Ted Williams

Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 22-year Major League Baseball career as the left fielder for the Boston Red Sox (1939–1942 and 1946–1960). Williams was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner, led the league in batting six times, and won the Triple Crown twice. A 19-time All-Star, he had a career batting average of .344 with 521 home runs, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. Williams recorded a hit 34 percent of the time; he reached base an astounding 48 percent of the time.

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Filmography

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Selected Ted Williams film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Show)

Self

2007

The Golden Greek: The Harry Agganis Story

2004

ESPN 25: Who's #1? (TV Show)

2001

Korean War Stories (TV Show)

1999

ESPN SportsCentury (TV Show)

1999

1999 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1994

Baseball (TV Show)

1991

Up Close Primetime (TV Show)

1990

The Howard Stern Show (TV Show)

1986

1986 World Series (TV Show)

1983

Greatest Sports Legends (TV Show)

1982

Late Night with David Letterman (TV Show)

1975

Ted Williams & The Atlantic Salmon

1974

The Science of Hitting by Ted Williams (Short Film)

1972

Mulligan Stew (TV Show)

1971

Sports Challenge (TV Show)

1965

The Red Fisher Show (TV Show)

1958

1958 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1957

1957 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1956

1956 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1955

1955 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1954

1954 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1953

1953 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1951

Ted Williams

1951

1951 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1950

What's My Line? (TV Show)

1950

The Joe DiMaggio Show (TV Show)

1950

1950 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1949

1949 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Show)

1947

Style of the Stars

1939

Touching All Bases

Lineup for Today: Ted Williams and Friend (Short Film)

Quotes

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List of Ted Williams quotes.

If I had my mother’s name, there is no doubt I would have run into problems in those days, {considering} the prejudices people had in Southern Calfornia.

By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.

Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1939	BOS	149	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	2	107	64	0.327	0.436	0.609
1940	BOS	144	561	134	193	43	14	23	113	4	96	54	0.344	0.442	0.594
1941	BOS	143	456	135	185	33	3	37	120	2	147	27	0.406	0.553	0.735
1942	BOS	150	522	141	186	34	5	36	137	3	145	51	0.356	0.499	0.648
1946	BOS	150	514	142	176	37	8	38	123	0	156	44	0.342	0.497	0.667
1947	BOS	156	528	125	181	40	9	32	114	0	162	47	0.343	0.499	0.634
1948	BOS	137	509	124	188	44	3	25	127	4	126	41	0.369	0.497	0.615
1949	BOS	155	566	150	194	39	3	43	159	1	162	48	0.343	0.490	0.650
1950	BOS	89	334	82	106	24	1	28	97	3	82	21	0.317	0.452	0.647
1951	BOS	148	531	109	169	28	4	30	126	1	144	45	0.318	0.464	0.556
1952	BOS	6	10	2	4	0	1	1	3	0	2	2	0.400	0.500	0.900
1953	BOS	37	91	17	37	6	0	13	34	0	19	10	0.407	0.509	0.901
1954	BOS	117	386	93	133	23	1	29	89	0	136	32	0.345	0.513	0.635
1955	BOS	98	320	77	114	21	3	28	83	2	91	24	0.356	0.496	0.703
1956	BOS	136	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	0	102	39	0.345	0.479	0.605
1957	BOS	132	420	96	163	28	1	38	87	0	119	43	0.388	0.526	0.731
1958	BOS	129	411	81	135	23	2	26	85	1	98	49	0.328	0.458	0.584
1959	BOS	103	272	32	69	15	0	10	43	0	52	27	0.254	0.372	0.419
1960	BOS	113	310	56	98	15	0	29	72	1	75	41	0.316	0.451	0.645
Career		2292	7706	1798	2654	525	71	521	1839	24	2021	709	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Ted Williams.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1939	BOS	149		-	318	11	19	3	0.945
1940	BOS	144		-	302	15	13	2	0.961
1941	BOS	143		-	262	11	11	2	0.961
1942	BOS	150		-	312	15	4	4	0.988
1946	BOS	150		-	325	7	10	2	0.971
1947	BOS	156		-	347	10	9	2	0.975
1948	BOS	137		-	289	9	5	2	0.983
1949	BOS	155		-	337	12	6	3	0.983
1950	BOS	89		-	165	7	8	0	0.956
1951	BOS	148		-	315	12	4	6	0.988
1952	BOS	6		-	4	0	0	0	1.000
1953	BOS	37		-	31	1	1	1	0.970
1954	BOS	117	113	962	212	5	4	0	0.982
1955	BOS	98	93	730	170	5	2	0	0.989
1956	BOS	136	110	859	175	7	5	2	0.973
1957	BOS	132	125	988	210	2	1	0	0.995
1958	BOS	129	114	920	152	3	7	0	0.957
1959	BOS	103	75	549	91	4	3	0	0.969
1960	BOS	113	87	676	129	6	1	1	0.993
Career		2292	717	-	4146	142	113	30	-

Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Ted Williams.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1940	BOS	0-0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	1
Career		0-0	-	1	0	0	0	0	-	3	1	1	0	1

First Name	Theodore
Middle Name	Samuel
Last Name	Williams
Full Name at Birth	Theodore Samuel Williams
Other Names	Teddy Ballgame The Splendid Splinter The Kid Splendid Splinter Thumper
Age	83 (age at death)
Date of Birth	August 30, 1918
Birthplace	San Diego, CA
Date of Death	July 5, 2002
Location of Death	Inverness, FL
Height	6' 3" (190 cm)
Weight	205 lbs (93.0 kg)
Build	Slim
Hair Color	Brown - Light
Star Sign	Virgo
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
High School	Herbert Hoover (San Diego, CA)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Leftfielder
Bats	Left
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	20 April 1939
Last MLB Game	28 September 1960
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1966 (282/302 ballots).
Claim to Fame	last player in Major League Baseball to bat over .400 in a single season (.406 in 1941)
Mother	(mexican Mother)