(Leroy Neiman)
All I want out of life is when I walk down the street people say 'There goes the greatest hitter that ever lived'.
-- Theodore Samuel Williams --
Ted Williams
YR
TM
L
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
1939
Bos
A
149
565
131
185
31
145
.327
.436
.609
1940
Bos
A
144
561
134
193
23
113
.344
.442
.594
1941
Bos
A
143
456
135
185
37
120
.406
.551
.735
1942
Bos
A
150
522
141
186
36
137
.356
.499
.648
1946
Bos
A
150
514
142
176
38
123
.342
.497
.667
1947
Bos
A
156
528
125
181
32
114
.343
.499
.634
1948
Bos
A
137
509
124
188
25
127
.369
.497
.615
1949
Bos
A
155
566
150
194
43
159
.343
.490
.650
1950
Bos
A
89
334
82
106
28
97
.317
.452
.647
1951
Bos
A
148
531
109
169
30
126
.318
.464
.556
1952
Bos
A
6
10
2
4
1
3
.400
.500
.900
1953
Bos
A
37
91
17
37
13
34
.407
.509
.901
1954
Bos
A
117
386
93
133
29
89
.345
.516
.635
1955
Bos
A
98
320
77
114
28
83
.356
.501
.703
1956
Bos
A
136
400
71
138
24
82
.345
.479
.605
1957
Bos
A
132
420
96
163
38
87
.388
.528
.731
1958
Bos
A
129
411
81
135
26
85
.328
.462
.584
1959
Bos
A
103
272
32
69
10
43
.254
.377
.419
1960
Bos
A
113
310
56
98
29
72
.316
.454
.645
(19 seasons)
2292
7706
1798
2654
521
1839
.344
.483
.634
"Ted Williams was the best hitter I ever saw. There was nobody like him." --Joe DiMaggio
"Ted Williams was my baseball hero when I was growing up, he and Stan Musial." -- Carl Yastrzemski