You have your choice of any hitter, of any era in his prime. Who gets the call?
Tony Gwynn every time
Tony Gwynn every time
Game 7 of the World Series. Bottom of the 9th. Bases loaded, 2 outs, and your team is down by 1 Nolan Ryan is on the mound
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Btw the correct answer is either Lonnie smith or George Brett, depending on how much you believe in statistical power.
Lonnie Smith from StL (puke). He hit .500 vs Ryan.
For you olds these 2 guys....
For you olds these 2 guys....
George Hendrick had a better BA than Brett although brett had the most hits vs Ryan.
I immediately thought Gwynn before seeing your choice. He'd put the ball in play and wouldn't strike out.
Averaged 21 strikeouts a year….that alone is an insane stat for an everyday player
Yeah there's so many wild Tony Gwynn statistics. I would just trust him to take the smartest approach to the at bat.
That's the match up I'd want to see as a spectator.
David Ortiz from the 2013 World Series
Back in the wiffleball days of my youth I used Carew's batting stance CSB/
who would you want on the mound? my favorite baseball player of all time is Pedro. Maddox is my favorite non Sox. But it has to be Rivera as much as I hate it.
Maddox didn't shine in the postseason the way Pedro did. Lifelong Braves fan here, but Pedro in his prime was about as good as I've ever seen.
A very good answer. Bonds batted lefty, and Ryan was a righty. Moreover, Bonds' read and react time was incredible. By that I mean the time between his decision to swing and the bat getting through the middle of the plate. It allowed him to wait just a fraction of a second longer in deciding whether to swing, and that helped him against power pitchers (like Ryan). Ted Williams would also be a good choice.
No roids and the ump will actually call strikes now with the ABS. He'd strike out looking.
If we're going by current-day, then it won't matter because Nolan is 79yo.
Stan Musial in his prime dwarfed TG. More hits, more doubles, more triples, way more home runs, double the RBIs and almost the exact same amount of Ks. While Musial averaged only 8 more Ks/season than TG, he had almost 2,000 more total bases. Power plus bat control...
Ted Williams was right there too but never led the league in hits or triples, struck out even more than Musial. All his walks added to his big OPS, but missing 5 years due to military service skews his prime stats...
Ted Williams was right there too but never led the league in hits or triples, struck out even more than Musial. All his walks added to his big OPS, but missing 5 years due to military service skews his prime stats...
