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Ted Williams was a freak of nature - .482 career On base percentage
Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:00 am
Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:00 am
While missing, effectively, 6 prime years due to war and injury.
Had Williams played completely through his prime - he’d probably have had 800 career homeruns and 2450 RBIs while sporting a .350 career batting average.
Top 3 of the greatest hitters who ever lived and can be argued he is the greatest to ever live (aside from Will Clark)
Had Williams played completely through his prime - he’d probably have had 800 career homeruns and 2450 RBIs while sporting a .350 career batting average.
Top 3 of the greatest hitters who ever lived and can be argued he is the greatest to ever live (aside from Will Clark)
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Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:02 am to theunknownknight
His 1957 season was unreal, and he didn't even win MVP.
Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:02 am to theunknownknight
yeah but he wasn't facing roberto osuna though
Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:18 am to theunknownknight
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(aside from Will Clark)
Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:43 am to theunknownknight
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There's a great clip in "Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived," where Bob Costas is talking with the Splendid Splinter. In between hitting .406 in 1941 and winning multiple MVPs and Triple Crowns, the Red Sox superstar served as a Marine fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean War.
"The first time I interviewed Ted Williams, I said you really are the guy John Wayne played in all those movies. You are John Wayne," Costas says in the documentary. "And he goes, 'Yeah, I know it.'" - Bob Costas
Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:45 am to theunknownknight
Top 3 hitters of all time
Ted Williams
Barry Bonds
Babe Ruth
You can order them how you see fit, depending on what you value most...but that’s the top tier. Any other answer is incorrect imo
Ted Williams
Barry Bonds
Babe Ruth
You can order them how you see fit, depending on what you value most...but that’s the top tier. Any other answer is incorrect imo
Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:51 am to DallasTiger45
Williams hitting .400 story is pretty great
Going into the final two games (a double header) of the season he was batting .39955.
Manager told him to sit out, seasons over anyway (well behind the Yankees in the standings) and that rounds up to .400 anyway
Williams said no, goes 6 for 8 in the double header and ends the season batting .406
Going into the final two games (a double header) of the season he was batting .39955.
Manager told him to sit out, seasons over anyway (well behind the Yankees in the standings) and that rounds up to .400 anyway
Williams said no, goes 6 for 8 in the double header and ends the season batting .406
This post was edited on 8/13/19 at 9:53 am
Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:51 am to DallasTiger45
Stan Musial is right there with those guys
Posted on 8/13/19 at 9:56 am to theunknownknight
HIGHLY recommend this book for any baseball fan. He was an interesting person and quite complicated. Also, like lots of great people, he could be quite the selfish dick.
Posted on 8/13/19 at 10:01 am to theunknownknight
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aside from Will Clark)
Who?
Posted on 8/13/19 at 10:04 am to DallasTiger45
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Top 3 hitters of all time
Ted Williams
Barry Bonds
Babe Ruth
You can order them how you see fit, depending on what you value most...but that’s the top tier. Any other answer is incorrect imo
I'd have to agree. the top 3 is easy. I'm curious what your next 3 are.
Posted on 8/13/19 at 10:07 am to VinegarStrokes
I know Tony Gwynn didn’t hit a lot of HRs but he was one of the best hitters of my era
His hitting stats and lack of Ks are ridiculous
His hitting stats and lack of Ks are ridiculous
Posted on 8/13/19 at 10:07 am to barry
That one is very good.
Leigh Montville's also just as good.
Leigh Montville's also just as good.
Posted on 8/13/19 at 10:10 am to theunknownknight
The thing about Williams is that he was Sabermetric before it even existed.
His hitting philosophy is what everyone now wants.
Guess who the very first shift was ever designed against?
His hitting philosophy is what everyone now wants.
Guess who the very first shift was ever designed against?
Posted on 8/13/19 at 10:15 am to VinegarStrokes
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I'd have to agree. the top 3 is easy. I'm curious what your next 3 are.
I would go with Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby, and Ty Cobb, but I think that next tier is a little larger than 3.
Fun fact- There's a four way tie at 173 for wRC+. The names? Lou Gehrig, Barry Bonds, Rogers Hornsby...and Mike Trout. What a freakin beast
Posted on 8/13/19 at 10:22 am to theunknownknight
Probably the greatest hitter of all time.
Posted on 8/13/19 at 10:24 am to okietiger
Yordan comin for Ted
Posted on 8/13/19 at 10:46 am to barry
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Also, like lots of great people, he could be quite the selfish dick
Watching his documentary made me kind of wish I'd not learned about his personality. He was pretty shitty sometimes. But I guess it takes that kind of selfishness to be that great at anything
Posted on 8/13/19 at 11:10 am to VinegarStrokes
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I'd have to agree. the top 3 is easy. I'm curious what your next 3 are.
Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, and Stan Musial are 4th, 5th, and 6th all-time in Weighted Runs Above Average and Offensive Runs Above Average after Ruth, Bonds, and Williams so I would go with them.
Posted on 8/13/19 at 12:20 pm to GeauxTigerTM
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