Bonds has never even hit 50 homers. He draws 120 walks a year and, like Williams, won't expand the plate to chase a record. And he tends to miss a few games every year with injury. Last year, 19. That's probably the correct take.
Last season is the only comparable season for Bonds.
What seems certain is that Bonds will finally get his due as more than the grouchy star who wasn't beloved Mark McGwire, joyous Sammy Sosa, hat-backward Ken Griffey or iron Cal Ripken. Luckily for both Bonds and baseball, the Giants' outfielder has finally shown signs of maturing. If he'd entered June with 28 homers just five brief years ago, it might have been a worse nightmare for baseball than if an Albert Belle or Dave Kingman had been on such a pace. They'd have ignored the media. Bonds probably would have insulted or goaded them.