR:
458 RBI:
1430 BB:
1447 Avg: .
300
Hammering Hank had a nice Hall of Fame career playing with the Braves. He won 2 MVP awards. He brought the Braves to the Series 6 times, winning 3 of them. His best year was in 1956 where he hit
49 homers, drove in
126 runs and hit .
288. he retired in 1973.
Stats:
H:
3436 2b:
537 HR:
661 RBI:
2034 Avg: .
280
Tony Gwynn played from 1982 till his retirement in 1996 with the Padres. he started out very nicely averaging .330 for his first 5 years in the league. In 1988 he fractured his cheekbone (missed 2 months). In 1989 he dislocated his shoulder (7 months). In 1990 he dislocated his shoulder again (7 months). At this point he was done. He tooled around with the Pads as a sub till calling it quits.