Quote Originally Posted by pvfan View Post
Williams lost four seasons due to serving in the war. In the two seasons prior to his service he led the league in home runs and had already accumulated 127 home runs at the age of 23! He had also already hit over .400 in his early 20's. When you take into account that ballparks were much larger in his day it's not hard to fathom Williams hitting well over 600 home runs. Also, the league had not yet expanded making the level of play much higher overall. Generally speaking, you had to be better back then to make it to the show than you do now. Williams led the American League in batting average, on base percentage, slugging, and on base plus slugging in the same season five times. Ted Williams is by far the greatest hitter that ever lived and it's not debatable.
Thats silly. To say that pitchers were better on the whole back then is laughable. With modern advancements in training technique, strength and conditioning, and the overall level of talent in modern baseball, pitchers now, on the average>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pitchers in Williams' era.

Williams hit 127 in his first four years; Bonds had 101, not that far behind.

Im not doubting how great Williams is, but to suggest that Bonds is not in that status is BS