#1 History Comp - Joe DiMaggio & Ted Williams

[steveringo]

Joltin Joe - The Yankee Clipper

or

Teddy Ballgame - The Splendid Splinter - The Kid


Ted Williams Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

Joe DiMaggio Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

 

[BigDDude]

Joltin Joe - The Yankee Clipper

or

Teddy Ballgame - The Splendid Splinter - The Kid


Ted Williams Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

Joe DiMaggio Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

Looking at their entire lives, I can only give Joe the edge in 2 areas myself.

He was a better salesman ( Mr. Coffee anyone ), and, had the hottest ex-wife.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Joltin Joe - The Yankee Clipper

or

Teddy Ballgame - The Splendid Splinter - The Kid


Ted Williams Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

Joe DiMaggio Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

had to start with one where even the Yankee fans have to vote for the Sox over the Yankee.

 

[ChicagoIrish]

It's so hard to pick against Joe D, but I had to.

The greatest hitter of all time, Ted

 

[$500 Million]

Okay that was lopsided...next.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Okay that was lopsided...next.

I think you might have gotten a closer vote with Musial vs Williams.


The Braves once tried to trade Warren Spahn for Whitey Ford, that could be another one.

 

[ChicagoIrish]

What about Mickey in his healthy years, vs Willie

People say that a healthy Mickey Mantle was the greatest player ever

 

[obxyankeefan]

What about Mickey in his healthy years, vs Willie

People say that a healthy Mickey Mantle was the greatest player ever

For all the discussion of Mantle, Mays, and Snider in the 50s, Mays blows the other two away. Mantle was my dads hero and he will tell you that for what Mays did on the field he was the better player.

 

[Lemon Harang Pie]

For all the discussion of Mantle, Mays, and Snider in the 50s, Mays blows the other two away. Mantle was my dads hero and he will tell you that for what Mays did on the field he was the better player.

Duke Snider was a great ball player but not really in the conversation. Mays may have been better than Mantle but he definitely didn't blow him away. I would side with Mantle though.

 

[Brahmsian]

I HATE voting for a Sinstriper over a Red Sox player but Williams was simply not as complete a ballplayer
as DiMaggio was and seemingly didn't care about it.

If the Sinstripes had been willing to swap the 2 straight up Tom Yawkey should have said "Done deal!" And thrown in a "Thank you!"

 

[ChicagoIrish]

I don't think I'd take any player ever over a healthy Mickey Mantle

 

[geneh_33]

Had to go with Ted. Tough choice, though.

Tobad about Roberto Clemente. The things he could have done.

 

[BigDDude]

Duke Snider was a great ball player but not really in the conversation. Mays may have been better than Mantle but he definitely didn't blow him away

For all the discussion of Mantle, Mays, and Snider in the 50s, Mays blows the other two away. Mantle was my dads hero and he will tell you that for what Mays did on the field he was the better player.

If not for Dimaggio hating the kid, and a certain sprinkler hole in 1951, it would likely be Mantle by a good margin.


What if........

 

[obxyankeefan]

From the replies I would have to say I was wrong about how lopsided the Mantle Mays discussion would be.

 

[BigDDude]

From the replies I would have to say I was wrong about how lopsided the Mantle Mays discussion would be.

It is in the what if factor that I just mentioned that causes there to still be doubt in the "right" answer. Much like that is applied to Williams. Not here, in the comparison to DiMaggio, but in general and overall, and in respect to what his final numbers might have been if he had not serverd our country twice.

 

[geneh_33]

It is in the what if factor that I just mentioned that causes there to still be doubt in the "right" answer. Much like that is applied to Williams. Not here, in the comparison to DiMaggio, but in general and overall, and in respect to what his final numbers might have been if he had not serverd our country twice.

Well, he's better in my book because he did serve his country - twice over.

 

[StanMarsh51]

What about Mickey in his healthy years, vs Willie

People say that a healthy Mickey Mantle was the greatest player ever

At their major league peaks they were about the same, but if you were to look at their 5 best years, it's probably Mays.

In Mays' 5 best seasons he had a 11.2, 11.1, 10.6, 10.6, and 10.5 WAR
In Mantle's 5 best seasons he had 11.3, 11.3, 10.5, 9.5 and 8.7

 

[StanMarsh51]

I HATE voting for a Sinstriper over a Red Sox player but Williams was simply not as complete a ballplayer
as DiMaggio was and seemingly didn't care about it.

If the Sinstripes had been willing to swap the 2 straight up Tom Yawkey should have said "Done deal!" And thrown in a "Thank you!"

So what? Frank Thomas wasn't as 'complete a player' as Don Mattingly but you're not convincing anyone that Mattingly was better.

Williams' offensive advantage easily makes up for any gap in defense/baserunning that DiMaggio had. Williams' 5 best offensive seasons are probably better than DiMaggio's best offensively...that's how big the gap was.

 

[DragonfromTO]

I HATE voting for a Sinstriper over a Red Sox player but Williams was simply not as complete a ballplayer
as DiMaggio was and seemingly didn't care about it.

If the Sinstripes had been willing to swap the 2 straight up Tom Yawkey should have said "Done deal!" And thrown in a "Thank you!"

It's sort of odd, because as much as you claim to "hate" doing it I've read you putting down Williams about a jillion times before on this board.

 

[The Derski]

Ted Williams without question.