Comments on REAL BOSTON SPORTS FANS: Ladder Challenge: Orr vs Williams

I have a tough time voting against anyone in the T...

2009-11-11T21:19:17.458-05:00

I have a tough time voting against anyone in the Top 5, so I do feel the need to point out that this is more of a pro-Orr vote than an anti-Williams one.

TED WILLIAMS Currently Ranked: 5 Challenge Record:...

2009-11-11T21:18:38.749-05:00

TED WILLIAMS
Currently Ranked: 5
Challenge Record: 1-0-1
Beat: Tom Brady
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 in 1968.

*His #9 is retired by the Red Sox.

BOBBY ORR Currently Ranked: 2 Challenge Record: 1-...

2009-11-11T21:18:24.287-05:00

BOBBY ORR
Currently Ranked: 2
Challenge Record: 1-1-0
Beat: Tom Brady
Lost: Bill Russell
Tied: Nobody
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*Played 10 seasons (1966-76) with Bruins.

*Won 2 Stanley Cups (1970, 1972)

*Won Calder Trophy (Rookie of the Year) in 1967.

*Won Norris Trophy (Best Defenseman) 8 times (1968-75).

*Won Hart Trophy (MVP) 3 times (1970-72).

*Won Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP) 2 times (1970, ’72).

*Won Art Ross Trophy (Scoring Title) 2 times (1970, ’75).

*Only player to win 4 major awards (Norris, Art Ross, Hart and Conn Smythe) in the same year (1970).

*Played in 7 All Star games.

*Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year in 1970.

*Named 1st Team All-NHL 8 times (1968-75).

*Named 2nd Team All-NHL in 1967.

*Bruins career totals: 631 games, 264 goals, 624 assists, 888 points, +591.

*Bruins playoff totals: 74 games, 26 goals, 66 assists, 92 points.

*Led league in: Plus/Minus (6x), Assists per game (6x), Assists (5x), Points (2x), Power Play Goals (2x), Shots on Goal (2x) and Points per game (1x).

*Bruins career rank: Plus/Minus (1), Assists per game (1), Points per game (2), Assists (3), Shots on Goal (3), Power Play Goals (4), Points (5), Short Handed Goals (6) and Goals (8),

*Bruins Single-Season Records: Assists (102, 1971), Assists per Game (1.31, 1971), Plus/Minus (124, 1971).

*NHL Records: Most point in one season by a defenseman (139, 1971), Most assists in one season by a defenseman (102, 1971), Highest +/- for a season (124, 1971), tied for most assists in a game by a defenseman (6).

*Voted 2nd Greatest Hockey Player of All-Time by The Sporting News in 1997.

*Elected to Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979.

*His #4 is retired by the Boston Bruins.