Sunday, October 17, 2004
#1s and #2s
Last year we saw Ichiro and Bonds redefine the leaderboards for hits and walks. (We also saw Bonds drop off the top slot in one category - Bobby that is, Adam Dunn's 195 whiffs topped Bobby's old record of 189).
However, I'm not sure how much press Ichiro and Bonds got for a pair of charts where they ended up just shy of #1. For Ichiro, it was the At Bats leaderboard:
Willie Wilson 705 1980 Ichiro Suzuki 704 2004 Juan Samuel 701 1984 Dave Cash 699 1975 Matty Alou 698 1969
And for Bonds, total times on base:
Babe Ruth 379 1923 Barry Bonds 376 2004 Ted Williams 358 1949 Barry Bonds 356 2002 Babe Ruth 353 1921
Both make sense, Ichiro's run at Sisler happened because he put the ball into play so many times, and if you walk Mr Bonds 232 times, well, progress up the Times on Base chart is a given...
posted by David 8:29 PM
