Cumulative stats: Mantle, Mays, Aaron.

Let's take a look at the cumulative progression of BA and OPS+ for the three top hitters of the 1950s and 1960s: Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron.

Cumulative hitting stats through age 32. Monday, August 17, 2015

Mantle's OPS+ peaked in 1964 at 177 (age 32).  Bonds had OPS+ of 162 in 1997 at age 32.  Bonds peaked at 183 in 2004 and 2005, ages 39, 40.  Bonds finished in 2007 at 182, age 42.

Both Mantle and Bonds finished with BA .298, Mantle at age 36.  Mantle's BA peaked at age 25 in 1957: .316.  Bonds peaked at .300 ages 39,40.  Bonds at age 25: .265.  Bonds at age 32: .288.

Remember, these stats are cumulative.  More on this in a future post.
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Batting Average (BA):

Mantle and Aaron peaked at 25, Mays at 27.  Mays missed almost all of seasons ages 21 and 22 in the Army.

Age	Mantle	Mays	Aaron
19	.267
20	.294	.274	.280
21	.295	.266	.299
22	.296	.266	.310
23	.298	.304	.313
24	.308	.309	.316
25	.316	.306	.323
26	.314	.311	.318
27	.311	.318	.319
28	.307	.317	.320
29	.308	.317	.320
30	.309	.316	.320
31	.309	.315	.320
32	.309	.315	.317
33	.306	.313	.316
34	.305	.314	.314
35	.302	.312	.313
36	.298	.309	.313
37		.308	.313
38		.307	.311
39		.306	.311
40		.305	.310
41		.304	.307
42		.302	.305

OPS+ peak ages:
Mantle 31,32
Mays 34
Aaron 37,38,39

Age	Mantle	Mays	Aaron
19	117
20	144	120	104
21	144	116	125
22	148	116	134
23	155	146	143
24	166	155	145
25	174	153	151
26	176	157	152
27	173	158	153
28	172	158	155
29	175	158	158
30	176	158	157
31	177	159	158
32	177	160	156
33	175	161	157
34	175	163	157
35	173	162	158
36	172	160	158
37		160	159
38		158	159
39		158	159
40		158	158
41		157	156
42		156	155

Mantle's arc dwarfs the other two.