Baseball Steroid Era Stats

† POWER ADVANTAGE †

Single Season 50+ HR 1995-2005 YEAR PLAYER HR's 1995 Albert Belle 50 1996 Mark McGuire 52 Brady Anderson 50 1997 Mark McGuire 58 Ken Griffey Jr 56 1998 Mark McGuire 70 Sammy Sosa 66 Ken Griffey Jr 56 Greg Vaughn 50 1999 Mark McGuire 65 Sammy Sosa 62 2000 Sammy Sosa 50 2001 Barry Bonds 73 Sammy Sosa 64 Luis Gonzales 57 Alex Rodriguez 52 2002 Alex Rodriguez 57 Jim Thome 52 2005 Andruw Jones 51

Single Season 50+ HR 1962-1994 YEAR PLAYER HR's 1977 George Foster 52 1990 Cecil Fielder 50

† AGE DEFIANCE †

35+ HR at Age: 35+ 1990-2005 AGE PLAYER HR YEAR 35 Mark McGwire 65 1999 Barry Bonds 45 2000 Andres Galarraga 47 1999 Frank Thomas 42 2003 Jeff Bagwell 39 2003 Rafael Palmeiro 39 2000 Gary Sheffield 36 2004 Steve Finley 35 2000 Ken Griffey Jr. 35 2005 Sammy Sosa 35 2004 36 Barry Bonds 73 2001 Rafael Palmeiro 47 2001 Andres Galarraga 41 1997 Vinny Castilla 35 2004 Gary Gaetti 36 1995 37 Barry Bonds 49 2002 Andres Galarraga 44 1998 Rafael Palmeiro 43 2002 Moises Alou 39 2004 Edgar Martinez 37 2000 38 Barry Bonds 46 2002 Rafael Palmeiro 41 2003 39 Barry Bonds 45 2004 Steve Finley 36 2004 Total: 24 Avg: 41 HR's

35+ HR at Age: 35+ 1900-1989 AGE PLAYER HR YEAR 35 Babe Ruth 49 1930 Hank Aaron 44 1969 Cy Williams 41 1923 Johnny Mize 40 1948 Willie Mays 37 1966 Dave Kingman 35 1984 36 Babe Ruth 46 1931 Hank Aaron 38 1970 Mike Schmidt 37 1986 37 Hank Aaron 47 1971 Babe Ruth 41 1932 Hank Sauer 41 1954 Carlton Fisk 37 1987 Dave Kingman 35 1987 Mike Schmidt 35 1987 38 Darrel Evans 40 1985 Ted Williams 38 1957 39 Hank Aaron 40 1973 Total: 18 Avg: 40 HR's

Conclusion: To put this in perspective, in the first 90 years of the 20th century there were 18 occurances of a player age 35 or older who hit 35 or more homeruns in a season. In the 15 years that followed, it happened 24 times. That's a 33% increase in just 1/6 the number of years. Bonds appears on this list every year from 35-39 as does Hank Aaron (except for age 38). Thus Hammerin' Hank is the greatest slugger ever and Barry - the most accomplished cheat.