Personally, I never considered Bonds to be a great average hitter (do some people?). A .298 average isn't hugely impressive for an all time great. Among those considered to be all time greats (going with nicknames for the hell of it): Really? Batting Average? all he said was bonds doesn't have a great batting average compared to the all time greats. i don't think he was saying that it was a great stat, though. it's not a great stat, so why use it? show me how Bonds ranks in OPS or SLG