The Colorado Rockies broadcast added more fuel to the fire of the José Ramírez-Barry Bonds debate on Tuesday night with a shrewd graphic that elicited surprised reactions from around the league.
A day after the Cleveland Guardians star claimed he was “better than Barry Bonds,” the Rockies broadcast crew sought to shed some light on the matter by crunching each player’s numbers through the first 1,346 games.
Bonds led Ramírez in four of five major offensive categories, but the statistical comparisons are closer than fans may have previously believed. Bonds boasted 273 homers to Ramírez’s 231 homers, 2,555 total bases to Ramírez’s 2,491 and recorded a .538 slugging percentage to Ramírez’s .501.
