Posted by: patrick (pmgeoeiiee@yahoo.com) on Mon Feb 28 12:35:12 2011

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> > I don"t know...qwynn's got the highest avg. since williams retired (.338) and 3000+ hits. he was doing something right.
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> Sure they both hit for average, but gwynn's extra base percentage was about 22 percent of his hits. Williams' was 42 percent. Gwynn's lifetime ops was under .800; Williams' was over 1.1.
> Best. Hitter. Ever.
I'm not disputing that.(Williams over Gwynn) But ted being the best hitter ever is debatable. Ever heard of a guy named george ruth? I'm the biggest ted williams fan alive. But i also look at numbers too. Here are some for you: runs: 2174 hits: 2873 hrs: 714 avg: 342 obp: 474 slg: 690 ops: 1.164. by comparison runs: 1798 hits: 2654 hrs; 521 avg: 344 obp: 482 slg: 634 ops: 1.116. Very debatable between these too. (best. hitter. ever.)