In the last edition of Ladder Challenge it was John Hannah edging Dit Clapper with 53% of the vote to allow the greatest guard in NFL history to stay at #11 on the Ladder. In this week's Challenge it is features two of the best in Boston sports history as #5 Ted Williams attempts to move up a spot by knocking off #4 Tom Brady. Our vote, an incredibly tough one, is for Brady, who has combined personal excellence with team success, while Teddy Ballgame was never able to bring home a title despite his amazing individual achievements. So who has your support in this week's Ladder Challenge? (and remember, most votes in the comments section is the tie-breaker, so be sure to voice your opinion!)
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TOM BRADY
Currently Ranked: 4
Challenge Record: 0-2-0
Beat: Nobody
Lost: Bobby Orr, Larry Bird
Tied: Nobody
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*Has played entire 10-year career (2000-09) with the Patriots.
*Won 3 Super Bowls (2001, 2003, 2004).
*Won 2 Super Bowl MVP Awards (2001, 2003).
*Selected to 4 Pro Bowls.
*Named All Pro 2 times.
*2007 NFL MVP.
*2007 NFL Player of the Year.
*2007 NFL Offensive Player of the Year.
*2007 AP Male Athlete of the Year.
*2-time Sporting News Sportsman of the Year (2004, 2007).
*Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2005).
*Led Pats to only 16-0 season in NFL history (2007).
*Career totals: 86-24 record; 2301-3653 (63.0%), 26,446 yards, 197 TD, 86 INT, 92.9 QB Rating.
*Career playoff totals: 14-3 record; 372-595 (62.5%), 3,954 yards, 26 TD, 12 INT, 88.0 QB Rating.
*Led league in: Passing Yards and Passing TD twice each.
*Led league in: QB Rating, Passing Yards per Game, Passing Yards per Attempt, Completion %, and TD % once each.
*Franchise all-time records (for QB) for: Wins (87), Completion % (63.0), TD Passes (197) and QB Rating (92.9).
*Also ranks in Patriots all-time TOp 10 (for QB) in: Completions (2), Attempts (2), Passing Yards (3) and Games (3).
*Franchise Single-Season records: Wins (16, 2007), Completion % (68.9, 2007), Yards (4,806, 2007), TD Passes (50, 2007), TD % (8.7, 2007), QB Rating (117.2, 2007).
*NFL Records: Most TD passes in a season (50, 2007), Highest TD/Interception differential (+42, 2007), Most consecutive post-season win for a QB (10), Most completions in a Super Bowl (32, SB XXXVIII), Most career Super Bowl completions (100), Highest playoff completion % for a single game (92.9%, 26/28, vs Jax in 2007).
TED WILLIAMS
Currently Ranked: 5
Challenge Record: 0-0-1
Beat: Nobody
Lost: Nobody
Tied: Larry Bird
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*Played entire 19-year career (1939-42, 46-60) with the Red Sox.
*Won 1946 A.L. Championship.
*Named AL MVP twice (1946, 1949).
*Named MLB Player of the Year by The Sporting News 5 times (1941-42, 1947, 1949, 1957).
*Won Triple Crown twice (1942, 1947).
*Selected to 17 AL All Star teams.
*Hit walk-off HR in bottom of the 9th of 1941 All Star Game.
*All Star MVP Award is now named in his honor.
*Led the American League in batting average (6x), on-base % (12x), slugging % (9x), OPS (10x), runs (6x), total bases (6x), home runs (4x), runs batted in (4x), walks (8x), extra-base hits (5x) and times on base (8x).
*Career statistics: .344 BA, .482 OBP, .634 SLG, 1.116 OPS, 521 HR, 1,839 RBI and 1,798 runs scored.
*Had 2,021 BB and just 709 K.
*Franchise career leader in BA, OBP, SLG, OPS, HR and BB.
*Franchise single-season records in BA, OBP, SLG, OPS, BB, Intentional BB, runs and times on-base.
*ML record for career on-base percentage.
*Last player to hit over .400 in a season (.406, 1941).
*Named to MLB All-Century Team.
*Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame (1968).
*His #9 is retired by the Red Sox.
I find anyone in the Top 5 pretty difficult to vote against, so along with the titles I think the challenger has to clearly deserve the win...and this one is too close to knock off Brady in my book.
Ted Williams.
Brady
It is a tight race, but I think Brady by a head.
I'm going with "The Kid". Greatest hitter who ever lived and he served in two wars.
I don't even think it would be an arguement if he had won a couple of World Series, but a lot depends on your teamates and it didn't help that the Yankess were in the same division.
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