Pete Rose vs Ted Williams

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Pete Rose and Ted Williams compared on their MLB careers: Pete Rose played 24 seasons, 1963 to 1986, Ted Williams 19 seasons, 1939 to 1960. Pete Rose has .303 batting average to Ted Williams's .344. Pete Rose won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ted Williams leads in 6 of the 9 lines, Pete Rose in 3. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Pete Rose and Ted Williams career totals

3,562	GP	2,292
14,053	AB	7,706
2,165, better	R	1,798
4,256, better	H	2,654
160	HR	521, better
1,314	RBI	1,839, better
198, better	SB	24
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4	OBP	0.5, better
0.4	SLG	0.6, better
0.8	OPS	1.1, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Pete Rose and Ted Williams postseason

67	GP	7
268	AB	25
30, better	R	2
86, better	H	5
5, better	HR	0
22, better	RBI	1
2, better	SB	0
0.3, better	AVG	0.2
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.4, better	SLG	0.2
0.8, better	OPS	0.5

Where each stands all time

Pete Rose and Ted Williams all-time places

1st (4,256), better	Hits	76th (2,654)
92nd (1,314)	RBI	14th (1,839), better
—	Home runs	20th (521), 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

Pete Rose and Ted Williams titles and awards

3, better	Championships	—
—	AL MVP	2, better
1, better	NL Rookie of the Year	—
2, better	NL Gold Glove	—
1, better	NL MVP	—
1, better	World Series MVP	—
1, better	NL Silver Slugger	—

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.

Pete Rose and Ted Williams season by season

1st	1963	.273	6	41	1939	.327, better	31, better	145, better
2nd	1964	.269	4	34	1940	.344, better	23, better	113, better
3rd	1965	.312	11	81	1941	.406, better	37, better	120, better
4th	1966	.313	16	70	1942	.356, better	36, better	137, better
5th	1967	.301	12	76	1946	.342, better	38, better	123, better
6th	1968	.335	10	49	1947	.343, better	32, better	114, better
7th	1969	.348	16	82	1948	.369, better	25, better	127, better
8th	1970	.316	15	52	1949	.343, better	43, better	159, better
9th	1971	.304	13	44	1950	.317, better	28, better	97, better
10th	1972	.307	6	57	1951	.318, better	30, better	126, better
11th	1973	.338	5, better	64, better	1952	.400, better	1	3
12th	1974	.284	3	51, better	1953	.407, better	13, better	34
13th	1975	.317	7	74	1954	.345, better	29, better	89, better
14th	1976	.323	10	63	1955	.356, better	28, better	83, better
15th	1977	.311	9	64	1956	.345, better	24, better	82, better
16th	1978	.302	7	52	1957	.388, better	38, better	87, better
17th	1979	.331, better	4	59	1958	.328	26, better	85, better
18th	1980	.282, better	1	64, better	1959	.254	10, better	43
19th	1981	.325, better	0	33	1960	.316	29, better	72, better
20th	1982	.271	3	54	—	—	—	—
21st	1983	.245	0	45	—	—	—	—
22nd	1984	.286	0	34	—	—	—	—
23rd	1985	.264	2	46	—	—	—	—
24th	1986	.219	0	25	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI