Who is the greatest right handed hitter of all time?

[jsfriedm]

I think DiMaggio is sort of the Sandy Koufax of position players. The stats will never come close to supporting it, but there is a certain kind of romantic fan who will always insist he is the best there ever was, just because.

[A2000]

Derek Jeter!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by A2000

Derek Jeter!

Not the best but a great one for sure.

Watching his last game now. It is at the bottom of the 2nd inning.

[sniffy5]

It’s all so silly. Aaron, Mays, or Dimaggio. Throw in Rogers Hornsby if you want. There is no definitive answer. They were all great. Who on earth can dis those players? From a baseball career perspective that is. But I still hold with the guy who has nine rings. Nine. Not one, not three, 9! And he had everything to do with most of them. Go read Summer of ‘49. Again guy was a jerk, but might have been the best player ever…

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by sniffy5

It’s all so silly. Aaron, Mays, or Dimaggio. Throw in Rogers Hornsby if you want. There is no definitive answer. They were all great. Who on earth can dis those players? From a baseball career perspective that is. But I still hold with the guy who has nine rings. Nine. Not one, not three, 9! And he had everything to do with most of them. Go read Summer of ‘49. Again guy was a jerk, but might have been the best player ever…

I'm not sure I understand the connection between greatest right handed hitter and World Series wins. Many people consider Ted Williams the greatest left handed hitter and he has no World Series wins. If they had been switched between the Yankees and Red Sox, it's not hard to imagine their individual numbers of World Series wins also being switched even if they had the exact same stats. In baseball, winning a World Series is more about the overall team than 1 player.

[skelly423]

Unless I've missed it, I'm going to throw out a name that absolutely belongs in the discussion, and may in fact be the top guy: Josh Gibson. His entire stat sheet on baseball reference is just bold everywhere.

Edit - I missed it, one other poster mentioned Gibson previously. The rest of my point stands.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I'm not sure I understand the connection between greatest right handed hitter and World Series wins. Many people consider Ted Williams the greatest left handed hitter and he has no World Series wins. If they had been switched between the Yankees and Red Sox, it's not hard to imagine their individual numbers of World Series wins also being switched even if they had the exact same stats. In baseball, winning a World Series is more about the overall team than 1 player.

Isn't it obvious? Having better teammates, especially pitchers, makes you a better right-handed hitter.

[nwobhm]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Rings is about the worst measure of an individual baseball player ever.

Is it….? Team sport, yes, but 1 player can swing the entire series.

Originally Posted by Tabe

Isn't it obvious? Having better teammates, especially pitchers, makes you a better right-handed hitter.

Actually it does…. Being surrounded by elites raises ones game. If it doesn’t, you’re out. When a team gels they all become better.

Saying Ted would have been amazing on the Yankees is overreaching. Ted on the Yankees is an unknown.