1.76 The 700 Club: Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants is on pace to become baseball’s homerun king this season or next. Last year, he joined Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth as the only majorleague players to have hit more than 700 home runs in their careers. Here is a look at how they amassed their totals.

a. Describe and compare the overall appearance of the three graphs. Include thoughts about such things as length of career, when the most homeruns per year were hit and their relationship to the aging process, and any others you think of.

b. Does it appear that one of them was more consistent with annual homerun production?

c. From the evidence presented here, who do you think should be called the “Homerun King”?

d. Was Barry Bonds’ 73 homeruns in one season a fluke?

e. If you were a team owner and most interested in homerun production over the next several years, which one would you want on your team? Let’s say you were signing him at age 21. At age 35.

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20 2000 1999 11998 1997 1996 1995 20 Atlanta Braves Pittsburgh Pirates- JU San Francisco Gunts- Milwaukee Brewers Stil active, Barry Bonds has two years remaining under his current contract. ST LOUIS SPINTO-THE WASHINGTON POST Babe Ruth 714 ASSOCIATED PRESS Seasons: 22 Games: 2.503 Initially a pitcher. Babe Ruth almost single-handedly made the home run into the baseball's most dramatic event. His single-season home run record stood for decades as the most memorable in any American sport. Had he spent all 22 of his seasons as an outfielder, his career total might still be unbroken. 11.81986 19 Total home runs per season Season average 40.8 60 Hank Aaron 755 ASSOCIATED PRESS Seasons: 23 Games: 3.298 Barry Bonds* Hank Aaron never threatened Babe Ruth's single-season mark, but no one could match his consistent power over such a long period. He hit 30 or more home r runs in 2 15 of his 23 seasons with the B e Braves, but never m r more than 47 in any single s season. In 1974, at the a age e of 40, he hit his 715th home run to break Ruth's record. 16.4245 Home shit after be BY BEN MARGOT Seasons: 19 Games: 2.716 Like Ruth and Aaron, Barry Bonds doesn't just hit home runs. His lifetime batting average is 300, and he's so feared by opposing pitchers that he set a record last year for intentional walks. His slugging had an Aaron-like- consistency until 2001, when he hit a record-breaking 73 home runs, exceeding his own best mark by 24. 70312.9281 unod 35 on ly 24, 199 60 20 1925 1923 1924 1928 (1929 40 328 1065 1966 1964 1061 1962 1961 1960 1950 1958 1957 1950 1959 Boston Red Sex L New York Yankees "Does not include 1914-18 when Babe Ruth was exclusively a pitcher. SOURCE: Majer League Baseball Boston Braves 1915 Mwaukee Braves 1969 1970