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Originally Posted by mr2686
Same year Dimaggio had 622 plate appearances and only 13 strikeouts
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They were both incredibly efficient hitters, I don't think that can be denied by anybody.
Ted walked about 2-3 times more often then Joe D. however, and got on base at a clip of about 80+ percentage points higher.
One of the things that makes Ted so amazing. Most low strikeout guys, don't walk a lot either. They are so afraid of striking out, they will swing and hit pitches out of the zone just to make contact. Ted never swung at anything he didn't think was a strike, and he was almost always right, according to the Umps anyways.
Ted has a career walk to strikeout ratio of almost 3 to 1. Joe D. is a little better then 2 to 1, though with a lot more "contact" outs. Joe has almost as many HR's as strikeouts.
Both are pretty amazing.