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Originally Posted by packs
Sincere question for people who pick Bonds; do you think Bonds was better than Willie Mays too? If the answer is yes, then wouldn't he have been the greatest living player this whole time?
My point is that stats are stats and you can use stats to discuss Bonds, but if you do, then how do you factor Mays ahead of him at all?
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My top three all-time right now are Ruth, Williams, Mays in that order.
So to me, Mays has been the greatest since Williams passed away in 2002. In between Ruth passing away in 1948 and Williams doing enough to move up to the greatest (while still active), I think Cobb would have been the greatest for a time. I'd have to look at Williams over the years to see when I thought he passed Cobb, who died in 1961 after Williams retired.
I have never figured out my top list after the top three, but I'd like to sit down one day and just deep dive into it. Bonds could be fourth, but I think Walter Johnson has a good case for the spot.
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