O/T Ted Williams Was the Best Hitter

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Posted By: Peter Thomas

I did get to see Williams play between 1946 ( first game with my dad) and 1960. I was at his last game and was about 60 feet from the landing spot of his last home run. I was an MIT freshman and walked to each game that September hoping to see what I did see. He certainly was the best hitter I ever saw, but I think Ruth was even better. Without the wars he would have had about 700 home runs and maybe stuck around an extra year to pass Ruth. Ruth if he had been a possition player from the beginning would have have 800 plus. Williams won 7 batting titles and by current rules would have had 8 ( not enought at bats, but plenty of plate appearences) If he had not missed those 5 years it is hard to think he would not have won at least 3 more.