Originally Posted by
Da Manster!
Secondly, your post reminded me of the aged old MLB stat debate dad and I had a very long time ago...which historical MLB record feat was more impressive?...DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak or Ted Williams batting .406? I always used to argue that Williams .406 was the better of the two because it was through the duration of an entire season (more consistency) whereas a 56 hitting game streak a batter can conceivably go 1 for 4 every day during that streak and only be a .250 hitter. the closest anyone has come to Williams (since 1941) was Tony Gwynn hitting .394...but if you go back and look at the longest MLB hitting streaks, only 5 others have even made into the 40's!...absolutely mind boggling when you think about it.