Barry Bonds: 762
Hank Aaron: 755
Babe Ruth: 714
Willie Mays: 660
Ken Griffey Jr.: 611
Sammy Sosa: 609
Frank Robinson: 586
Mark McGwire: 583
Harmon Killebrew: 573
Rafael Palmeiro: 569
Reggie Jackson: 563
Alex Rodriguez: 553
Out of these 12 men, 5 of them (Bonds, Sosa, McGwire, Palmeiro, and now Rodriguez) have the cloud of steroid use hanging over them. In fact, most baseball insiders doubt whether any of these 5 men will ever make it into the Hall of Fame. Griffey has never been accused of being a steroid user. So...subtract the steroid users, and the top 5 list looks like this:
Hank Aaron: 755
Babe Ruth: 714
Willie Mays: 660
Ken Griffey Jr.: 611
Frank Robinson: 586
I'm sure he'll never catch Ruth, but with a couple of decent years, Griffey could surpass Mays. With all of the injuries he's had, that would still be quite the career.
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