Re: Bonds Responds
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Ballplayers dont usually just go from base knocking smallish guys to giant huge-head home run hitters well past the time their body should have started slowing down.
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Home Runs
1988 NL-24-9
1990 NL-33-4
1992 NL-34-2
1993 NL-46-1
1994 NL-37-3
1995 NL-33-4
1996 NL-42-2
1997 NL-40-4
1998 NL-37-9
2000 NL-49-2
2001 NL-73-1
2002 NL-46-2
2003 NL-45-2
2004 NL-45-4
Oops, Barry's been a consistent HR hitter for his entire career.
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HR by PA
1988 23 3.9%
1989 24 2.8%
1990 25 5.4%
1991 26 4.0%
1992 27 5.6%
1993 28 6.9%
1994 29 7.9%
1995 30 5.2%
1996 31 6.3%
1997 32 5.8%
1998 33 5.4%
1999 34 7.9%
2000 35 8.2%
2001 36 11.0%
2002 37 7.5%
2003 38 8.2%
2004 39 7.3%
2005 40 9.8%
2006 41 5.3%
Oops. Number of HR's is largely irrelevant. This is a much better way to compare his numbers. Is it just random that his 3 best years happen to coincide with the time table for his supected steroid use?
Again, this is not damning in its own right, it should just be another piece of the puzzle.
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