Debated this years ago with some friends- which was harder? DiMaggio could hit .250 and have the hit streak. Hitting .400 for an entire season was the much harder accomplishment.
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Also sac flies were counted as outs back then so in today’s game he actually hit closer to .413 for the year
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And he started an 18 game hit streak the next day if I’m not mistaken
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The Splendid Splinter seems to have been the greatest pure hitter of all time... but my heart is still with Mickey Mantle as baseball’s greatest player.
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And in the National League in 1941 the MVP award went to a player from the NL Champions...
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1.287 OPS... Imagine going 2-5 with a pair of doubles, and having your OPS drop.
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Why do you hate the Yankees?
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Yankees also won the AL by 17 games. Not hugely unjust for best player on best team to win mvp. But imagine 2-5 being a bad day at the plate. Yikes.
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