[BluesDuke]

I often wonder how many home runs he would have hit if he was a right handed batter in friendly Fenway with it's wall only 315' from home down the line?

Actually, if he'd been hitting righthanded Fenway would have killed his home run production - Williams hit the booming liner rather than the parabolic bomb; that high wall would have taken quite a few home runs away from him. If you read Allen Barra's excellent Clearing the Bases, he makes a very good case that Fenway Park is actually a better park for lefthanded hitters than is usually believed, and that Williams was not necessarily hurt by the park.

[JimVT]

....that high wall would have taken quite a few home runs away from him

Quite right...and he had the advantage of the Pesky pole in short right field...about 310' down the line...although I don't think he hit that many shots in that area.

I think the bull pen received more of his 4-baggers than any other area.

I don't have the figures right with me but I'll wager he picked up a whole lot of doubles off the Green Monster.

[ken5050]

What's a realy interesting statistical exercise re Ted is to take his career average for hits, RBI's and HR's, and extrapolate them for the 5 seasons he missed due to military service in WWII and Korea....especially since those were his prime years, one can well make the case that he would have the career lead in HR's and RBIs....

[Chu Gary]

Alright, I know this is an inflammatory statement, but I absolutely believe it and I've been to 30 MLB stadiums.

Fenway is a lousy stadium, it's just an overgrown triple A park. The fans are great, the team is great....are you still reading? If you're with me this far, I think the parking, the restaurants and the other amenities near the stadium are for shit. The team, OK, it's fine and I wish them 2nd place.