For me the bottomline was the guy went out day in and day out and played balls to the wall, yep it costed him some at bats, but the major thing for me, he was our star player, and at any moment he could change the course of a game with one swing or make a catch that made you stand and say, "how in the hell did he catch that thing."
Did the math today. Bonds ************* STEROIDS ************** had about .25 and change HRs a game where Griffey ******** LEGGIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT* ************ had .235.
Griffey also played injured a # of games which ultimately caused a lot of his other injuries.