Ted Williams vs Ty Cobb Comparison
Seasons
Info
Ted Williams | Boston Red Sox (1939-1942, 1946-1960) |
Ty Cobb | Detroit Tigers (1905-1926) Philadelphia Athletics (1927-1928) |
Ted Williams | Outfielder |
Ty Cobb | Centerfielder |
Ted Williams | 6'3" |
Ty Cobb | 6'1' |
Ted Williams | 205 |
Ty Cobb | 175 |
Ted Williams | Left |
Ty Cobb | Left |
Ted Williams | Right |
Ty Cobb | Right |
World Series And Playoff Appearances
Ted Williams | 0 |
Ty Cobb | 0 |
Ted Williams | 1 (1946) | |
Ty Cobb | 3 (1907-1909) |
Ted Williams | 1 (1946) | |
Ty Cobb | 3 (1907-1909) |
Awards And Honors
Ted Williams | Yes | 93.4% in 1966 |
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Ty Cobb | Yes | 98.2% in 1936 |
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Ted Williams | Yes |
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Ty Cobb | No |
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Ted Williams | 1 (1946, 1949) | |
Ty Cobb | 1 (1911) |
Ted Williams | 6 (1941-1942, 1947-1948, 1957-1958) | |
Ty Cobb | 12 (1907–1915, 1917–1919) |
Ted Williams | 4 (1941-1942, 1947, 1949) | |
Ty Cobb | 1 (1909) |
Ted Williams | 4 (1939, 1942, 1947, 1949) | |
Ty Cobb | 4 (1907–1909, 1911) |
Ted Williams | 0 | |
Ty Cobb | 6 (1907, 1909, 1911, 1915–1917) |
Ted Williams | 6 (1939, 1942, 1946-1947, 1949, 1951) | |
Ty Cobb | 6 (1907-1909, 1911, 1915, 1917) |
Ted Williams | 2 (1948-1949) | |
Ty Cobb | 3 (1908, 1911, 1917) |
Ted Williams | 0 | |
Ty Cobb | 4 (1908, 1911, 1917-1918) |
Ted Williams | 6 (1940-1942, 1946-1947, 1949) | |
Ty Cobb | 5 (1909-1911, 1915-1916) |
Ted Williams | 12 (1940-1942, 1946-1949, 1951, 1954, 1956-1958) | |
Ty Cobb | 7 (1909-1910, 1913-1915, 1917-1918) |
Ted Williams | 9 (1941-1942, 1946-1949, 1951, 1954, 1957) | |
Ty Cobb | 8 (1907-1912, 1914, 1917) |
Hitting
Ted Williams | 2,292 |
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Ty Cobb | 3,034 |
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Ted Williams | 9,788 |
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Ty Cobb | 13,087 |
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Ted Williams | 7,706 |
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Ty Cobb | 11,434 |
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Ted Williams | 0.344 |
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Ty Cobb | 0.366 |
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Ted Williams | 2,654 |
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Ty Cobb | 4,189 |
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Ted Williams | 1,798 |
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Ty Cobb | 2,244 |
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Ted Williams | 521 |
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Ty Cobb | 117 |
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Ted Williams | 1,839 |
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Ty Cobb | 1,933 |
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Ted Williams | 525 |
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Ty Cobb | 733 |
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Ted Williams | 71 |
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Ty Cobb | 295 |
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Ted Williams | 2,021 |
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Ty Cobb | 1,249 |
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Ted Williams | 709 |
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Ty Cobb | 681 |
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Ted Williams | 24 |
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Ty Cobb | 897 |
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Ted Williams | 17 |
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Ty Cobb | 212 |
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Ted Williams | 0.482 |
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Ty Cobb | 0.433 |
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Ted Williams | 0.634 |
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Ty Cobb | 0.513 |
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Ted Williams | 1.116 |
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Ty Cobb | 0.946 |
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Ted Williams | 39 |
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Ty Cobb | 103 |
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Ted Williams | 4,884 |
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Ty Cobb | 5,863 |
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Ted Williams | 1,117 |
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Ty Cobb | 1,145 |
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Ted Williams | 0.328 |
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Ty Cobb | 0.383 |
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Ted Williams | 0.289 |
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Ty Cobb | 0.146 |
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Ted Williams | 0.553 |
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Ty Cobb | 0.316 |
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Ted Williams | 45.9 |
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Ty Cobb | 207 |
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Ted Williams | 20.6% |
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Ty Cobb | 9.5% |
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Ted Williams | 7.2% |
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Ty Cobb | 5.2% |
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Ted Williams | 66% |
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Ty Cobb | 81% |
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Ted Williams | 14.8 |
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Ty Cobb | 97.7 |
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Ted Williams | 123.2 |
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Ty Cobb | 151.1 |
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Fielding
Ted Williams | 2,152 |
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Ty Cobb | 2,954 |
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Ted Williams | 18,244.2 |
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Ty Cobb | 26,041 |
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Ted Williams | 0.974% |
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Ty Cobb | 0.961% |
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Ted Williams | 113 |
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Ty Cobb | 278 |
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Ted Williams | 4,413 |
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Ty Cobb | 7,195 |
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Ted Williams | 4,158 |
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Ty Cobb | 6,507 |
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Ted Williams | 142 |
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Ty Cobb | 410 |
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Ted Williams | 30 |
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Ty Cobb | 113 |
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Ted Williams | 2.00 |
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Ty Cobb | 2.34 |
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Ted Williams | 2.12 |
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Ty Cobb | 2.39 |
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Playoff Hitting
Ted Williams | 7 |
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Ty Cobb | 17 |
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Ted Williams | 30 |
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Ty Cobb | 71 |
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Ted Williams | 25 |
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Ty Cobb | 65 |
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Ted Williams | .200 |
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Ty Cobb | .262 |
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Ted Williams | 5 |
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Ty Cobb | 17 |
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Ted Williams | 2 |
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Ty Cobb | 7 |
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Ted Williams | 0 |
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Ty Cobb | 0 |
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Ted Williams | 1 |
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Ty Cobb | 9 |
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Ted Williams | 0 |
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Ty Cobb | 4 |
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Ted Williams | 0 |
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Ty Cobb | 1 |
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Ted Williams | 5 |
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Ty Cobb | 3 |
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Ted Williams | 5 |
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Ty Cobb | 7 |
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Ted Williams | 0 |
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Ty Cobb | 4 |
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Ted Williams | 0 |
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Ty Cobb | 0 |
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Ted Williams | 0 |
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Ty Cobb | 2 |
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Ted Williams | 5 |
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Ty Cobb | 23 |
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Ted Williams | .333 |
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Ty Cobb | .314 |
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Ted Williams | .200 |
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Ty Cobb | .354 |
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Ted Williams | 0.533 |
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Ty Cobb | 0.668 |
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Ted Williams | .250 |
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Ty Cobb | .293 |
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Ted Williams | 16.7% |
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Ty Cobb | 9.9% |
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Ted Williams | 16.7% |
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Ty Cobb | 4.2% |
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Ted Williams | 0 |
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Ty Cobb | .092 |
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Ted Williams | .200 |
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Ty Cobb | .200 |
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Ted Williams | 0 |
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Ty Cobb | 5 |
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Best Hitting
Ted Williams | 156 (1947) |
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Ty Cobb | 156 (1915) |
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Ted Williams | 566 (1949) |
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Ty Cobb | 625 (1924) |
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Ted Williams | 730 (1949) |
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Ty Cobb | 727 (1924) |
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Ted Williams | 0.407 (1953) |
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Ty Cobb | 0.420 (1911) |
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Ted Williams | 194 (1949) |
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Ty Cobb | 248 (1911) |
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Ted Williams | 150 (1949) |
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Ty Cobb | 147 (1911) |
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Ted Williams | 43 (1949) |
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Ty Cobb | 12 (1925) |
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Ted Williams | 159 (1949) |
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Ty Cobb | 127 (1911) |
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Ted Williams | 44 (1948) |
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Ty Cobb | 47 (1911) |
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Ted Williams | 14 (1940) |
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Ty Cobb | 24 (1917) |
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Ted Williams | 162 (1949) |
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Ty Cobb | 118 (1915) |
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Ted Williams | 2 (1952) |
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Ty Cobb | 2 (1926) |
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Ted Williams | 4 (1948) |
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Ty Cobb | 96 (1915) |
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Ted Williams | 0 (1959) |
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Ty Cobb | 0 (1919) |
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Ted Williams | 5 (1957) |
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Ty Cobb | 19 (1915) |
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Ted Williams | 368 (1949) |
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Ty Cobb | 367 (1911) |
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Ted Williams | 0.553 (1941) |
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Ty Cobb | 0.493 (1915) |
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Ted Williams | 0.901 (1953) |
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Ty Cobb | 0.621 (1911) |
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Ted Williams | 1.410 (1953) |
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Ty Cobb | 1.088 (1911) |
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Ted Williams | 10.9 (1946) |
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Ty Cobb | 11.3 (1917) |
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Ted Williams | 183 (1941) |
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Ty Cobb | 169 (1911) |
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Ted Williams | 0.429 (1952) |
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Ty Cobb | 0.444 (1911) |
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Ted Williams | 0.500 (1952) |
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Ty Cobb | 0.219 (1925) |
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Ted Williams | 0.700 (1952) |
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Ty Cobb | 0.430 (1915) |
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Ted Williams | 4.5% (1941) |
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Ty Cobb | 0.7% (1926) |
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Ted Williams | 25.9% (1954) |
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Ty Cobb | 16.8% (1915) |
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Ted Williams | 7.0 (1953) |
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Ty Cobb | 34.6 (1925) |
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Ted Williams | 86 (1939) |
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Ty Cobb | 79 (1911) |
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Ted Williams | 5 (1959) |
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Ty Cobb | 0 (1928) |
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Best Fielding
Ted Williams | 156 (1947) |
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Ty Cobb | 156 (1915) |
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Ted Williams | 1373.0 (1949) |
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Ty Cobb | 1396.0 (1915) |
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Ted Williams | 1.000% (1952) |
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Ty Cobb | 0.986% (1924) |
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Ted Williams | 0 (1952) |
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Ty Cobb | 4 (1905) |
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Ted Williams | 366 (1947) |
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Ty Cobb | 435 (1924) |
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Ted Williams | 347 (1947) |
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Ty Cobb | 417 (1924) |
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Ted Williams | 15 (1942) |
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Ty Cobb | 30 (1907) |
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Ted Williams | 6 (1951) |
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Ty Cobb | 12 (1907) |
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Ted Williams | 2.29 (1947) |
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Ty Cobb | 3.47 (1918) |
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Ted Williams | 2.34 (1947) |
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Ty Cobb | 3.71 (1918) |
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Seasons
Info
Ted Williams | Boston Red Sox (1939-1942, 1946-1960) |
Ty Cobb | Detroit Tigers (1905-1926) Philadelphia Athletics (1927-1928) |
Ted Williams | Outfielder |
Ty Cobb | Centerfielder |
Ted Williams | 6'3" |
Ty Cobb | 6'1' |
Weight
Ted Williams | Left |
Ty Cobb | Left |
Ted Williams | Right |
Ty Cobb | Right |
World Series And Playoff Appearances
World Series
Ted Williams | 1 (1946) |
Ty Cobb | 3 (1907-1909) |
Ted Williams | 1 (1946) |
Ty Cobb | 3 (1907-1909) |
Awards And Honors
Ted Williams | Yes | 93.4% in 1966 |
Ty Cobb | Yes | 98.2% in 1936 |
Ted Williams | Yes | |
Ty Cobb | No |
Ted Williams | 1 (1946, 1949) |
Ty Cobb | 1 (1911) |
Ted Williams | 6 (1941-1942, 1947-1948, 1957-1958) |
Ty Cobb | 12 (1907–1915, 1917–1919) |
Ted Williams | 4 (1941-1942, 1947, 1949) |
Ty Cobb | 1 (1909) |
Ted Williams | 4 (1939, 1942, 1947, 1949) |
Ty Cobb | 4 (1907–1909, 1911) |
League Leader in Stolen Bases
Ted Williams | 6 (1939, 1942, 1946-1947, 1949, 1951) |
Ty Cobb | 6 (1907-1909, 1911, 1915, 1917) |
Ted Williams | 2 (1948-1949) |
Ty Cobb | 3 (1908, 1911, 1917) |
League Leader in Triples
Ted Williams | 6 (1940-1942, 1946-1947, 1949) |
Ty Cobb | 5 (1909-1911, 1915-1916) |
Ted Williams | 12 (1940-1942, 1946-1949, 1951, 1954, 1956-1958) |
Ty Cobb | 7 (1909-1910, 1913-1915, 1917-1918) |
Ted Williams | 9 (1941-1942, 1946-1949, 1951, 1954, 1957) |
Ty Cobb | 8 (1907-1912, 1914, 1917) |
Hitting
Games (G)
Plate Appearances (PA)
At Bats (AB)
Batting Average (BA)
Hits (H)
Runs (R)
Home Runs (HR)
Runs Batted In (RBI)
Doubles (2B)
Triples (3B)
Walks (BB)
Strikeouts (SO)
Stolen Bases (SB)
Caught Stealing (CS)
On Base Percentage (OBP)
Slugging Percentage (SLG)
On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)
Hit by Pitch (HBP)
Total Bases (TB)
Extra Base Hit (XBH)
Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)
Isolated Power (ISOP)
Secondary Average (SECA)
Power-Speed (PwrSpd)
Walk Percentage (BB%)
Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)
Ball In-Play Percentage (IP%)
At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)
Wins Above Replacement (WAR)
Fielding
Games (G)
Innings (Inn)
Fielding Percentage (FLD%)
Errors (E)
Chances (CH)
Putouts (PO)
Assists (A)
Double Play (DP)
Range Factor per Game (RF/G)
Range Factor per Inning (RF/9)
Playoff Hitting
Games (G)
Plate Appearances (PA)
At Bats (AB)
Batting Average (BA)
Hits (H)
Runs (R)
Home Runs (HR)
Runs Batted In (RBI)
Doubles (2B)
Triples (3B)
Walks (BB)
Strikeouts (SO)
Stolen Bases (SB)
Caught Stealing (CS)
Hit by Pitch (HBP)
Total Bases (TB)
On Base Percentage (OBP)
Slugging Percentage (SLG)
On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)
Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)
Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)
Walk Percentage (BBP)
Isolated Power (ISOP)
Secondary Average (SECA)
Extra Base Hit (XBH)
Who do you think is the better player?
Who do you think is the better player?
- Ty Cobb (78%, 25 Votes)
- Ted Williams (22%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 32