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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-12	GS	39	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	12 (4)	Apr 29	BOS	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	13	Apr 30	BOS	@	DET	L,8-12	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14	May 1	BOS	@	DET	W,15-9	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	15	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	16	May 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	17	May 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	18	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	19	May 11	BOS		NYY	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	20	May 12	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	21	May 13	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	22	May 14	BOS		CHW	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	23	May 15	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	24	May 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	GS	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	25	May 17	BOS		CLE	L,9-12	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	26	May 18	BOS		DET	L,5-6	CG	51	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	27	May 19	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	28	May 20	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	29	May 21	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	30	May 22	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	31	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	T,9-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	32	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	33	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	34	May 27 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
25	35	May 27 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	36	May 28	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	16.0	6	0	1	7	0
27	37	May 29	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	38	May 30 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	39	May 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,13-0	GS	12	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	40	Jun 1 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	41	Jun 1 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
32	42	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	43	Jun 5	BOS	@	CLE	W,14-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	44	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	45	Jun 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	46	Jun 8 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	47	Jun 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	48	Jun 12 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	49	Jun 12 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	50	Jun 14	BOS		CHW	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	51	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
42	52	Jun 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	53	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		DET	W,14-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	54	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		DET	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	55	Jun 18	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	56	Jun 19	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	57	Jun 20	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	58	Jun 21	BOS		SLB	L,9-13	GS	35	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	59	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	60	Jun 22 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,3-12	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	61	Jun 24	BOS		CLE	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	62	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
53	63	Jun 26	BOS		CLE	L,8-11	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	64	Jun 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
55	65	Jun 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
56	66	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	67	Jun 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	68	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	69	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	28	5.0	1	0	2	3	0
60	70	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	71	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	72	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	73	Jul 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	74	Jul 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	75	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	76	Jul 12 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-5	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	89 (12)	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	90	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	L,4-10	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	91	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,11-1	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	92	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,10-6	GS	34	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
71	93	Jul 26	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	94	Jul 27	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	95	Jul 29	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	96	Jul 31 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,11-16	CG	54	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	97	Jul 31 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	98	Aug 2	BOS		DET	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	99	Aug 3	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	100	Aug 4	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	101	Aug 5	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	102	Aug 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	103	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	104	Aug 7	BOS		NYY	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	105	Aug 8	BOS		WSH	W,15-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	106	Aug 9	BOS		WSH	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
85	107	Aug 10 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	108	Aug 10 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	109	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
88	110	Aug 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	111	Aug 13	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	112	Aug 14 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-8	CG	56	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	113	Aug 14 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,8-10	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	114	Aug 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-6	CG	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	115	Aug 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
94	116	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	117	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
96	118	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	119	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,9-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	120	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
99	121	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	122	Aug 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	123	Aug 23	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	124	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	125	Aug 24 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	126	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	127	Aug 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	128	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	129	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	130	Aug 30	BOS		PHA	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	131	Aug 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	132	Aug 31 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	133	Sep 1 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,13-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	134	Sep 1 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	135	Sep 3	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	136	Sep 4	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	137	Sep 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	138	Sep 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
117	139	Sep 9	BOS		DET	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	140	Sep 10	BOS		DET	W,11-2	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	141	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
120	142	Sep 13	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	143	Sep 14 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	144	Sep 14 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	145	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	146	Sep 17	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
125	147	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	148	Sep 20	BOS		NYY	L,1-8	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	149	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	150	Sep 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
129	151	Sep 24 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	152	Sep 24 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	153	Sep 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	154	Sep 28 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	155	Sep 28 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							134gm			202	10	10	222	2