Saturday, April 5, 2025

THE BACK OF THE BASEBALL CARD TOURNAMENT Banks (1958) Aaron (1959) v. Bonds (2001)





 Until about 1980 there were 8 basic stats on the back of baseball cards.  In 1976 I created a tournament among the TSN all-time all-stars – I picked what years I thought were the best years for Ruth(1927) Williams (1941) Cobb (1911) etc… and had them compete. I remember who won - Rogers Hornsby 1922 -I decided to recreate the tournament and expand it to see if Rogers Hornsby 1922 season will still win.

 Banks and Aaron who tied go against Barry Bonds:

Ernie Banks 1958  vs. Barry Bonds 2001

 

 

Banks

Bonds

 

AB

617

476

Banks

RUNS

119

129

Bonds

HITS

193

156

Banks

2B

23

32

Bonds

3B

11

2

Banks

HR

47

73

Bonds

RBI

129

137

Bonds

BAT

313

328

Bonds

 

 

 

Bonds 5-3

 

 

 

 

Hank Aaron 1959 vs. Barry Bonds 2001

 

 

Aaron

Bonds

 

AB

629

476

Aaron

RUNS

116

129

Bonds

HITS

223

156

Aaron

2B

46

32

Aaron

3B

7

2

Aaron

HR

39

73

Bonds

RBI

123

137

Bonds

BAT

355

328

Aaron

 

 

 

Aaron 5-3

 

Banks could not beat Bonds but Aaron could.  Hank Aaron moves on

Hank Aaron's 1959 was amazing year and able to beat Bond's incredible 73 home run year

THE BRACKETS

 

Hornsby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mantle

Helton

 Hornsby

 

 

 

 

 

 Mantle

Pujols

 

 

 Hornsby

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cochrane

 Bench

 

 

 

 

 

 Clemente

Brett

Bench

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clemente

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cobb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaron

Musial

 Cobb

 

 

 

 

 

 Aaron

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaron 

 

 

Gehrig

 Gehrig

 

 

 

 

 

 Bonds

Mays

Suzuki

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Rose

Rose

Sosa

 Ruth

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stargell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traynor

 Carew

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson

Carew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Killebrew

Killebrew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Williams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yaz

Ramirez

 Ramirez

 

 

 

 

 

 Cabrera

Cabrera

 

 

 Wagner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wagner

 Wagner

 

 

 

 

 

 Snider

McCovey

Robinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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