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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 30	BOS		NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	BOS		NYY	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	May 2	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	12	May 4	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	May 5	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	4	3	0	7	1
14	14	May 6	BOS		DET	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	May 8	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	16	May 9 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 9 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
18	18	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 12	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	21	May 15	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	22	May 16	BOS		WSH	W,14-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	23	May 18	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-13	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	28	May 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	4	0	0	4	0
30	30	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	May 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	37	May 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 2	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	40	Jun 3	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	41	Jun 4 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 4 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		DET	W,12-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	45	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 10	BOS		CLE	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	47	Jun 11	BOS		CHW	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 12	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	53	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
54	54	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	55	Jun 24 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	56	Jun 24 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	57	Jun 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
58	58	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 27 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	61	Jun 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	62	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	63	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	65	Jul 4	BOS		PHA	W,19-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	66	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	67	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	68	Jul 6	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	69	Jul 7	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	70	Jul 8	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
71	71	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
72	87 (15)	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	88	Jul 24 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	89	Jul 24 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	90	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	93 (2)	Jul 29	BOS	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	94	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	95	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	50	10.2	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	96	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-12	GS	40	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	97	Aug 1 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	98	Aug 3	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-8	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	99	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	100	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	105 (4)	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	GS	32	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
85	106	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	107	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	108	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	109	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	110	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	111	Aug 18	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	112	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	113	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	114	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	115	Aug 21	BOS		WSH	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	116	Aug 22	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	117	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	118	Aug 25	BOS		CLE	L,0-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	119	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	120	Aug 27	BOS		CHW	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
100	121	Aug 28	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	122	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	123	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-12	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	124	Aug 31	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	125	Sep 1	BOS		DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	126	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	127	Sep 4	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
107	128	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	129	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	130	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	131	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	132	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
112	133	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-11	CG	52	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	134	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	135	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	136	Sep 12	BOS		PHA	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
116	137	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	138	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-17	CG	47	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	139	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	140	Sep 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	141	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	142	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	47	11.2	4	0	0	4	0
122	143	Sep 19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	37	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	144	Sep 20	BOS	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	145	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
125	146	Sep 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	147	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
127	148	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	149	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
129	150	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	151	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	152	Sep 30	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	153	Oct 2	BOS		NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	154	Oct 3	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	155	Oct 4	BOS		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
							134gm		1178.0	282	10	5	297	2