r/sportsinusa

When A-Rod had his bat confiscated, only to use Ken Griffey Jr.’s to launch a dinger. Did he really need to resort to roids?

u/Altruistic-Mud5686 — 8 days ago

A player could hit 40 Home Runs, in 18 consecutive seasons…and he’d still be 35 shy of Henry Aaron’s home run record of 755

u/ComplexWrangler1346 — 6 days ago

1st NL MVP award: 1990

9.7 WAR (led NL)

.301 BA

33 HR

114 RBI

52 SB

.406 OBP

.565 SLG (led NL)

.970 OPS (led NL)

170 OPS+ (led NL)

2nd NL MVP award: 1992

9.0 (led MLB)

.311 BA

34 HR

103 RBI

39 SB

.456 OBP (led MLB)

.624 SLG (led MLB)

1.080 OPS (led MLB)

204 OPS+ (led MLB)

109 R (led NL)

127 BB (led MLB)

3rd NL MVP award: 1993

9.9 WAR (led MLB)

.336 BA

46 HR (led MLB)

123 RBI (led NL)

.458 OBP (led NL)

.677 SLG (led MLB)

1.136 OPS (led MLB)

206 OPS+ (led MLB)

4th NL MVP award: 2001

11.9 WAR (led MLB)

.328 BA

73 HR (led MLB)

137 RBI

.515 OBP (led MLB)

.863 SLG (led MLB)

1.379 OPS (led MLB)

259 OPS+ (led MLB)

177 BB (led MLB)

5th NL MVP award: 2002

11.8 WAR (led MLB)

.370 BA (led MLB)

46 HR

110 RBI

.582 OBP (led MLB)

.799 SLG (led MLB)

1.381 OPS (led MLB)

268 OPS+ (led MLB)

198 BB (led MLB)

68 IBB (led MLB)

6th NL MVP award: 2003

9.2 WAR (led MLB)

.341 BA

45 HR

90 RBI

.529 OBP (led MLB)

.749 SLG (led MLB)

1.278 OPS (led MLB)

231 OPS+ (led MLB)

148 BB (led MLB)

61 IBB (led MLB)

7th NL MVP award: 2004

10.6 WAR (led MLB)

.362 BA (led NL)

45 HR

101 RBI

.609 OBP (led MLB)

.812 SLG (led MLB)

1.422 OPS (led MLB)

263 OPS+ (led MLB)

232 BB (led MLB)

120 IBB (led MLB)

u/Bright-Pressure-5787 — 12 days ago