Ty Cobb of course hitter over 4000 hits during his career in early baseball era..
Ichiro Suzuki proved himself as the best Contact hitter today
n even Pete Rose...who was banned from MLB for a life time, but he is and still has the most hits in career than anybody else...
Who do you think is the best CONTACT hitter in MLB history?
2007-04-18 15:31:56 · 18 answers · asked by Frankie 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I agree with you being Ty Cobb.
His lifetime batting average was a ridiculous .367 in a span of 22 years! He's never went lower than .320 a season and has finished batting over .400 3 times. He's even won the triple crown! Now thats CONTACT!
2007-04-18 17:49:41 · answer #1 · answered by TDK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joe Sewell
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Mickey Cochrane
Eddie Collins
Arky Vaughan
Elmer Valo
Charlie Gehringer
2007-04-19 04:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by Bob Mc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Top Five
Pete Rose
Ty Cobb
Rogers Hornsby
Stan Musial
Joe Dimaggio
Today: Ichiro and Pujols
2007-04-18 16:17:15 · answer #3 · answered by andy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've named some good ones already, but I think Joe DiMaggio needs to be high on the list. The 56 game hit streak was followed by another lengthy streak in 1941. If I recall correctly, he only struck out a ridiculously low amount as well that season. (Maybe less than 30?) During his whole career, he put the ball in play.
2007-04-19 15:50:06 · answer #4 · answered by steve p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joe Mauer is the suited touch hitter in MLB. He makes the main touch, gets walks, very not often strikes out (He rerely even swings and misses) and hits for a intense batting conventional.
2016-11-25 21:06:11 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no question about it - the greatest contact hitter of all-time is Joe Sewell.
In 7,132 at-bats, Sewell struck out only 114 times, or once every 62 at-bats. That's far and away the best, and even guys like Hornsby, Ichiro, Gwynn, or anyone else can't compete with those numbers.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seweljo01.shtml
2007-04-18 16:00:25 · answer #6 · answered by Craig S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No one ever thinks of Rogers Hornsby. Not only is he second in career batting average to Ty Cobb, but he batted over .400 in three of our four consecutive seasons, with the 'off' year being .397. If nothing else, you could definitely argue that he may have been the best.
2007-04-18 15:56:15 · answer #7 · answered by wicious2002 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my research I have run across some very unusual statistics. One of the oddest Stat lines are the hitting statistics of "pitcher" Johnny Sain. He may be the greatest "contact" hitter in the modern history of baseball. >If you mean, when he went to the plate he put the ball in play< He went to the plate 856 times in his career, he walked 24 times and only struck out 20 times(once every 42.8 plate appearances .
In 1946 Johnny Sain went to the plate 104 times >zero walks and zero strikeouts for the entire year. He also hit 298 that year >not bad for a pitcher<
http://www.mlb.com >Johnny Sain
2007-04-18 18:53:33 · answer #8 · answered by C_F_45 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ty Cobb .367 career average! Enough said!
2007-04-19 09:21:06 · answer #9 · answered by G.W. loves winter! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You sure named some great ones and I'll add my favorite contact hitter of my time. How about Rod Carew?
2007-04-18 15:41:11 · answer #10 · answered by ronald g 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋