Originally posted on 08/06/2023:

Quote Originally Posted by Da Manster! View Post

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.
"Know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is?
It's 25 hits, 25 hits in 500 at bats is 50 points.
There's six months in a season, that's about 25 weeks.
That means if you one extra flare a week- just one-a gorp-you get a groundball, you get a groundball with eyes, you get a dying quail, just one more dying quail a week, you're in Yankee Stadium"

-Crash Davis
'Bull Durham'