BOBBY (not Barry) Bonds: strike out king for his era 1969-1979.

I was exchanging messages with a friend about how much Bobby Bonds struck out. The father of home run king BARRY Bonds topped out at 189 in a season, which is currently tied for number 31 all time.

But for the years in which Bobby Bonds was a regular player, 1969-1979, he was the season strike out king. Bonds played 10 full seasons in those 11 years. He led the league in 3 of the 10 seasons.

Note the BB totals. Only Mike Schmidt had at least 100 BB and he did it twice and led the league with 38 home runs both times. In SO Bonds is numbers 1,2,17. Data from stathead.com

Rk	Player	SO	BB	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Bobby Bonds	189	77	1970	24	SFG	NL	157	745	663	134	200	36	10	26	78	7	2	1	2	6	48	10	.302	.375	.504	.879	*98/H
2	Bobby Bonds	187	81	1969	23	SFG	NL	158	720	622	120	161	25	6	32	90	3	10	3	4	9	45	4	.259	.351	.473	.824	*98/H
3	Mike Schmidt	180	101	1975	25	PHI	NL	158	674	562	93	140	34	3	38	95	10	4	6	1	7	29	12	.249	.367	.523	.890	*56/H
4	Gorman Thomas	175	98	1979	28	MIL	AL	156	668	557	97	136	29	0	45	123	6	2	5	6	8	1	5	.244	.356	.539	.895	*8/D
5	Gary Alexander	166	57	1978	25	TOT	AL	148	564	498	57	112	20	4	27	84	5	2	1	5	11	0	5	.225	.304	.444	.748	D2H/793
6	Butch Hobson	162	27	1977	25	BOS	AL	159	637	593	77	157	33	5	30	112	4	4	10	3	17	5	4	.265	.300	.489	.789	*5
7	Reggie Jackson	161	63	1971	25	OAK	AL	150	642	567	87	157	29	3	32	80	5	6	0	6	7	16	10	.277	.352	.508	.860	*9/H8
8	Tommie Agee	156	55	1970	27	NYM	NL	153	696	636	107	182	30	7	24	75	3	2	1	2	11	31	15	.286	.344	.469	.812	*8/H9
9	Jeff Burroughs	155	79	1975	24	TEX	AL	152	672	585	81	132	20	0	29	94	11	1	0	7	13	4	4	.226	.315	.409	.724	*9/DH
10	Willie Stargell	154	83	1971	31	PIT	NL	141	606	511	104	151	26	0	48	125	20	7	0	5	8	0	0	.295	.398	.628	1.026	*7/H
11	Dave Kingman	153	34	1975	26	NYM	NL	134	543	502	65	116	22	1	36	88	5	4	1	2	13	7	5	.231	.284	.494	.778	*735/H9
12	Larry Hisle	152	48	1969	22	PHI	NL	145	537	482	75	128	23	5	20	56	8	5	2	0	7	18	8	.266	.338	.459	.797	*8/H7
13	Greg Luzinski	151	89	1975	24	PHI	NL	161	703	596	85	179	35	3	34	120	17	8	0	8	12	3	6	.300	.394	.540	.934	*7/H
14	Nate Colbert	150	56	1970	24	SDP	NL	156	636	572	84	148	17	6	38	86	8	4	1	3	11	3	5	.259	.328	.509	.836	*3/H5
15	Mike Schmidt	149	100	1976	26	PHI	NL	160	705	584	112	153	31	4	38	107	8	11	3	7	7	14	9	.262	.376	.524	.900	*5
16	Billy Grabarkewitz	149	95	1970	24	LAD	NL	156	640	529	92	153	20	8	17	84	8	6	3	7	8	19	9	.289	.399	.454	.852	*564/H
17	Bobby Bonds	148	87	1973	27	SFG	NL	160	738	643	131	182	34	4	39	96	9	4	0	4	8	43	17	.283	.370	.530	.900	*9/H8
18	Nate Colbert	146	54	1973	27	SDP	NL	145	598	529	73	143	25	2	22	80	9	8	1	6	12	9	8	.270	.343	.450	.793	*3/H
19	Deron Johnson	146	72	1971	32	PHI	NL	158	660	582	74	154	29	0	34	95	8	2	2	2	18	0	1	.265	.347	.490	.836	*35/H
20	Dale Murphy	145	42	1978	22	ATL	NL	151	583	530	66	120	14	3	23	79	3	3	3	5	15	11	7	.226	.284	.394	.679	*32/H
21	Lee May	145	52	1972	29	HOU	NL	148	647	592	87	168	31	2	29	98	12	2	0	1	13	3	1	.284	.343	.490	.833	*3/H
22	Bobby Darwin	145	38	1972	29	MIN	AL	145	562	513	48	137	20	2	22	80	4	8	1	2	24	2	3	.267	.326	.442	.769	*89/7H

Butch Hobson of the 1977 Red Sox had the most appalling SO/BB ratio: 162/27=6.

Among the top 22, Bonds, Schmidt and Nate Colbert are the only batters listed more than once: 3,2,2.

Billy Grabarkewitz had the fewest home runs: 17. In half of these 22 seasons, the batter hit at least 32 home runs.

Only Bonds led in runs scored: twice.

Only Willie Stargell had OPS over 1.000. Eight were below .800. Dale Murphy had the lowest OPS: .679.

Highest BA: Bonds .302, Greg Luzinski .300. Low: Gary Alexander .225.

Highest OBP: Grabarkewitz .399. Low: Dave Kingman and Murphy .284.

Highest SLG: Stargell .628, Luzinski .540. Low: Murphy .394