| # of Yrs Leading League | Career Rank | Career Best | ||||||||||
| Player | Bonds | Ruth | Bonds | Ruth | Bonds | Ruth | ||||||
| AVG. | 2 | 1 | NA (.300) | 10 | 0.373 | 0.393 | ||||||
| OBP | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0.611 | 0.545 | ||||||
| SLG | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0.863 | 0.772 | ||||||
| OPS | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1.443 | 1.359 | ||||||
| HR | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 60 | ||||||
| RBI | 1 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 137 | 171 | ||||||
| R | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 129 | 163 | ||||||
| H | 0 | 0 | 46 | 36 | 181 | 205 | ||||||
| TB | 1 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 411 | 457 | ||||||
| BB | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 200+ | 170 | ||||||
| K | 0 | 5 | 48 | 70 | 102 | 93 | ||||||
| OPS+ | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 275 | 255 | ||||||
| Xtra B H | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 107 | 119 | ||||||
| Times OB | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 356 | 379 | ||||||
| SB | 0 | 0 | 36 | NA(123) | 52 | 17 | ||||||
| AB | 0 | 0 | 72 | 90 | 580 | 540 | ||||||
| Bonds has more AB, because Ruth spent the first six seasons of his career pitching . . . . | ||||||||||||
| Ruth | ||||||||||||
| ERA | lead the league 1, career ERA is 2.28 | |||||||||||
| GS | lead the league in GS with 41 in 1916 | |||||||||||
| CG | lead the league in CG in 1917 with 35 | |||||||||||
| Career | 94-46, 2.28 ERA, 488K, 441 BB | |||||||||||
| - Barry Bonds broke the HR record in 2001 with 73 HR, 13 more than Ruth ever hit, and only 58 fewer than the whole Montreal Expos team (131) | ||||||||||||
| - Ruth broke the HR record in 1919 with 29. And again in 1920 with 54. And again in 1921 with 59. Then again in 1927 with 60. | ||||||||||||
| - In 1927, Ruth outhomered every team in the league except for the Cardinals (84) and the Cubs (74). In 1921, when he hit 59, the Boston Red Sox as a team hit only 17. | ||||||||||||
| - In 2002, Bonds set the ML BB record with 198, which led to Bonds scoring 117 runs. | ||||||||||||
| - In 1923, Ruth set the then ML BB record with 170, and scored 151 runs. | ||||||||||||
| Bonds | Ruth | |||||||||||
| Car. BB/K | 1.60 | 1.55 | ||||||||||
| Car. HR% | 7.72 | 8.50 | ||||||||||
| Car. AVG | 0.300 | 0.342 | ||||||||||
| Car. OBP | 0.441 | 0.474 | ||||||||||
| Car. SLG | 0.610 | 0.690 | ||||||||||
| Car. OPS | 1.051 | 1.164 | ||||||||||
| Car. OPS+ | 179 | 207 | ||||||||||
| Aaron Factor - what if each player had batted the same number of times as Hank Aaron? | ||||||||||||
| G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | |||
| Hank Aaron | 3298 | 12364 | 2174 | 3771 | 755 | 2297 | 240 | 0.305 | 0.374 | 0.555 | 1 | |
| Barry Bonds | 3682 | 12364 | 2805 | 3711 | 954 | 2645 | 692 | 0.300 | 0.441 | 0.610 | 1.366792 | |
| Babe Ruth | 3421 | 12364 | 2971 | 3927 | 976 | 3025 | 168 | 0.342 | 0.474 | 0.690 | 1.47208 | |
| - In 1999, Bonds was injured, playing only 102 games, but he managed to hit 34 homeruns, finishing in a 6 way tie for 13 in the NL | ||||||||||||
| - In 1925, Babe Ruth was injured, playing in only 98 games, but he managed to hit 25 homeruns, finishing tied for third in the majors. | ||||||||||||