http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-white-sox/hawk-harrelson-ill-never-go-back-wrigley-field-again-ever


“The renaissance of baseball and Yaz -- I love Ted Williams, he was a great, great guy. Arguably, certainly one of, if not the best hitter that ever lived, he and Musial probably. But Ted never had a year like Yaz had in ’67. It was one of those things you really had to see it to believe it.”

Great nomination. I hate when old baseball players have opinions on other old baseball players.

Well, Ted Williams is Ted Williams. No comparison with Yaz at all.

Hawk might be right about '67. You can't compare the traditional numbers, and Yaz had a better glove. Yaz also actually got hits in the playoffs. Obviously, I didn't see any games that season (in the year Cobain was born), but Yaz and Lonborg apparently carried that team to the pennant. I've read a lot about it because it was such a great pennant race and because, as usual in that time, the White Sox finished a hair behind.

"Don't tell me what you hit; tell me when you hit it." Hawk would have seen Yaz get some huge September hits.

He said this again on today's broadcast, but made no attempt to qualify what he meant.

Damn, I wish I could have seen that season. Cubs were good, too, that year.

I'm pretty sure that by modern statistical analysis only Babe Ruth ever had a season(s) better than Yaz's 1967.

Was Hawk wrong? Did Yaz have a better career year?

Yeah I'm not sure that taken at face value, Hawk is wrong saying t hat. Overall , Ill take Teddy ball game but that 67 season was incredible for Yaz

Let's assume he did

One season. Different game that year, that era.

Yaz had a truly inspired year, a few great seasons, and a lot of good seasons. Hawk saw the most important part of his best season.

Wow--the stats site says Yaz's WAR for '67 was 12.4. Yikes.

1941,1949 Ted Williams better year than 1967 Yaz.

fWAR says 11.1. I choose the WAR outlet that best suits my argument. Sue me.

You don't see an issue with an aggregate stat that can't even be agreed upon?

fWAR says 11.1. I choose the WAR outlet that best suits my argument. Sue me.

Wasn't that 67 red sox team the only team hawk was on that went to the post season / world series? maybe that's why he said what he did.

Nomination denied, Yaz had his year in one that was dominated by pitchers. He probably has higher numbers if that season occurs in Williams' era. In fact 1967 was such a pitcher dominating year that it led to them lowering the mound 2 years later.

Heck, just Google the White Sox pitching staff numbers that season and you'll see what I mean.

Teddy Ballgame gave up many of his prime seasons to kill Nazi's. Was Yaz shooting zipper heads in Quảng Trị Province during his prime? I think not.

Do you see an issue with the standard model because of string theory? Does the existence of both disprove the veracity of either?