What separates Ted from the guys who came close (Carew, Brett, and Gwinn) is he did it with power. He was not a singles hitter; his slugging % that year was .735 or thereabouts. His teammate Bobby Doerr has said that when Williams broke his ankle in spring training in 1941, it forced him to stay back on the ball a little longer, and that helped him get there. He never got any infield hits, because he was relatively slow afoot, but even more impressive in my mind than the .406 avg in 1941 was the .388 avg in 1957, when he was 39 years old. The greatest hitter that ever lived, imho.
I'm a yankees fan. But ted williams was a highlight reel. How he batted .406 was absolutely outstanding. But I have to ask why does the announcer sound like Harry Kalas when Ted williams batted. 406 back in 1941? But I was surprised that the announcer was not Harry Kalas.