Best pitcher ever - Walter Johnson.
Best hitter- Cobb.
Just my opinion. Other opinions are just as valid.
Editor's note: This column is part II in a series. Part I can be found here.
Trying to choose the greatest pitcher of all time is at least as difficult as trying to choose the greatest hitter of all time. In both cases, the best we can do is narrow down the list.Outside a charmed circle of five batters, no one had both a higher lifetime batting average and a higher lifetime slugging average than any of those five. In alphabetical order, they are Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams. There are other batters whose...
I'll take Ted Williams and Bob Gibson.
Cobb and Williams were both incredible hitters, but neither of them ever won a World Series. Actually, both performed rather poorly in the World Series they did play in. Darned shame.