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Bobby Bonds: Tracing the source of Bonds' talent is quite easy. His father, Bobby, was a multi-dimensional star for the Giants in his own right. Bobby Bonds hit for power, he stole bases at a higher rate than his son, and he won three Gold Gloves. Bobby was baseball's first consistent 30-30 player, hitting 30 home runs and stealing 30 bases five times in his career. The one rap against Bobby was that he struck out far too often, setting the strikeout record for a single season with 189 in 1970.

Bobby Bonds spent his first seven years with the Giants, before finishing his career with seven teams in his last seven years. Over his career, he hit .268 with 332 home runs, while stealing 461 bases at a 73 percent success rate. Adjusted for a 1 percent career hitter's deflation, Bonds hit .272 with 341 home runs, for an 839 Wtd. Production. Add 44 points for speed and fielding, and he earned an 883 Total Factor, which ranks him 22nd in league rate of success for outfielders. His 485 Hits Contribution ranks 20th in league volume of success.

Roger Bresnahan: Bresnahan was not your typical catcher. He was fast; he could play multiple positions well; and he had a higher on-base percentage than slugging average. Bresnahan also played at the peak of the Dead Ball Era, which seriously reduced his career hitting results. In his career, Bresnahan hit .279 with 26 home runs, while stealing 212 bases. He drew 714 walks in just 5,261 total at bats, earning him a .386 on-base percentage. Adjusted for an 8 percent career hitter's deflation, he hit .302 with 30 home runs, with a .419 on-base percentage and an 827 Wtd. Production. His 848 Total Factor ranks fifth in league rate of success for catchers, while his 404 Hits Contribution ranks seventh in league volume of success.

Willie McCovey: At 6'4", McCovey was an imposing figure at the plate for 22 seasons. McCovey broke in with a bang in 1959, hit¬ting .354 with 13 home runs in just 192 at bats. His burst of success created a problem for the Giants, as they already had a slugging first baseman in Orlando Cepeda. The team's solution was to put one of them in the outfield, where the out-of-position star played erratic defense. Mc-Covey outlasted Cepeda in San Francisco Baseball Tickets available, and first base was finally his beginning in 1965, just as he became a con¬sistently deadly hitter.

McCovey was the best hitter in baseball at the apex of his career in the late 1960s. McCovey teamed with Mays, Jim Ray Hart and other San Francisco Giants Baseball players sluggers to form a formidable lineup. The Giants finished in second place five straight years in the late 1960s, although McCovey did make it to the World Series back in 1962. Knee injuries caused McCovey's career to begin to deteriorate in 1971. He produced solid seasons in 1973, 1974, and 1978, but he proved to be ineffective otherwise:
McCovey hit .270 with 521 home runs over his ca¬reer. Adjusted for a 1.5 percent career hitter's deflation, he hit .274 with 531 home runs, for a 906 Wtd. Produc¬tion. His 877 Total Factor ranks seventh in league rate of success for first basemen. His 509 Hits Contribution ranks fourth in league volume of success.

Matt Williams: Williams was hailed early in his career as the next Mike Schmidt. Williams has Schmidt's power and is an excellent fielder, but he never mastered the art of getting on base for a high percentage. In fact, Williams' career .319 on-base percentage is remarkably low for a power hitter. While Williams will not achieve the levels of suc¬cess achieved by Schmidt, he has a shot at over 500 ca¬reer home runs, and he is already highly ranked compared to other third basemen.

In his career to date, Williams has hit .269 with 346 home runs, and added 50 Fielding Factor points. Adjusted for a 3 percent career hitter's inflation, he hit .260 with 356 home runs. His 836 Total Factor ranks eighth in league rate for third baseman, while his 403 Hits Contribution ranks seventh in league volume of success.