Ted Williams...ROBBED!

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Originally Posted by Fred

Can you imagine if Ted didn't miss almost 5 seasons serving in the military? He probably would have averaged about 35HR, 110RBIs, 120Runs and 180Hits a season for that time. Let's just say it was 4.5 seasons missed that would put his lifetime totals at 678HR, 2334RBIs, 2338Runs and 3464Hits (probably almost 700 doubles). That would have put him in the all time lead for RBIs and Runs, plus also be a member of the 3000 hit club. To think that three of those years was between his triple crown seasons in 1942 and 1947 is mind boggling when you consider what he probably could have done.

How about the fact that his was probably the greatest season by a retiring player ever. .329, 29 HR's 1.096 OPS. Yes he was only playing 2/3 of a season at that point, but who knows how much longer he could've kept hitting. Add in the WWII and Korea years and he might've been motivated to take a run at Ruth and keep playing. How crazy would it have been if a guy who only hit 40 HR's in a season once became the guy to beat the Babe?

[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

After Stan Musial I would say Lou Gehrig. That guy was a RBI machine. If I could have one player in history up with the game on the line and you couldn't walk him #4 is my guy. I can see a line drive down into the right field corner and the winning run scoring. It would have been interesting to have seen his stats if not for the ALS. I bet he would have played during WW 2 and beyond.