Ted Williams

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: August 30, 1918 in San Diego, CA us

Died: July 5, 2002 in Inverness, FL

Buried: Frozen

High School: Herbert Hoover HS (San Diego, CA)

Debut: April 20, 1939 (Age 20-233d, 8,627th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1960 (Age 42-029d)
vs. BAL 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1966. (Voted by BBWAA on 282/302 ballots)
View Ted Williams's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Theodore Samuel Williams

Nicknames: The Kid, Teddy Ballgame, Splendid Splinter or Thumper

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Hall of Fame
2x MVP
2x Triple Crown
19x All-Star
6x Batting Title
5x ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

121.8

7706

2654

521

.344

1798

RBI

1839

OBP

.482

SLG

.634

OPS

1.116

OPS+

191

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
2	2	Apr 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 23	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 24	BOS		WSH	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
8	8	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 30	BOS		CHW	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS		CHW	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	13	May 3	BOS		SLB	W,9-8	CG	50	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 4	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 5	BOS		CLE	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	16	May 6	BOS		CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 7	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 8	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
19	19	May 9	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	21	May 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	51	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	23	May 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 20	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	26	May 21	BOS	@	DET	W,11-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	28	May 26	BOS		NYY	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	32	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	33	Jun 1	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	Jun 2 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	35	Jun 2 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	36	Jun 3	BOS		CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	37	Jun 4	BOS		SLB	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 5	BOS		SLB	L,3-4	CG	64	14.0	7	0	0	7	0
39	39	Jun 6	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	Jun 7	BOS		DET	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	41	Jun 8	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
42	42	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 16 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,14-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-11	CG	51	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
49	49	Jun 19	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
51	51	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-11	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 23 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS	34	7.2	0	0	0	0	0
55	59 (4)	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	4	0	1	5	0
56	60	Jun 29	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	61	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
58	62	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	63	Jul 1	BOS		PHA	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	64	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	65	Jul 2 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,15-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	66	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	W,12-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	67	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,4-12	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	68	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	69	Jul 5	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
66	70	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	71	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	72	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	73	Jul 11	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	52	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	74	Jul 13 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	75	Jul 13 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
72	76	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	77	Jul 14 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-3	CG	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	78	Jul 15	BOS		SLB	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	79	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	80	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	81	Jul 18	BOS		DET	L,8-10	CG	60	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	82	Jul 19	BOS		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	83	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
80	84	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	85	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	86	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	0	8.1	1	1	1	3	0
83	87	Jul 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-12	CG	46	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
84	88	Jul 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	89	Jul 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,14-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	90	Jul 27	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	91	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	92	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,13-10	GS	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	93	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	94	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,11-12	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	95	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	97 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	98	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-14	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	99	Aug 4	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	100	Aug 5	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	101	Aug 6	BOS		NYY	W,8-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	108 (6)	Aug 13 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	109	Aug 13 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,8-19	CG	41	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	110	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
100	111	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	112	Aug 16	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	113	Aug 17	BOS		WSH	W,12-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	114	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	115	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W,16-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	116	Aug 20	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	117	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	118	Aug 22	BOS		DET	L,8-9	CG	0	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
108	119	Aug 24 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-12	GS	52	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
109	120	Aug 24 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
110	121	Aug 25 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	122	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,17-3	CG	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	123	Aug 26	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	124	Aug 28	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	125	Aug 29	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
115	126	Aug 30	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	127	Aug 31	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	128	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	51	12.1	2	0	0	2	0
118	129	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	130	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	48	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
120	131	Sep 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	132	Sep 5	BOS		PHA	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	133	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	134	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	135	Sep 10	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	59	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	136	Sep 11	BOS	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	137	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
127	138	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	139	Sep 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
129	140	Sep 15 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	141	Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.1	4	0	0	4	0
131	142	Sep 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	143	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	144	Sep 19	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
134	145	Sep 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	146	Sep 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	147	Sep 24 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,16-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	148	Sep 24 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	149	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	150	Sep 27	BOS		WSH	W,24-4	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
140	151	Sep 28 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,16-4	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
141	152	Sep 28 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,8-1	GS	27	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
142	153	Sep 29 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
143	154	Sep 29 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							145gm		2.0	257	14	13	284	2