Is there a clear GOAT in baseball?

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Bonds, Ken Griffey, Mays, Hank Aaron.

It's amazing baseball is a Cac dominated sport but the GOATS of the game are black

But I will add Pete Rose has the most unbreakable record in the game. NOBODY is catching that hits record
 

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Barry stats are Gretzky level of never bring touched again
:dahell: Ruth and Aaron are both right there with him in homers and I think runs batted in too. Ruth played 483 fewer games than Barry too. He was

Mays Ruth or Bonds

I like Barry, but every metric goes in Ruth's favor except total home runs. .342 average, a .690 slugging percentage (Alex Rodriguez peaked at .650 by comparison), a 94-26 record as a pitcher with a 2.30 ERA I think, a disgusting number of World Series home runs including 3 separate games with 3 homers, and he led his teams to 7 rings total. I don't think you can argue against that résumé. He's definitely the best since Ruth though. No doubt there.
 

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:dahell: Ruth and Aaron are both right there with him in homers and I think runs batted in too. Ruth played 483 fewer games than Barry too. He was



I like Barry, but every metric goes in Ruth's favor except total home runs. .342 average, a .690 slugging percentage (Alex Rodriguez peaked at .650 by comparison), a 94-26 record as a pitcher with a 2.30 ERA I think, a disgusting number of World Series home runs including 3 separate games with 3 homers, and he led his teams to 7 rings total. I don't think you can argue against that résumé. He's definitely the best since Ruth though. No doubt there.
Ruth played in Baseball when it was a part time sport and no minorities could play. Doesn't count
 

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Bonds being on the juice takes away from his greatness.
Although to be clear: Bonds without the juice was a top 15 player anyway.

The argument against Ruth being that it was pre-integration can't hold up for no other reason than it's not Ruth's fault the game wasn't integrated.
Integration was huge but we can't pretend the game didn't exist pre-1947. And Ruth dominated his peers like no one before or since.
 
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