[Steve_Seattle]

I agree that the lack of batting, rbi, and home run titles is irreleveant when judging a player's greatness. Yaz won a few titles, but here - in no particular order - are some stats from his prime years (Yes, I've leaving out his best numbers; the point is that interspersed with his 3 or 4 big years there were a number of relatively mediocre seasons and a few "good" years.) Few questions Yaz's hall-of-fame credentials, and in most cases Palmeiro compares very favorably.

Batting average: .278, .289, .255, .254, .264, .269, .267.

Home runs: 14, 15, 20, 16, 23, 15, 12, 19, 15, 14, 21.

RBI's: 68, 67, 72, 80, 74, 70, 68, 79, 60.

And those figures don't including his declining years (I don't think I included any stats past the age of 37.)

[dakine]

You have to mean(right word?) average a players stats versus the league averages...
Al Kaline put up great stats versus what the league was doing on average in the Pitcher's era of the 1960s...same for Yaz...

[1Old Pro]

It appears that the only qctive player being honest about using steroids has been Jason Giambi.