| Baseball leaders in various key categories of our | | | | Albert Pujols .621Total Bases: Hank Aaron 6,856; |
| game of baseball should be listed to enhance our | | | | Barry Bonds 5,584 |
| focus on our men of summer.The top of the | | | | Home Runs: Hank Aaron 755; Barry Bonds 708 |
| heap, our already recognized baseball favorites | | | | Runs:Rickey Henderson 2,295; Barry Bonds |
| and leaders, are chased by everyone in the game | | | | 2,078Doubles:Tris Speaker 792; Craig Biggio 604 |
| of baseball.Salary levels of our active players in | | | | Strike Outs: Nolan Ryan 5,714 Roger Clemons |
| major league today might lead one to think, holy | | | | 4,502 |
| moly, they are great. Quite to the contrary. We | | | | Saves: Lee Smith 478; Trevor Hoffman 436 |
| will briefly take a look at the fourteen (14) major | | | | Stolen Bases: Rickey Henderson 1,406; Kenny |
| categories that defines greatness of | | | | Lofton 567 |
| achievement.1.Hits 2.Runs Batted In 3.On-Base | | | | Triples: Sam Crawford 312; Steve Finley 112 |
| Percentage 4.Slugging Percentage 5.Total Bases 6. | | | | Wins: Cy Young 511; Roger Clemons 341 |
| Home Runs 7. Runs 8. Doubles 9.Strikeouts 10. | | | | Shutouts: Walter Johnson 110; Roger Clemons |
| Saves 11.Stolen Bases 12.Triples 13.Wins 14. | | | | 46The gap in any category between the all time |
| ShutoutsEight (8) categories deal with hitting, four | | | | leader and his closest chaser in most cases is |
| (4) about pitching, and two (2) are in the general | | | | almost insurmountable except for the exploits of |
| category. I will list the all time leader for each | | | | Barry Bonds.The year 2006 for all practical |
| category and his numbers then the only active | | | | purposes will go into the annals of baseball history |
| player with a prayer to top him and his | | | | as the year of Barry Bonds. Win Lose or draw on |
| numbers.Spin the record at 33 rpm, 45 rpm or 78 | | | | the question of a published book one thing is an |
| rpm Barry Bonds hitting on the record is right on | | | | absolute, when considering his exploits, six of eight |
| course at any speed.Hits: Pete Rose 4,256; Barry | | | | categories is not all bad.Batter Up---Let's Play |
| Bonds 2,742 | | | | BallMajor Wiley B. Channell USMC (retired) telling it |
| Runs Batted In: Hank Aaron 2,297; Barry Bonds | | | | like it is at for all know about baseball.I haven't |
| 1,853 | | | | even had a hankering to read the book, "In The |
| On-Base Percentage: Ted Williams .482; Barry | | | | Shadows" but not shabby or shadowy by the |
| Bonds .442Slugging Percentage: Babe Ruth .690; | | | | numbers. |