Mickey Mantle vs Ted Williams

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Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams compared on their MLB careers: Mickey Mantle played 18 seasons, 1951 to 1968, Ted Williams 19 seasons, 1939 to 1960. Mickey Mantle has .298 batting average to Ted Williams's .344. Mickey Mantle won 7 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ted Williams leads in 7 of the 9 lines, Mickey Mantle in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams career totals

2,401	GP	2,292
8,102	AB	7,706
1,677	R	1,798, better
2,415	H	2,654, better
536, better	HR	521
1,509	RBI	1,839, better
153, 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?

Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams postseason

65	GP	7
230	AB	25
42, better	R	2
59, better	H	5
18, better	HR	0
40, better	RBI	1
3, better	SB	0
0.3, better	AVG	0.2
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.5, better	SLG	0.2
0.9, better	OPS	0.5

Where each stands all time

Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams all-time places

18th (536), better	Home runs	20th (521)
123rd (2,415)	Hits	76th (2,654), better
47th (1,509)	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

Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams titles and awards

7, better	Championships	—
3, better	AL MVP	2
1, better	AL Gold Glove	—

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.

Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams season by season

1st	1951	.267	13	65	1939	.327, better	31, better	145, better
2nd	1952	.311	23	87	1940	.344, better	23	113, better
3rd	1953	.295	21	92	1941	.406, better	37, better	120, better
4th	1954	.300	27	102	1942	.356, better	36, better	137, better
5th	1955	.306	37	99	1946	.342, better	38, better	123, better
6th	1956	.353, better	52, better	130, better	1947	.343	32	114
7th	1957	.365	34, better	94	1948	.369, better	25	127, better
8th	1958	.304	42	97	1949	.343, better	43, better	159, better
9th	1959	.285	31, better	75	1950	.317, better	28	97, better
10th	1960	.275	40, better	94	1951	.318, better	30	126, better
11th	1961	.317	54, better	128, better	1952	.400, better	1	3
12th	1962	.321	30, better	89, better	1953	.407, better	13	34
13th	1963	.314	15	35	1954	.345, better	29, better	89, better
14th	1964	.303	35, better	111, better	1955	.356, better	28	83
15th	1965	.255	19	46	1956	.345, better	24, better	82, better
16th	1966	.288	23	56	1957	.388, better	38, better	87, better
17th	1967	.245	22	55	1958	.328, better	26, better	85, better
18th	1968	.237	18, better	54, better	1959	.254, better	10	43
19th	—	—	—	—	1960	.316	29	72

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI