On August 7, 2007 Barry Bonds hit his 756th home run, breaking the all-time career home run record, formerly held by Hank Aaron.
Does that make Bonds a better home run hitter than Aaron? Let’s compare their annual home run production over their entire careers. A side-by-side stemplot is shown below. use the plot to write a few sentences discussing the similarities and differences in the distributions of home runs per year for bonds and aaron
Both were very consistent home run hitters, due to the great amount of seasons with at least 20 home runs. Bonds had the biggest outlier, with a season of 73 home runs, while Aaron distribution was less spread.
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From the stemplot, it can be taken that Bonds had the biggest outlier, which was the season with 73 home runs.
His season with the lowest amount of home runs was also less than Aaron, as he had a 5 home run season while Aaron lowest amount was 10.
They both had a lot of seasons with at least 20 home runs, so both very consistent.
Thus, we can take that:
Both were very consistent home run hitters, due to the great amount of seasons with at least 20 home runs. Bonds had the biggest outlier, with a season of 73 home runs, while Aaron distribution was less spread.
