From May 16 to July 16, 1941 - the 56 games of the streak - Joe DiMaggio batted .408/.463/.717 (1181 OPS); 56 R, 55 RBI. Same time period, Ted Williams hit .412/.540/.684 (1224 OPS); 61 R, 49 RBI.
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From the streak's end to the end of the season, Joe D hit .333/.425/.628 in 54 games; Ted Williams hit .418/.591/.812 in 70 games.
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Teddy: 1.287 OPS. Just nasty. (The Clipper's was .977)
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Almost fluky to hit only a hair above 400 during a 54 game streak
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Get over it, chowderhead.
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Ted's despising the press cost him an award or two for sure. (A paraphrase here: Once a weak hitting infielder asked Ted why he treated the press so despicably. Ted's reply went something like … if you hit .350, you could treat the press as badly, as well.)
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DiMaggio clearly was the MVP. Yanks were wallowing in third when the streak started, were easily in first when it ended, cruised to the pennant from there.
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DiMaggio had a 9.1 WAR, Williams has a 10.6 WAR, clearly Williams was better. DiMaggio had the better narrative, but Williams was more valuable. Unfortunately, the voters went with the narrative (as they so often did).
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Would the best player not have the most value? If I'm better than you at baseball I would provide more value.. especially in baseball where your teammates don't effect your individual performance to the same degree as other team sports.
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