Which team would be more dominant- a team of 8 Joe DiMaggios or a team of 8 Ted Williams?
2007-06-23 06:48:57 · 13 answers · asked by A B 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Williams was an exceptional hitter but not much more than that.
DiMaggio was a great hitter and played great defense. He also led the Yankees to numerous World Series titles.
2007-06-27 06:25:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question and tough pick. As a Yankee fan I want to pick DiMaggio, but as a baseball fan I have so much respect for Ted Williams, not to mention the man fought in the war during his baseball career. However, I'm not a fence sitter when it comes to anything, so I'm going to go with a team of Ted's because I think he was a better hitter, but my team would be the Joe D's.
2007-06-23 07:13:06 · answer #2 · answered by None Profound 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to pick...Williams was the dominant hitter of the two (over 500 homeruns, possibly more if he would have played in the MLB instead of serving his country in both World War II and the Korean War for five full seasons), while DiMaggio was the better baserunner and defensive standout. I would go with finesse versus sheer power, DiMaggio slightly over Williams. While Ted Williams was indeed the best hitter to ever play the game (with apologies to Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, and Roberto Clemente), DiMaggio bagged the best trophy between the two contemporaries: Marilyn Monroe!
2007-06-23 07:18:12 · answer #3 · answered by Snoop 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ted Williams always said that the best ballplayer of all time was Joe Dimaggio. Williams insisted that the title he himself held was best hitter. Joe had the arm, baserunning speed and instinct, as well as power and great hitting ability. Williams was all about hitting. Frankly, he is one of the 2 or 3 best hitters of all time. Dimaggio was a better around ballplayer. I can't imagine someone saying, "Dang it! I got stuck with. . ."
2007-06-24 08:31:17 · answer #4 · answered by Sarrafzedehkhoee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Williams was the better hitter meaning I think 8 of him would win more. But DiMaggio brought more to the game especially helping to break another barrier (prejudice against Italians).
2007-06-23 07:03:29 · answer #5 · answered by alrct75 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lineup of eight Williamses would slaughter any other lineup not comprised of guys all named Ruth. (And, in support of this rather obvious conclusion, USA Today ran a season-long simulation in Baseball Weekly in 1990 -- 32 or 64 hitting greats, paired off and playing full seasons against each other -- and it came down to, yawn, Ted and Babe in the final. Ruth won, but it was pretty close.)
Williams
OBP .482 (#1 all-time)
SLG .634 (#2 all-time)
DiMaggio
OBP .398
SLG .579
Joe was great and plenty worthy of his plaque. Ted, however, is one of the two most dominating hitters, ever.
So the answer is Williams, unless one feels the compulsion to buy into all that pinstripes-mystique-and-aura drivel, in which case, reading this isn't going to make any difference.
2007-06-23 07:36:41 · answer #6 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Williams was a better ball player Dimaggio was a better trend setter/status symbol
2007-06-23 06:58:30 · answer #7 · answered by aceknockrh 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wow
great question
two extreme talents.
I will go with Ted for his war hero record.
He left the game twice as a pilot
No selfishness.
I am from NYC.
But that would be the judgement in this decision.
2007-06-23 07:39:54 · answer #8 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
during joe d's 56 game hit streak, ted williams actually held a higher batting average. go figure.
2007-06-23 17:43:58 · answer #9 · answered by joe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lou Gehrig
2007-06-23 07:03:00 · answer #10 · answered by Kevin H 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋