I’m winding down this series on great hitting seasons. Only one more installment to go.

With the passing of the years, it’s easy to forget just how good a hitter Henry Aaron was. His Baseball Reference page is filled with bold black and blue entries. He was a 25-time All-Star. That alone is a staggering feat. He won two batting titles, which is astounding for a player that hit 755 career home runs and is still held by many to be the all-time home run leader. His 2,297 RBI, 1,477 extra base hits and 6,856 total bases are still all-time major league records. Albert Pujols finished his career in second place on the total base record, a mere 645 behind the Hammer. Freddie Freeman is the active player with the most career total bases, 4,145. Freeman has averaged 308 total bases per season in h

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