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Baseball Leaders

Baseball leaders in various key categories ofHome  Runs:  Hank Aaron 755; Barry Bonds 708
our game of baseball should be listed to
enhance our focus on our men of summer.TheRuns:Rickey Henderson 2,295; Barry Bonds
top of the heap, our already recognized2,078Doubles:Tris Speaker 792; Craig Biggio
baseball favorites and leaders, are chased by604
everyone in the game of baseball.Salary
levels of our active players in major leagueStrike Outs: Nolan Ryan 5,714 Roger Clemons
today might lead one to think, holy moly,4,502
they are great. Quite to the contrary. We
will briefly take a look at the fourteen (14)Saves:  Lee  Smith  478;  Trevor Hoffman 436
major categories that defines greatness of
achievement.1.Hits 2.Runs Batted InStolen Bases: Rickey Henderson 1,406; Kenny
3.On-Base Percentage 4.Slugging PercentageLofton  567
5.Total Bases 6. Home Runs 7. Runs 8.
Doubles 9.Strikeouts 10. SavesTriples:  Sam Crawford 312; Steve Finley 112
11.Stolen Bases 12.Triples 13.Wins 14.
ShutoutsEight (8) categories deal withWins:  Cy  Young  511;  Roger  Clemons  341
hitting, four (4) about pitching, and two (2)
are in the general category. I will list theShutouts: Walter Johnson 110; Roger Clemons
all time leader for each category and his46The gap in any category between the all
numbers then the only active player with atime leader and his closest chaser in most
prayer to top him and his numbers.Spin thecases is almost insurmountable except for the
record at 33 rpm, 45 rpm or 78 rpm Barryexploits of Barry Bonds.The year 2006 for all
Bonds hitting on the record is right onpractical purposes will go into the annals of
course at any speed.Hits: Pete Rose 4,256;baseball history as the year of Barry Bonds.
Barry  Bonds  2,742Win Lose or draw on the question of a
published book one thing is an absolute, when
Runs Batted In: Hank Aaron 2,297; Barryconsidering his exploits, six of eight
Bonds  1,853categories is not all bad.Batter Up---Let's
Play BallMajor Wiley B. Channell USMC
On-Base Percentage: Ted Williams .482; Barry(retired) telling it like it is at for all
Bonds .442Slugging Percentage: Babe Ruthknow about baseball.I haven't even had a
.690; Albert Pujols .621Total Bases: Hankhankering to read the book, "In The Shadows"
Aaron  6,856;  Barry  Bonds  5,584but not shabby or shadowy by the numbers.



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