Jay Sawyer of Chicago Calls Ted Williams the Greatest Hitter of All Time in the Game of Baseball

1. Jay Sawyer of Chicago Calls Ted Williams the Greatest Hitter of All Time in the Game of Baseball When it comes to the most amazing title in the game of baseball, Jay Sawyer of Chicagobelieves it’s the Greatest Hitter of All Time. He says that it is more of a distinction that World’s Fastest Human or Heavyweight Champion of the World as those designations are temporary. However, thus one covers 150 years; it covers Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Rogers Hornsby. A huge baseball fan, Sawyer also feels that hitting a baseball is perhaps the hardest of all skills in sports. He further highlights how this skill, unlike those in other sports, has remained largely unchanged from the early 1900’s. Talking about the greatest hitter of all time in the game of baseball, Jay Sawyer of Chicagosays that it’s none other than Ted Williams and that if he were playing today; he would undoubtedly be the best hitter at present. His numbers, he feels are staggering. Apart from a career on-base percentage of .483, he had the highest slugging percentage both in the 1940’s and the 1950’s. The fact that no other player has ever led in that category for consecutive decades is indeed a big achievement. Jay Sawyer of Chicago also talks about how Ted Williams led the American League in slugging and on-base percentage in the same season 8 times, including 6 years in a row. He won 6 batting titles, 4 home runs crowns, 2 MVPs, and 2 Triple Crowns. Moreover, when it comes to the 10 best seasons in the history of baseball; his 1941,’42 and ’46 seasons always make it to the list. The staggering numbers of Williams makes Sawyer wonder what this outstanding player’s career would have been like if he had not missed the ’43-45 seasons to help defend America in World War ll, or the two years he missed fighting in Korea. Well, he would have 700 homers and the most RBIs ever, believes Sawyer.