By almost every single objective metric, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams are the two greatest hitters in the history of Major League Baseball. Here are a few career statistics that Ruth and Williams rank first and second on in MLB history (by no means an exhaustive list): OBP, SLG, OPS, OPS+, wOBA, wRC+, Offensive Win Percentage, and Batting Runs per plate appearance. The metrics in which they excelled in also run the gamut from the traditional (Ruth with his career 714 home runs, Williams with his .406 season in 1941) to the sabermetrically-inclined (Ruth is first in WAR/650 plate appearances, while Williams ranks third in Wins Above Average to Wins Above Replacement ratio among hitters). At their respective peaks, they were getting on base over half the time they came up to bat, and their career marks of a .482 (Williams) and .474 (Ruth) OBP rank first and second in MLB history. In the batter’s box, they had no equal (save for a steroid-aided Barry Bonds), and they combined a fantasti...