Ted Williams without WAR

[steveringo]

No, not Wins Above Replacement.... Actual war.

The Kid famously flew wingman to John Glenn in the Korean War in 1952 and 1953. He also missed the entire 43, 44, 45 seasons flying in WWII... But what if...

I stupidly took the Splendid Splinter's three years before and after each war and added the average to each of his five missing seasons (or partial seasons for Korea).

Surprisingly (but maybe not), The Thumper's Average and OPS stayed about the same at .344 & 1.115...

Here's a quick look at some of Teddy Ballgame's all time totals adjusted for wars. Wouldn't it be cool if we could looks at everyone's stats adjusted for time missed?

 

[catman]

Ted Williams was one of the true greats at the bat. He gave 5 years to the marines and, from all reports, was an exemplary pilot. There is a real possibility that he could have challenged Ruth's home run record.

 

[Cedrique]

No, not Wins Above Replacement.... Actual war.

The Kid famously flew wingman to John Glenn in the Korean War in 1952 and 1953. He also missed the entire 43, 44, 45 seasons flying in WWII... But what if...

I stupidly took the Splendid Splinter's three years before and after each war and added the average to each of his five missing seasons (or partial seasons for Korea).

Surprisingly (but maybe not), The Thumper's Average and OPS stayed about the same at .344 & 1.115...

Here's a quick look at some of Teddy Ballgame's all time totals adjusted for wars. Wouldn't it be cool if we could looks at everyone's stats adjusted for time missed?



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What's really amazing is if you look at the season he had before the 3 seasons he missed for WWII and the season he came back they look almost exactly the same. Pretty freaking amazing.

 

[msgkings322]

No, not Wins Above Replacement.... Actual war.

The Kid famously flew wingman to John Glenn in the Korean War in 1952 and 1953. He also missed the entire 43, 44, 45 seasons flying in WWII... But what if...

I stupidly took the Splendid Splinter's three years before and after each war and added the average to each of his five missing seasons (or partial seasons for Korea).

Surprisingly (but maybe not), The Thumper's Average and OPS stayed about the same at .344 & 1.115...

Here's a quick look at some of Teddy Ballgame's all time totals adjusted for wars. Wouldn't it be cool if we could looks at everyone's stats adjusted for time missed?



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Can we do this for injuries though? Or just stuff like serving in a war?

 

[msgkings322]

Ted Williams was one of the true greats at the bat. He gave 5 years to the marines and, from all reports, was an exemplary pilot. There is a real possibility that he could have challenged Ruth's home run record.

To be such a great, top of the top baseball player and an excellent wartime pilot concurrently is actually unfathomably cool and pretty much impossible. And yet he was that guy.

 

[steveringo]

Can we do this for injuries though? Or just stuff like serving in a war?

 

[Mebert]

I did this for Gayle Sayers, by my projections he has infinity-billion all purpose yards.

 

[steveringo]

I did this for Gayle Sayers, by my projections he has infinity-billion all purpose yards.

The possibilities are endless.... Like, what if Barry Sanders had the same offensive line as Emmett Smith?

 

[nynasty]

Best hitter that ever lived.

Off the charts eyesight

 

[Pure Steel]

Best hitter that ever lived.

Off the charts eyesight

I miss the CBS days with the poster that gave him a nice tribute……

 

[nynasty]

Would've loved to be a fly on the wall for this conversation

 

[Pure Steel]

Would've loved to be a fly on the wall for this conversation



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Shocker that Boggs’ beer was chugged down already…..

 

[calsnowskier]

Would've loved to be a fly on the wall for this conversation



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This looks like Red Sox era Boggs.


How much shit did Mattingly take from Yankee fans for breaking bread with those two?

 

[nynasty]

Shocker that Boggs’ beer was chugged down already…..

What is the Wade Boggs Challenge/beer record?​

The Wade Boggs beer record is the amount of beers Wade was rumored to have consumed on a cross-country flight while playing in Major League Baseball. Ex-teammate Jeff Nelson said 50-60 beers. Paul Sorrento said 70. Wade Boggs himself claims 107 beers is the record.

 

[calsnowskier]

Shocker that Boggs’ beer was chugged down already…..

That’s his water glass. I think he is drinking from the bottle

 

[nynasty]

This looks like Red Sox era Boggs.


How much shit did Mattingly take from Yankee fans for breaking bread with those two?

It's Ted Williams!

Some things transcend even the Yanks/Sox hatred.

 

[Pure Steel]

What is the Wade Boggs Challenge/beer record?​

The Wade Boggs beer record is the amount of beers Wade was rumored to have consumed on a cross-country flight while playing in Major League Baseball. Ex-teammate Jeff Nelson said 50-60 beers. Paul Sorrento said 70. Wade Boggs himself claims 107 beers is the record.

Legendary drinker, he’s a huge WWE fan, my friend goes every year and has seen him in the VIP room knock down 20 beers effortlessly….

 

[calsnowskier]

Legendary drinker, he’s a huge WWE fan, my friend goes every year and has seen him in the VIP room knock down 20 beers effortlessly….

Wasn’t he in the Royal Rumble one year?

 

[Pure Steel]

Wasn’t he in the Royal Rumble one year?

Not sure, but he was good friends with Curt Hennig “Mr Perfect” and was his presenter into the WWE HOF….

 

[Cedrique]

Can we do this for injuries though? Or just stuff like serving in a war?

I got Josh Hamilton as a hall of famer if you add in the time he missed for his "war with addiction"