Agree about the consistency from Aaron. He never had that one spectacular season, but each season was pretty much like the one that came before it and the one that would come next.
I respectfully object to the idea that he never had that one spectacular season.
1971 - 47 hr, 118 rbi, .327/.410/.669/1.079, 194 ops+
1959 - 223 h, 39 hr, 123 rbi, .355/.401/.636/1.037, 183 ops+
1963 - 121 r, 201 h, 44 hr, 130 rbi, .319/.391/.586/.977, 179 ops+
1962 - 127 r, 45 hr, 128 rbi, .323/.390/.618/1.008, 170 ops+
Those are, by any measure, all spectacular seasons. The issue isn't that he was just consistently good but without spectacular seasons. The issue is that he had a LOT of spectacular seasons. Like, a crap ton of them.
110+ runs 7 times
200+ hits 3 times
40+ homers 8 times
120+ rbi 7 times
20+ sb 6 times
.320+ avg 8 times
.390+ obp 8 times
.600+ slg 6 times
1.000+ ops 5 times
170+ ops+ 6 times
8.0+ bWAR 9 times
By contrast, at age 30 (7 seasons in), Aaron Judge has reached those milestones:
110+ runs 7 times (Judge: 2)
200+ hits 3 times (Judge: 0)
40+ homers 8 times (Judge: 2)
120+ rbi 7 times (Judge: 1)
20+ sb 6 times (Judge: 0)
.320+ avg 8 times (Judge: 0)
.390+ obp 8 times (Judge: 3)
.600+ slg 6 times (Judge: 2)
1.000+ ops 5 times (Judge: 2)
170+ ops+ 6 times (Judge: 2)
8.0+ bWAR 9 times (Judge: 1)
Hank Aaron's top seasons are incredible. It's just that he's had a LOT of top seasons, not that he's had a lot of "really good" seasons but no top seasons.