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Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager.He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War.
Left fielder Ted Williams, who played 19 seasons for the Boston Red Sox, has the highest career on-base percentage, .4817, in MLB history. [4] Williams led the American League (AL) in on-base percentage in twelve seasons, the most such seasons for any player in the major leagues. [4] [5] Barry Bonds led the National League (NL) in ten seasons ...
Ted Williams: LF: 1939–1942, 1946–1960: 1939–1942, 1946–1960 .344: 2654: 521: 1839 ... The following pitchers, depicted with a different cap insignia, played ...
This image depicts the path of an eephus pitch thrown by pitcher Rip Sewell in the 1946 MLB All-Star Game, which was hit for a home run by Ted Williams. An eephus pitch (also spelled ephus) in baseball is a very high-arcing off-speed pitch. [1] The delivery from the pitcher has very low velocity and often catches the
The pre-game ceremonies featured introductions of nominees for the All-Century Team, including longtime Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams. [2] In two innings, AL starting pitcher Pedro Martínez struck out the first four batters of the National League, becoming the first pitcher in history to begin the All-Star Game striking out the side. In all ...
Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox is the last player to hit .400 in the American League. Four players – Ed Delahanty , Ty Cobb , Rogers Hornsby and Oscar Charleston – have accomplished the feat in three different seasons, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Ross Barnes was the first player to bat .400 in a season, posting a .429 batting average in the National ...
Ted Williams* .3444: 12 Dan Brouthers* .3424 13 Babe Ruth* .3421 14 Harry Heilmann* .3416 15 Willie Keeler* .3413 16 Bill Terry* .3412 17 George Sisler* .3401: 18
Perhaps Sewell's most famous blooper pitch came in the 1946 All Star game against Ted Williams. Sewell warned Williams before the game he was going to throw him the blooper. With the American League ahead 8–0, Williams came to bat, and Sewell nodded, indicating the blooper was coming. Williams fouled off the first blooper.