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Dawgee is gone said 06/19, 03:48 PM
Willie Mays

I don't think it should be Hank Aaron. He hit under .300 once, had less than 100 runs batted in twice, stole less than 10 bases five times and had less than 30 home runs twice in this six-year span. That would be pretty good, but the best hitter of the late 50's should have better stats than that.

Mays had great stats. He had two straight 30-30 seasons and just missed a third when he came one home run shy of 30. Mays hit under .300 once and had 214 home runs from 1995-1960 including a 51 home run year in '55. 214 home runs in six years equals about 35 home runs a year. Mays also had two seasons with a slugging percentage of .655 at least.

Aaron averaged about 33 home runs and had 206 home runs during these six years. Good, but still less. Aaron had one season with an OBP of .400 or more compared to Mays' three. Aaron also never had a slugging percentage over .650.

The stats don't lie.

Mays and Aaron both played in the NL so neither person had an advantage.

Dawgee is gone said 06/20, 12:28 PM
I don't see how Mays is inconsistent. If anybody was inconsistent, it was Hank Aaron. Here is Mays' worst statistical year from 1955-1960:

.296 avg., 36 HR, 84 RBI, 40 SB, .557 SLG

This was in less than 580 at-bats. This was Mays' only year of hitting under .300.

Besides, why does it matter who was inconsistent over the years, Aaron probably had lower points than Mays. This TD is from 1955-1960 and Mays had betetr overall stats for that time. Isn't that what the TD is about?

Aaron had more hits because he had at least 600 at-bats for five of the six years. Mays had LESS than 600 at-bats for five of the six years.

Aaron didn't dominate in runs. Both Mays and Aaron had six straight years of 100 or more runs and the total result is about even.

Aaron dominated in triples? That is a ridiculous statement. Over the six year span, Mays had 18 more tiriples than Aaron.

Mays had less at-bats but he still had more home runs, OBP, avg., and triples.

You said Aaron dominated in triples, home runs and runs. All of these statements are false.

Dawgee is gone said 06/20, 10:20 PM
I was getting my stats from baseballreference.com and Mays had more triples and home runs. I see you are using MLB.com so I went there as well and this is what it shows:

Fannation, who has the better stats?

Mays:
.321 Avg.
.393 OBP
214 HR
611 RBI
427 BB
185 SB
.593 SLG
176 2B
69 3B
689 R

Aaron:
.323 Avg.
.375 OBP
206 HR
674 RBI
313 BB
34 SB
.574 SLG.
198 2B
51 3B
656 R

I looked on both of the following websites:

baseballreference.com
mlb.com

and they both showed me that Mays had more runs, home runs and triples.

Mays............................Aaron
689 runs................656 runs
214 HR...................206 HR
69 3B..........................51 3B

Interesting . . .

The Bottom Line, average stats for each player through the years:

Mays: .321 avg, .393 OBP, 36 HR, 102 RBI, 71 BB, 31 SB, .593 SLG, 29 2B, 12 3B, 114 R

Aaron: .323 avg, .375 OBP, 34 HR, 112 RBI, 52 BB, 6 SB, .574 SLG, 33 2B, 9 3B, 109 R


There are the final stats and they show that Mays is better. The only thing that Aaron beats mays in is Avg., RBI and 2B. Mays beats Aaron in all of the rest.

The stats don't lie, Mays was better.