Stan Musial vs Ted Williams

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Stan Musial and Ted Williams compared on their MLB careers: Stan Musial played 22 seasons, 1941 to 1963, Ted Williams 19 seasons, 1939 to 1960. Stan Musial has .331 batting average to Ted Williams's .344. Stan Musial won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ted Williams leads in 5 of the 9 lines, Stan Musial in 4. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Stan Musial and Ted Williams career totals

3,026	GP	2,292
10,972	AB	7,706
1,949, better	R	1,798
3,630, better	H	2,654
475	HR	521, better
1,951, better	RBI	1,839
78, 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?

Stan Musial and Ted Williams postseason

23	GP	7
86	AB	25
9, better	R	2
22, better	H	5
1, better	HR	0
8, better	RBI	1
1, better	SB	0
0.3, better	AVG	0.2
0.3, better	OBP	0.3
0.4, better	SLG	0.2
0.7, better	OPS	0.5

Where each stands all time

Stan Musial and Ted Williams all-time places

32nd (475)	Home runs	20th (521), better
4th (3,630), better	Hits	76th (2,654)
7th (1,951), better	RBI	14th (1,839)

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

Stan Musial and Ted Williams titles and awards

3, better	Championships	—
3, better	NL MVP	—
—	AL MVP	2, better

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.

Stan Musial and Ted Williams season by season

1st	1941	.426, better	1	7	1939	.327	31, better	145, better
2nd	1942	.315	10	72	1940	.344, better	23, better	113, better
3rd	1943	.357	13	81	1941	.406, better	37, better	120, better
4th	1944	.347	12	94	1942	.356, better	36, better	137, better
5th	1946	.365, better	16	103	1946	.342	38, better	123, better
6th	1947	.312	19	95	1947	.343, better	32, better	114, better
7th	1948	.376, better	39, better	131, better	1948	.369	25	127
8th	1949	.338	36	123	1949	.343, better	43, better	159, better
9th	1950	.346, better	28	109, better	1950	.317	28	97
10th	1951	.355, better	32, better	108	1951	.318	30	126, better
11th	1952	.336	21, better	91, better	1952	.400, better	1	3
12th	1953	.337	30, better	113, better	1953	.407, better	13	34
13th	1954	.330	35, better	126, better	1954	.345, better	29	89
14th	1955	.319	33, better	108, better	1955	.356, better	28	83
15th	1956	.310	27, better	109, better	1956	.345, better	24	82
16th	1957	.351	29	102, better	1957	.388, better	38, better	87
17th	1958	.337, better	17	62	1958	.328	26, better	85, better
18th	1959	.255, better	14, better	44, better	1959	.254	10	43
19th	1960	.275	17	63	1960	.316, better	29, better	72, better
20th	1961	.288	15	70	—	—	—	—
21st	1962	.330	19	82	—	—	—	—
22nd	1963	.255	12	58	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI