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It is also scary to think about how many homers Bonds would have hit if they did not walk him 200+ times a year. nm -- nm

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Aug 4 '10, 09:56

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IIRC, Bonds was smacking 50% of the pitches thrown in the strike zone and 20% of all pitches he swung at -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 4, 10:25
About....73 - Will Hunting Aug 4, 09:58 8
- Bonds # of walks per year - amoxy Aug 4, 10:04
- In 95 and 96, he averaged almost 150 walks. -- nm - Inigo Aug 4, 10:03 2
  - Yeah, his floor was much higher than anyone else's in walks. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 10:07
  - 96-97, but yeah, he always had the best eye in the game when he played. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 4, 10:04
- Not true at all. 177 walks that year. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 4, 10:00 3
  - (Which broke Ruth's single season record; though he topped it twice after that.) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 4, 10:01
  - At some point...when the guy is hitting 40 homers before the All-Star game, pitchers adjust - Will Hunting Aug 4, 10:01 1
    - *shrug* Other than April, his monthly totals were pretty consistent that year, fwiw. -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 4, 10:03

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