Red Sox: Which Boston player's career would you choose?

Red Sox: Which Boston player’s career would you choose?

PHILADELPHIA, PA - AUGUST 14: A Rawlings leather baseball glove and a hat sit on the bench in the dugout before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on August 14, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Red Sox won 2-1. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

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UNSPECIFIED – UNDATED: A classic Ted Williams hitting sequence. (Sports Studio Photos/Getty Images) /

Option A – 15x All-Star, 3x MVP, 5 Playoff Appearances, 0 Championship Titles

Player Comparison: Ted Williams

Option A describes a generational talent, who at the end of an illustrious career has some hardware to show for it, but no trophies.

The only player that fits the mold here is Ted Williams. Teddy Ballgame was one of the greatest hitters the game has ever seen. He batted .344 lifetime and hit 521 home runs.

Williams wasn’t a stat-padder either, he was a competitor through and through. Going into the final weekend of the 1941 season Williams was hitting .401. His team encouraged him to sit out the last three games to keep his average above .400.

After all, the Red Sox were 17.5 games out of first place and any hopes of catching the Yankees in the pennant race were long dead. Williams refused and went 7-12 in those final games finishing the season at .406, the last player to hit above .400 for a season.

Boo-hoo he never won a World Series. Well, you know what he did win? A World War. Where’s that in your stat sheet?

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