Joe DiMaggio vs Ted Williams

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Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams compared on their MLB careers: Joe DiMaggio played 13 seasons, 1936 to 1951, Ted Williams 19 seasons, 1939 to 1960. Joe DiMaggio has .325 batting average to Ted Williams's .344. Joe DiMaggio won 9 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ted Williams leads in 8 of the 9 lines, Joe DiMaggio in 1. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams career totals

1,736	GP	2,292
6,821	AB	7,706
1,390	R	1,798, better
2,214	H	2,654, better
361	HR	521, better
1,537	RBI	1,839, better
30, better	SB	24
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4	OBP	0.5, better
0.6	SLG	0.6, better
1.0	OPS	1.1, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams postseason

51	GP	7
199	AB	25
27, better	R	2
54, better	H	5
8, better	HR	0
30, better	RBI	1
0	SB	0
0.3, better	AVG	0.2
0.3, better	OBP	0.3
0.4, better	SLG	0.2
0.8, better	OPS	0.5

Where each stands all time

Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams all-time places

92nd (361)	Home runs	20th (521), better
185th (2,214)	Hits	76th (2,654), better
43rd (1,537)	RBI	14th (1,839), better

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams titles and awards

9, better	Championships	—
3, better	AL MVP	2

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams season by season

1st	1936	.323	29	125	1939	.327, better	31, better	145, better
2nd	1937	.346, better	46, better	167, better	1940	.344	23	113
3rd	1938	.324	32	140, better	1941	.406, better	37, better	120
4th	1939	.381, better	30	126	1942	.356	36, better	137, better
5th	1940	.352, better	31	133, better	1946	.342	38, better	123
6th	1941	.357, better	30	125, better	1947	.343	32, better	114
7th	1942	.305	21	114	1948	.369, better	25, better	127, better
8th	1946	.290	25	95	1949	.343, better	43, better	159, better
9th	1947	.315	20	97	1950	.317, better	28, better	97
10th	1948	.320, better	39, better	155, better	1951	.318	30	126
11th	1949	.346	14, better	67, better	1952	.400, better	1	3
12th	1950	.301	32, better	122, better	1953	.407, better	13	34
13th	1951	.263	12	71	1954	.345, better	29, better	89, better
14th	—	—	—	—	1955	.356	28	83
15th	—	—	—	—	1956	.345	24	82
16th	—	—	—	—	1957	.388	38	87
17th	—	—	—	—	1958	.328	26	85
18th	—	—	—	—	1959	.254	10	43
19th	—	—	—	—	1960	.316	29	72

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI