if you could have Mark Mcgwire on your team or Barry Bonds, who would you choose, and why?

Question

i know, i know, bonds is a left fielder and Mcgwire is a 1st baseman but still if they were a DH who would u rather have?

Answer 1

Mark McGwire by a wide-wide margin.
Big Mac was fan friendly, player friendly, sports-writer friendly and a heck of a nice guy to associate with. Can't say any of that about Balco Barry.
Regardless of where McGwire played fans would come to the ball park early just to watch him take batting practice. He was good for baseball.

Answer 2

What up Kyle,

I'd have to go with Barry Bonds for several reasons. In terms of on base pctg. Bonds is much higher. In the record setting years not only was he leading the league in homers but he was setting marks for walks and compared to McGwire he strikes out a lot less. Also once on the base path Bonds was a threat to steal a base while McGwire was not.

Both put up similar astronomical homerun numbers- but Bonds gives you a lot of other things consistently that McGwire could not. Bonds has consistently batted above .300 in his career whereas McGwire is more in the .240-.260 range.

Additionally Bonds is a left handed hitter which in some ballparks is advantageous.

Off course McGwire is more marketable in terms of with the media- but as a manager and based on what they can do on the field- it's Barry Bonds hands down.

Nickster

P.S.: This is coming from a Dodger Fan!

Answer 3

Putting the steroid issue aside, you have to go with Bonds. His skills were vastly better than McGwire. If you break down both of their games you will see that McGwire was average at best. He just happened to be a big powerful guy who hit home runs. Take the home runs away and you have a below average defensive player and a average offensive player.

Bonds had speed, power and played excellent defense. Bonds played his position better than McGwire played his.

Answer 4

Bonds He Was Always Healthier Than McGwire.

Answer 5

Bonds is a far better player than McGwire ever was, Bonds hands down. The one thing McGwire had going for him is that he was a far better teammate than Bonds.

Answer 6

Like him or not Bonds. His on base percentage. I always like Mcgwire as a kid but Bonds was a much better player. I'm assuming you talking about a time when they both played.

Answer 7

In terms of skills, Bonds. McGwire was an above-average player overall, but there are/were a lot of talented first basemen.

Answer 8

Bonds skill

Answer 9

the only 500 /500 player in major leagues bonds hands down

Answer 10

just considering their athletic ability and no other parameters(such as off-field issues, personal, or drugs) and their overall ability/performance throughout their career....
easily BONDS... without the comparison in HRs, he still beats out McGwire...