
Ted Williams is often remembered for being the last player to hit over .400 in a season. But his overall stats are incredible, and show just how great of a hitter Teddy Ballgame was over his 19 year career. His career line reads: .344/.482/.634. Those are amazing numbers. His career OPS is 1.116. In 7,706 career at bats, he only struck out 709 times, once every 10.9 ABs. In 1941 he struck out just 27 times in 465 ABs, once every 17 ABs!
Barry Bonds is often considered the best hitter of this generation. And although he is a cheater, here are how his numbers read: .299/.445/.608, with a career OPS of 1.053 over 22 seasons (including the first half of 2007). In 9,714 career at bats he has struck out 1,520 times, once every 6.4 ABs
Alex Rodriguez's career line reads: .306/.387/.577. His career OPS is .964, in 14 seasons. His numbers are excellent. He gets paid $25 million a year for these numbers. But when compared to Ted Williams, and even Bonds, he has some work to do. In 7,086 career ABs he has struck out 1,475 times. Once every 4.8 ABs.
Ichiro, who many consider one of the best in the game today reads, in 7 seasons: .333/.379/.439/.818.