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**VonErich Lives** · 08-14-2005, 07:18 PM

It's really a tough call, I tend to learn more tword individual acomplishments for things like this over team efforts.

ie: Lance Armstrong, Joe Dimagio (while he was on a team, it's only him at bat). If you're going to say Jordan's 6 rings, then you also need to say Pippen and anyone else on those 6 teams.

So, Armstrong, Dimagio, Jack Nicklaus 18 major wins.

I'm going with Nicklaus, 18 major wins, 19 major 2nds, 48 top 3 over all.

If I had to pick someone in a team sport.

I'd go Jim Brown, I think he avergaged close to 5.5yds per carry for his career and I think he avg over 100yds a game for his career.

Also, LC might have some info on this, there's and old story that Dimagio got "help" from a score keeper in yankee staidum that a few of his 1hit games were actually errors scored hits? I've never seen anyone break it down, didn't know if you knew anything about it. Also, what's better, hitting in 56 games, or hitting in most of those games for a better average (Ted Williams didn't hit in 56 straight but had a better BA during that stretch).

08-14-2005, 07:18 PM	#11
VonErich Lives WTF do you want? Posts: 14,760	It's really a tough call, I tend to learn more tword individual acomplishments for things like this over team efforts. ie: Lance Armstrong, Joe Dimagio (while he was on a team, it's only him at bat). If you're going to say Jordan's 6 rings, then you also need to say Pippen and anyone else on those 6 teams. So, Armstrong, Dimagio, Jack Nicklaus 18 major wins. I'm going with Nicklaus, 18 major wins, 19 major 2nds, 48 top 3 over all. If I had to pick someone in a team sport. I'd go Jim Brown, I think he avergaged close to 5.5yds per carry for his career and I think he avg over 100yds a game for his career. Also, LC might have some info on this, there's and old story that Dimagio got "help" from a score keeper in yankee staidum that a few of his 1hit games were actually errors scored hits? I've never seen anyone break it down, didn't know if you knew anything about it. Also, what's better, hitting in 56 games, or hitting in most of those games for a better average (Ted Williams didn't hit in 56 straight but had a better BA during that stretch).