Edited sentence: 3429, while Williams went 194-566, for an average of.A single hit either way would have changed the outcome.Amazingly, Ted Williams accomplished this feat not once, but twice - in 1942, and again in 1947 after missing three years to WWII.In 1949, Williams led the league in home runs (with 43) and RBI (with 159, tied with Red Sox shortstop Vern Stephens), but lost the batting race to Detroit third-baseman George Kell.Kell had 179 hits in 522 at-bats, for a batting average of