- Home runs: 756
- RBI: 1,981
- Runs: 2,212
- Walks: 2,540
- Stolen bases: 514
- Gold Gloves: 9
- All-Star appearances: 13
- MVP awards: 7 (major league record)
Many baseball managers call him the best baseball player ever. If you take away his 2001 season his stats are very consistent. Most doctors will tell you taking steroids for 20+ yrs will damage/destroy your body. I don't think Barry did steroids for long if he did them at all. He didn't seem to need them. People and the media even criticize him for being unfriendly. Many respected baseball stars were not media friendly: Steve Carlton, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb...these guys were all a--holes and they are demigods in the Hall of Fame. I think Barry will have to let time take it's toll because so many people judge him on the steroids thing and that he isn't a good interview. It's not as if the guy is a bullying drunk who beats his kids and wife and is in and out of rehab or has a list of DUI's (like tabloid celeb's). He's a lot like Kirk Gibson was; he did his job then told the media to piss off and leave him alone. Not a crime.
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