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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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 15	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 16	BOS		PHA	W,19-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 19	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 20	BOS		WSH	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 28	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	Apr 29	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	Apr 30	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	BOS		SLB	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	17	May 2	BOS		SLB	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 3	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 4	BOS		CLE	W,11-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 5	BOS		CLE	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	21	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 8	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 10 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 10 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
26	26	May 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 17	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 23	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	33	May 24 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 24 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	36	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
37	37	May 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	38	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	39	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	40	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	41	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	42	May 31 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	43	May 31 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 5	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	47	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 7 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	49	Jun 7 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	50	Jun 9	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 10	BOS		SLB	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 13	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 14 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 14 (2)	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	57	Jun 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
59	59	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	60	Jun 21 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	61	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	62	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	63	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	64	Jun 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	65	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	66	Jun 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	67	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	68	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	69	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	71	Jul 1 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	GS	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	72	Jul 3	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	73	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	74	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	75	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
76	76	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
77	77	Jul 9	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
78	78	Jul 10	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	79	Jul 12 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	80	Jul 12 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
81	81	Jul 14	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	82	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	83	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
84	84	Jul 16	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	85	Jul 17	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	88 (2)	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	89	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	90	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	91	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
90	92	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	10.2	4	0	0	4	0
91	93	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	51	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	94	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	95	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
94	96	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	97	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	98	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	50	10.2	3	1	0	4	0
97	99	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
98	100	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	101	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
100	102	Aug 2 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	103	Aug 2 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	104	Aug 4	BOS		PHA	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	105	Aug 5	BOS		PHA	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	106	Aug 6	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	107	Aug 10 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	108	Aug 10 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	109	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	110	Aug 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
109	111	Aug 15 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	112	Aug 15 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	113	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	114	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-3	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	115	Aug 18	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	116	Aug 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	117	Aug 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	118	Aug 20	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	119	Aug 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	120	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	121	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	122	Aug 23 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	123	Aug 23 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	GS	26	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	124	Aug 25 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	125	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	126	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	127	Aug 27	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	128	Aug 28	BOS		CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	129	Aug 29	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	130	Aug 30 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	131	Aug 30 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	132	Aug 31	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	133	Sep 2 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
132	134	Sep 2 (2)	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	135	Sep 3	BOS		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
134	136	Sep 5	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	137	Sep 6	BOS		PHA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	138	Sep 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
137	139	Sep 8	BOS	@	WSH	L,11-15	CG	53	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	140	Sep 10	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
139	141	Sep 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
140	142	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	143	Sep 13 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	144	Sep 13 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	145	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	146	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	147	Sep 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
146	148	Sep 19	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
147	149	Sep 20 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
148	150	Sep 20 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
149	151	Sep 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
150	152	Sep 27	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
							150gm			237	14	4	255	4