The Splendid Splinter

Ted Williams has to be the greatest hitter ever to play the game. First and foremeost, he did it cleanly. None of this steroids crap! Secondly, you have to remember that he missed nearly 5 seasons while serving his counrty in WWII and Korea. So the numbers that you know today that already put him in an elite class would actually be even better. I have done the math and here are the results. Obviously an average would remain the same so his career .344 batting average and his .634 slugging percentage would remain the 5th and 2nd best all time respectively. He would be 2nd in runs with 2247, 11th in hits with 3300, 8th in doubles with 655, 5th in HRs with 640, 2nd in RBI with 2276, 4th in total bases with 6054 and 2nd in walks with 2535. Toss out Bonds, like we'd all like to do, and he moves to 4th in HRs and 1st in walks. He is also the last player to hit .400+ in a season and 1 of only 2 people to win the triple crown twice-1942 and 1947 (Rogers Hornsby). And the icing on the cake, he hit a homerun in his last career at bat.