July 6, 2011

Ted Williams Got On Base

Single Season Leaders, Boston Red Sox

It's astounding that the top two seasons are 16 years apart!

Top 30 Seasons (min. 375 PA)

5 comments:

johngoldfine said...

Ted Fucking Williams!

MacLeodCartoons said...

And there are still people who say he wasn't up to much cos he won no WS and batted .200 in the one WS he got to. Personally, I'm happy to say [with a photo of Ted hanging on the wall above me as I type] 'there goes the best hitter who ever lived.' Great stats, Allan!

laura k said...

And there are still people who say he wasn't up to much

But not people who know baseball.

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Do you think Williams is the best player to never get a WS ring? He's always the one I name, but I've never analyzed the choices.

allan said...

Do you think Williams is the best player to never get a WS ring?

Well, there is Mattingly!

...

Here's a Top 10 from last summer:
TSW
Cobb
Griffey Jr.
Yaz
Lajoie
Gwynn
Sisler
Griffey
Killibrew
Banks
Bagwell

...

He "forgot" Bonds.

Maurice said...

Imagine being a pitcher in late summer of 1949 and facing Williams. In July, August and September, he reached base safely in every game, 84 consecutive games.