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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
3	3	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	L,7-10	CG	58	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
4	4	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 22	BOS		BAL	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 23	BOS		BAL	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	7	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
8	8	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,12-7	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	9	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-2	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
10	10	Apr 27	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	11	Apr 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	12	Apr 30	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-1	GS	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS	@	KCA	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	17 (3)	May 5 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	GS	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	19 (1)	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	20	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	21	May 9	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	22	May 12 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,10-0	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	23	May 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	24	May 13	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
21	25	May 14	BOS		DET	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	26	May 15	BOS		DET	W,11-8	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	27	May 16	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	28	May 17	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	29	May 18	BOS		KCA	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	30	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	31	May 21	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	GS	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	32	May 22	BOS		CLE	W,11-0	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	33	May 24	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	34	May 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-12	GS	40	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
31	35	May 26 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-0	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	36	May 26 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	37	May 27	BOS		NYY	L,8-17	GS	39	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	38	May 28	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	CG	50	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	39	May 29	BOS		BAL	L,1-3	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	40	May 30 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	42 (1)	May 31	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	43	Jun 1	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-1	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	44	Jun 2	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	45	Jun 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	38	9.1	5	0	0	5	0	LF
41	46	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	47	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	48	Jun 7	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	49	Jun 9 (1)	BOS	@	KCA	W,8-4	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	51 (1)	Jun 10	BOS	@	KCA	W,11-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	52	Jun 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
47	53	Jun 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
48	54	Jun 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-3	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	55	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	56	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	57	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	42	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	58	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
53	59	Jun 19	BOS		CLE	W,6-0	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	60	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	W,9-7	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	61	Jun 21	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	GS	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	62	Jun 22	BOS		KCA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	63	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,10-6	GS	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	64	Jun 23 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,10-1	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	65	Jun 25	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	66	Jun 26	BOS		CHW	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	67	Jun 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	69 (1)	Jun 28	BOS		DET	W,9-2	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	70	Jun 29	BOS		DET	W,12-4	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
64	71	Jun 30	BOS		DET	W,10-3	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	72	Jul 1	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
66	73	Jul 2	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
67	74	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-10	GS	30	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	75	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
69	77 (1)	Jul 5	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	78	Jul 6	BOS		BAL	W,11-2	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	79	Jul 7	BOS		BAL	L,4-8	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	80	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	GS	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	81	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	82	Jul 13	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	83	Jul 14 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	85 (1)	Jul 16	BOS	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	86	Jul 17	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	87	Jul 18	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	88	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	89	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	90	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	91	Jul 23	BOS		KCA	W,1-0	GS	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	92	Jul 24	BOS		KCA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	93	Jul 25	BOS		KCA	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	94	Jul 26	BOS		CLE	W,10-1	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	95	Jul 27	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	96	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	97	Jul 29	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	98	Jul 30	BOS		DET	W,4-0	GS	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	99	Jul 31	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	100	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	101	Aug 2	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	102	Aug 3	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	103	Aug 4	BOS		CHW	L,6-11	GS	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	104	Aug 6	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	105	Aug 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS	40	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
97	106	Aug 8	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
98	107	Aug 9	BOS		WSH	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
99	108	Aug 10	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
100	109	Aug 11 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,8-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	111 (1)	Aug 13	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	112	Aug 14	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
103	113	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	115 (1)	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-16	GS	28	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	116	Aug 18	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	117	Aug 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
107	118	Aug 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
108	119	Aug 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-3	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
109	120	Aug 23	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	121	Aug 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
111	122	Aug 25	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
112	123	Aug 26	BOS	@	KCA	W,16-0	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	124	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
114	125	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	126	Aug 29	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	127	Aug 30	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-1	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	128	Aug 31	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	147 (18)	Sep 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-3	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
119	148	Sep 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
120	149	Sep 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
121	150	Sep 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	151	Sep 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
123	152	Sep 27	BOS		NYY	L,2-10	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
124	153	Sep 28	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
125	154	Sep 29	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							125gm		988.2	210	2	1	213	0