How many years, games and ABs did it take Bonds vs. Babe Ruth for homeruns?
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Hank Aaron played in 23 seasons, 3298 games and had 12364 at bats when he retired with 755 home runs. He was 42 at the time, when he broke Ruth's record in 1974 he was 40, with the first at bat of the season. It took him 11289 at bats to get to 714.\n\nRuth retired at the age of 40 in 1935. He played in 22 Seasons, 2503 games and had 8398 at bats to get to 714 home runs. Ruth has much less at bats since when he played the seasons were only 154 games. \n\nBonds is now 41. It took him 21 seasons, 2766 games and 9236 at bats to get to 714 home runs. \n\nAll of them were 39 years old the season they reached 700
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Barry Bonds would win because the Babe is dead, but if they were both in their prime the Babe would win by a lot.
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He became known as the home run king after  passing Big Mac for the single season record of 71 not 73.\n\nSAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hit his 71st home run Friday night, taking him to a place no player has gone before. Then he hit his 72nd and pushed the single-season home run record even further out of this world. On a night when the Giants' playoff hopes were dealt a knockout blow, Bonds struck back-to-back blows for the history books as he surpassed Mark McGwire's record 70 homer plateau set in 1998 and became the single-season home run king. A game after tying Big Mac for the record in a 10-2 victory at Houston's Enron Field, Bonds ended the suspense on his first at-bat and first swing before a sellout crowd of 41,730 at Pacific Bell Park.
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Babe Ruth was 17-5 against the Yankees.  That's a .773 winning percentage, and about the best that I can find.
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The Major League Baseball season has been 162 games long for each team since 1961 (American League) and 1962 (National League). For the four-plus decades prior, the standard season length was 154 games. This page is about the evolution of the season schedule since Major League Baseball began.
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12. Most recently done by Mark Whiten in 1993. He also hit 4 homers in that game.\n\nWho had 18? I would like to see it. I looked this up in a baseball record book.
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It was Jeffey Leonard of the San Francisco Giants vs the St Louis Cardinals. This from a guy who hit only 17 HR for the season.
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I don't know if they keep track of it, but I know Alex Cora had an 18 pitch at-bat against Matt Clement in 2004.  He fouled off 14 straight pitches, then homered.
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Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, and Hank Aaron all have 666 homeruns.
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Hank Aaron- 755\nBarry Bonds- 715*\nBabe Ruth- 714
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Ruth played from 1914 to 1935, from the ages 19-40.  That is a span of 21 years.  Throughout that period, he actually was a pitcher, from ages 19-26 and 35 and 38 years old.  He had two 20+ winning seasons as a pitcher in 1916 and 1917 at ages 21 and 22, respectively.
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Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron
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Barry Bonds is better.  I don't know the statistics but I know that Barry Bonds (according to my dad) was a good young player in the '90's and he was skinny.  He was able to play well and just didn't get that much attention, that's all.  I would say he is a better player because he would've passed Babe Ruth's record even without steroids; it's just that now that everyone knows he took steroids to get attention, he looks bad.  He also to most people looks like all his home runs came from steroids, but 'tis false in my opinion.  He just wanted attention for being big and powerful QUICKLY, so took the short way and did steroids to have immediate attention.  He is still a better player, but just made the wrong choice.  He could've begun to get attention when he was getting closer to the home run record; he already was the sole member of the 400-400 club (400 home runs, 400 stolen bases), and eventually he would've gotten attention and been inducted into the Hall of Fame for his accomplishments; THEN everybody would see how great he was.  But now it's all negative attention.  I repeat, though, that Barry Bonds is a better player.
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Good Question, I base my answer on how they Master or improve the sport they play in.\n\n\n 1. Baseball-- Babe Ruth\n BGeorge Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American original, baseball's first great slugger and the most celebrated athlete of his time. The southpaw hurler debuted with the Red Sox, winning 89 games in six years while setting the World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings. "The Sultan of Swat" converted to the outfield full-time after his sale to the Yankees in 1920 and led New York to seven American League pennants and four World Series titles. He finished with 714 home runs, leading the league 12 times.\n \n2. Basketball -- Micheal Jordan\nHonors: Six-time NBA champion (1991-93, 1996-98); MVP (1988, '91, '92, '96, '98); 10-time All-NBA First Team (1987-93, 1996-98); All-NBA Second Team (1985); Defensive Player of the Year (1988); Nine-time All-Defensive First Team (1988-93, 1996-98); Rookie of the Year (1985); 14-time All-Star; All-Star MVP (1988, '96, '98); One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History ('96); Olympic gold medalist (1984, '92).\n\n3. Johhny Unitas\nthe time of his retirement in 1973, Johnny Unitas, the superstar quarterback of the Baltimore Colts, held virtually every career passing record that existed in the National Football League. Since that time, some of those records have been surpassed.\nOne record, however, still remains and may be one of the NFL's few unbreakable records. Comparable to Joe Dimaggio's 56-game hit streak, Unitas compiled a string of 47 straight games in which he threw at least one touchdown pass.\n\n 4. Boxing ----Ali \nTHE SELF-proclaimed "Greatest of All Time," Ali had a pretty good idea of what he was talking about. He became the first man to win the heavyweight title three times and revolutionized the sport by introducing a style that went against many of the game's sacred teachings\n\n 5. Tennis -- Billie Jean King\nBillie Jean Moffitt King began blazing through the tennis world in 1960 when she first appeared in women's rankings at No, 4. She was 17. For more than two decades she continued as a force in the game as the all-time Wimbledon champion, frequently the foremost player, a crusader in building the female professional game and a million-dollar-plus winner on the tour.
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Check out the best baseball stat website at http://www.baseball-reference.com/\n\nAll-Time:\nBabe Ruth\nWalter Johnson\n\nStill active:\nBarry Bonds\nRoger Clemens\n\nTrue, Bonds' numbers may be elevated due to 'roids.  Maybe in a few years A-Rod or Pujols will post better career numbers.  In any case, check out the site and draw your own conclusions.
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Well, I'll put it this way. The legends of the game have had cold streaks way longer than 4 days. I wouldn't be suprised if he doesn't hit 714 until tuesday. Bonds is not a legend, and due to the fact that the footnote attached to his asterix on homeruns will cut off half the page, it really doesn't matter if and when he passes Ruth and Aaron. You ever hit a homerun? It's tough, and no one wants to be the guy who let Bonds tie Ruth.