Stan Musial and Ted Williams
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Stan Musial and Ted Williams
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Almost as good, but "almost" has to be defined.
Williams was clearly better.
In my mind, the answer is very clear. Musial was a great hitter. Williams was better and to suggest that it is not even close is really a dig at Musial that I would never even consider. Musial was better than good so to suggest just good is insulting. I like them both, but to no surprise- Williams was better.
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Like swell said, it depends on what you mean by "almost"; Williams was definitely better.
In fact Williams was a better hitter than pretty much anyone else, with only Ruth having a strong case above him. The only legitimate candidates for better "player" than Williams, other than Ruth, have more defensive value, and did not play 1B, LF or RF.
I wonder what Stan's numbers would look like had he played his career at Fenway?
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When I was young I read a lot of sports magazines. This very topic was discussed, The conclusion was that Musial was a much kinder, decent man, but Ted was a better hitter. BTW Williams was my favorite player.
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Its not like Sportsman's park didn't have some friendly confines for LH hitters:
In the end,
Musial had a .944 OPS away from Sportsmans/Busch with 223 HR in 6,386 PA
Williams had a 1.082 OPS away from Fenway with 273 HR in 4,834 PA
...you can check to see if anyone that played with Williams or after Williams had a higher career road OPS than he had.
It gets closer if you compare their all around abilities instead of limiting it to hitting.
Williams might be the greatest hitter of all time.