2007-05-16 08:05:15 · 17 answers · asked by redsoxfanbrad 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Ted Williams was the better hitter. Roberto Clemente was the better overall ballplayer. Both players stats are staggering.
2007-05-16 08:09:13 · answer #1 · answered by Yankee Dude 6 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Roberto Clemente
2007-05-16 08:09:28 · answer #2 · answered by JD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ted Williams was a better hitter, Roberto Clemente was a better all around. If you ask most old heads though they will tell you Willie Mays was the best every all around.
2007-05-16 08:16:15 · answer #3 · answered by mikesbphillypurge 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually saw both players play the game several different times in years gone bye. If you look just at the numbers you would have to go with Williams who could possibly be the best offensive player ever to swing a bat. Clemente was a better athlete and was just unbelievable at everything he did. He had the strongest and most accurate throwing arm of anybody I have ever seen, and I have seen most everyone since the 1960's. I was at Dodger stadium for a game in the 1960's and saw him throw out Wes Parker trying to go from first base to third base from the right field corner. The throw was never more than six feet off the ground and got to third base on the fly. I challenge anyone, who has ever seen Clemente play, to tell me they have seen a better player, even Willie Mays.
2007-05-16 09:02:04 · answer #4 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would pick Ted Williams. He was the last player to hit .400 and his career batting AVG. of .344.
Roberto Clemente was a great player though. He earned 12 Gold gloves and he was a 5 tool player.
2007-05-16 08:41:29 · answer #5 · answered by bobbydig21 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As good a five-tool player as Clemente was, he can't even approach Williams in overall greatness. Their lines say it all:
Clemente .317/.359/.475
Williams .344/.482/.634
All the great defense and speed in the world can't make up for the difference. Williams is as good a pure hitter as we've ever seen, even with having missed four prime years due to war. Clemente was a good contact hitter, but never hit 30 homers in a season and took three years to draw as many walks as Williams did in a single season.
Clemente was a great player, but Williams is among a handful of all-time best players. Anybody in their right mind would rather have Williams.
2007-05-16 08:13:42 · answer #6 · answered by Craig S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ted Williams. But Roberto was awfully good!
2007-05-16 08:12:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ted Williams, no contest is nice. you often pass with "greater offense," and Williams had the greater useful bat. Clemente in basic terms hit for a severe consumer-friendly, and rarely hit in the grasp. whilst there is two out a runner on 0.33, a tied score (2-2), and you want a fulfillment to win the game 3-2, Williams is the guy you want on the plate, he gets you that hit. Clemente would in basic terms get you that hit whilst the score replaced into 6-0, he on no account produced in the grasp.
2016-12-17 14:35:26 · answer #8 · answered by bremmer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ted Williams is the one of the top three hitters of all time...Clemente is not...interesting two you picked but any baseball historian will say Williams and it's not even close.
2007-05-16 08:16:06 · answer #9 · answered by Corkadorkadoo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ted Williams. To have the legacy he has when he missed 4 years in his prime is amazing. To think of what his numbers would have been like. He had such an ability at the plate. He could tell what pitch was coming at him in part because he could see the rotation of the seems. That is the eye of an absolute natural.
2007-05-16 08:12:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋