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Re: Ted Williams or Babe Ruth - Question
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Re: Ted Williams or Babe Ruth - Question
I am not adjusting anything for park, era or competition both Mantle and William's careers overlapped for about 10 years. As sluggers they were close to being equal, when it comes to OB% and BA it's not close. As a wise man recently said "Greatness is greatness". ;-) I have mentioned Hornsby on several occasions (possibly… -
Re: Ted Williams or Babe Ruth - Question
I love OPS+; it does a tremendous job measuring what it measures. But there's a lot that it doesn't measure, and Morgan trounces Hornsby in all of those things. Hornsby's last full season was at age 33, Morgan's at 39 (and almost a full season at 40). Morgan dragged down his OPS+ playing all those old man years, but he… -
Re: Ted Williams or Babe Ruth - Question
Well, despite Morgan's playing to 39 he only performed in about 400 more games. So he gave his team about three more years of service which is undeniable, but his last seven years (with 1982 excluded) he certainly wasn't much of a hitter, although he still walked a lot and could still steal bases. His OPS over those last… -
Re: Ted Williams or Babe Ruth - Question
I read a quote from Mantle saying he was disappointed he never really had a "great" WS in leading the Yankees to a victory. At first I thought he was being modest, but then I then looked closely at the game by game records and (especially 1960) saw that Mick was right. Except for '52 (if I remember correctly) he should be…
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