Mauer's On Base Streak ... compared to the MLB record.

[ScrapTheNickname]

Joe Mauer has been on base 33 consecutive games. This is very impressive. Keep on going, Joe.

 

I have wondered about hitting streaks vs. on-base streaks; the latter seems more important, yet generally you don't hear about it.

 

So I looked it up, and do you know who holds the MLB record?

record?

 

Ted Williams. 84 games.

 

The man who missed 5 years of baseball during the prime of his career, while fighting in World War II and Korea would have amassed around 3500 hits and 700 home runs if not for that little blip. (Career career OBP: just .482.)

 

[notoriousgod71]

His OPS during this time is .752.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

Ted Williams, good at baseball.

 

Water, still wet.

 

 

[gunnarthor]

Williams OPS during those 84 games - 1.213.  He won the MVP that year.

[D. Hocking]

I have heard he was not always the greatest club house guy, but I think I could overlook that.

[DaveW]

"Joe Mauer days of military service: 0

 

Apparently the only thing Mauer Hates more than hitting HR is America!"

 

-random Mauer hater Facebook commenter

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

"Joe Mauer days of military service: 0

Apparently the only thing Mauer Hates more than hitting HR is America!"

-random Mauer hater Facebook commenter

You're not implying that I was implying that Mauer should have fought in a war are you?

 

Fighting in two wars is simply an extraordinary asterisk to Ted Willliams' career, no?

 

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

 

His OPS during this time is .752.

Not an impressive number at all. Thanks for sharing.

[DaveW]

You're not implying that I was implying that Mauer should have fought in a war are you?

 

Fighting in two wars is simply an extraordinary asterisk to Ted Willliams' career, no?

not at all! It was more just a joke about the amount of criticism Mauer receives on social media (and even some message boards "he should retire!!22!")

 

But yes, it's pretty amazing that williams had such a great baseball career and military career. One of the better stories that doesnt get talked about very much I feel.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

not at all! It was more just a joke about the amount of criticism Mauer receives on social media (and even some message boards "he should retire!!22!")

But yes, it's pretty amazing that williams had such a great baseball career and military career. One of the better stories that doesnt get talked about very much I feel.

Thanks. I wasn't sure what you meant. (The typed word doesn't always convey sarcasm very well, etc.).

[ashbury]

Ted Williams. 84 games.

 

The man who missed 5 years of baseball during the prime of his career, ...

Good thing those 84 games didn't come during one of those periods. We would have failed to even notice.

 

_{^{/ Yeah, STN, another lame attempt at sarcastic humor. So it goes...}}

[Craig Arko]

Hope things end up better for Joe than they did for Teddy.

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

Hope things end up better for Joe than they did for Teddy.

I also hope Joe's kid doesn't freeze his head in a cryogenic tank.

[Craig Arko]

I also hope Joe's kid doesn't freeze his head in a cryogenic tank.

'Xactly.

[ashbury]

I also hope Joe's kid doesn't freeze his head in a cryogenic tank.

I hope your kid doesn't freeze yours either.

 

_{^{/ 'Cause, that's how pals roll, right?}}

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

 

I have heard he was not always the greatest club house guy, but I think I could overlook that.

"I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit." - Ted Williams

[DaveW]

Hope things end up better for Joe than they did for Teddy.

about 500 years too early to make that claim

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

 

about 500 years too early to make that claim

http://theinfosphere.org/images/thumb/f/fb/Headless_body_of_Agnew.jpg/225px-Headless_body_of_Agnew.jpg

 

too soon?