Stan's probably a top ten player all-time, but Ted's at least got an argument as number two.Corkscrew stance. No disrespect to Musial, and it is certainly worth noting that he makes up some ground with his baserunning and defense, but Ted wins this contest pretty handily. If Musial's greatest asset was his high average, Williams was better at that too. His on-base percentage is the highest of anyone ever and will likely never be challenged.
Ted's slugging percentage, which is obviously prorated according to number of at bats and thus probably the best measure of power among common metrics (those you'll find on the back of a baseball card), is second only to Babe Ruth's. The fact that Ted walked so much, although among his greatest assets as a player, was also a significant handicap to his counting stats. Why point to the fact that Ted only his 40+ homers once when Musial never did it at all? A more telling stat is that Ted led the league in homers four times and Musial never led the league in homers. However, Williams had more power than Musial. I guess all of those walks kept his numbers down, and made him less exciting to a kid.You are correct in saying that Musial had more power than his home run totals indicate - his slugging percentage is great and he regularly hit 40+ doubles and 10+ triples in a season. 388, but at that time, they somehow equated.Īnd for me, the nod went to Stan on line drive extra base hits, and an overall more exciting typical at bat.īut now I can see the numbers, and they are not equal. In retrospect, there is a difference between a great batting average of. They both were coming up with great batting averages. Lifetime Williams has four seasons with 40+ doubles, and one season with 40+ (43) homeruns.įrom 1948-57 Musial was typically in the 30s with HRs, or nearby, as was Williams. But watching Musial and Williams play side by side, it was not so apparent.Īfterall, Musial was hitting doubles in the 40 and 50 range essentially every year he played until the mid-50s, and double digit triples throughout most of that (greater than ten year) period as well. Now that the dust has settled, it is easy to see what Williams did.
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