amazing statistic

I was watching a show on ESPN Classic last night about the greatest records of all time, records sure to never be broken or whatever. I think it was the top 20 or so.

I was amazed that seven no-hitters was not higher than 11th or 12th or whatever it was.

But the number one record never to be broken was DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak in 1941. It is an amazing feat, and one I doubt I will live to see broken. But it doesn't compare to the 511 wins that Cy Young amassed. (Think about it - you take my two favorite active pitchers - each toiling at least 15 years and pretty darn good - Mussina and Maddux - and they have 537. Maddux, to reach Cy Young, would now have to have Mussina's career starting today to break the record.)

But they were talking about the streak last night, and over the course of the streak, DiMaggio batted whatever for whatever, for a batting average of .408.

That is good.

For the 1941 season, the same season, Ted Williams batted .406.

In the greatest two months in baseball history, in creating the most unbreakable record of all time, he batted two measly points higher than Ted Williams batted for the entire season.

Ummmm, wow.