Fisk had about 2/3's the games with Boston as Pedey, so his WAR per game is much higher. Same with Lynn and others... not that this has to be the deciding factor.
It's hard, but it's something that's been debated for decades. Yes, it's nearly impossible, but you can see how dominating a player was in his era and compare that dominance to a player in another era.
To me, Pedro was the greatest pitcher of all time- for a 5-7 year stretch, once you look at the context of his era and how he was so far ahead of the league ERA, WHIP and K/9 or K/BB numbers of his time.
Some one said, today, that no active player has ever had a season with a higher OPS than Teddy's career 1.116.
The closest players are...
1.115 Pujols in '08
1.109 Harper '15
1.106 Pujols '03
1.102 Pujols '06
1.101 Pujols '09
1.088 Trout '18
1.079 Betts '18
1.078 Miggy '13
1.071 Pujols '04
1.071 Trout '17
(Ortiz 1.066 in '07, not active, I know)
1.049 Judge '17
1.042 Miggy '10
1.039 Pujols '05
1.033 Miggy '11
1.032 Votto '17
1.031 JD '18
Do Fred Lynn, Luis Tiant and Nomar come out ahead of Pedey, despite their limted time with the Sox?
Nomar had a much higher WAR per game played with the Sox, and so did Fisk.
Williams has to be number 1. I never saw him play.
I'd put Yaz, Papi, Pedro, Manny, Betts, Clemens, Rice, Evans and Boggs ahead of Pedey. There may be more I haven't thought of, especially before my time (early 70's).
Maybe he's top 10 in my book.
It's hard to ever know why.
Maybe having such a great World Series went to his head. He seemed to be swinging for a HR every swing (and always trying to pull it).
Well, he hit .366 last year, and he's not yet at prime, so my hopes are he can get near .380.
.380+ is ideal for your lead off guy, but I'm fine with .366.
He's been going to LF a lot, as well.
With 7 guys hitting over .824 right now, chances are one or two will slump. JBJ getting hot can make up for that, and then some.
I'm not giving up on the division or best record in MLB, but the WC doesn't scare me.
Updated OPS after today:
.924 JD
.915 Chavis
.893 Devers
.884 Betts
.873 Bogey
.870 Moreland
.824 Vaz
.754 Beni
.609 Leon
.552 JBJ
.497 Pearce
.493 Nunez
It must be hard to quit the game you love so much after making it to the highest level and playing like an MVP.
He's a fighter. I'd have been shocked, if he didn't look the way he did.