Top 32 tournament RF Heilmann vs Bonds

[obxyankeefan]

Top 32 players ranked by BRWAR(as of 6/18/15).

Rightfield Bracket is:

1 B Ruth 9
32 J D Drew 0

16 D Winfield 10
17 G Sheffield 3

8 R Jackson 7
25 E Flick 0

9 P Waner 7
24 W Keeler 0

4 F Robinson 7
29 K Cuyler 0

13 D Evans 13
20 I Suzuki 7

5 R Clemente 11
28 B Giles 2

12 T Gwynn 9
21 S Sosa 1

3 M Ott 7
30 R Staub 1

14 R Smith 6
19 V Guerrero 9

6 A Kaline 9
27 S Rice 0

11 H Heilmann
22 B Bonds

2 H Aaron
31 H Stovey

15 A Dawson
18 B Abreu

7 S Crawford
26 H Hooper

10 L Walker
23 E Slaughter

1 B Ruth
16 D Winfield

8 R Jackson
9 P Waner

4 F Robinson
13 D Evans

5 R Clemente
12 T Gwynn

3 M Ott
19 V Guerrero

6 A Kaline

 

[obxyankeefan]

Harry Heilmann Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

Bobby Bonds Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

 

[obxyankeefan]

This is a tough one to me. Heilmann got on base at a better clip, but did not have the base running ability that Bonds had. While Heilmann had the better slugging%, he did not have the overall pop in his bat that Bonds had. Right now my vote goes to Heilmann, but I would change it with a good argument.

 

[Howie115]

BA's were elevated in Heilmann's era, but he won four batting titles, meaning he was also a stud relative to his peers. Moreover, he beat out Ty Cobb for a batting title 2x. Bonds has the superior power numbers and was a good defender, but he also gets a negative hit for striking out a crapload.

 

[calsnowskier]

Heilman had 14 120 OPS+ seasons vs 9 for Bonds. However, Bonds had a 119, 119 and 116, so while Heilman has him beat here, it is really too close to call.

However, looking at 140 seasons, Heilman wins 9-3.

Bonds had a shit-ton more HRs and SBs (and he was a legit SB threat, having almost a 3/1 ratio). But Heilman had a higher career OBP and SLG.

While this is a close one, I gotta go with Heilman. He was on base at a more elite level and just because he couldn't hit it out didn't mean he was Ichiro out there. Dude had pop.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I have a rule, when in doubt go with the player with more PAs... Heilman has 900 more PAs, which makes me take him...