Selig hints Aaron still baseball's home-run king

[ProfessorGAC]

19. A Lot of Ifs

But, i do agree that Willie was a much better fielder and had more speed.

Aaron did not, however, play in a launching pad in Milwaukee. Windy and cold in the early and late parts of the season there too. Playing there was not like playing in Atlanta.

And, Willie played in the Polo Grounds where a pop fly down the line could be a homer.

Last point: Hitting 755 home runs and never hitting 50 in a season is actually a very impressive accomplishment, not a negative. It means someone would have had to hit 30 HR's per year for a quarter-century. That's pretty darned good.