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Ted Williams - "The Splendid Splinter"
Left Fielder, Bats: Left, Boston Red Sox 1939-1960; Born: San Diego, California

Deciding not to retire and playing until the end of his career in 1961, any comparisons between some ball player who has played for 3-4 years and Ted Williams is totally unfair. Williams was a great hitter for 23 years. Only at the end of his career (once) did he bat below .300. Check out his record, look at his batting averages, runs scored, homers, RBIs, etc. Pitchers would avoid pitching to him, hence he drew a huge amount of walks Vs strikeouts. When Ted Williams came to the plate the whole infield would shift towards first base. The third baseman would play shortstop and the second baseman would play short centerfield.

Ted Williams Statistics
Yea r	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1939	.32 7	149	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	107	64
1940	.34 4	144	561	134	193	43	14	23	113	96	54
1941	.40 6	143	456	135	185	33	3	37	120	145	27
1942	.35 6	150	522	141	186	34	5	36	137	145	51
1943-45 Military - World War II
1946	.34 2	150	514	142	176	37	8	38	123	156	44
1947	.34 3	156	528	125	181	40	9	32	114	162	47
1948	.36 9	137	509	124	188	44	3	25	127	126	41
1949	.34 3	155	566	150	194	39	3	43	159	162	48
1950	.31 7	89	334	82	106	24	1	28	97	82	21
1951	.31 8	148	531	109	169	28	4	30	126	144	45
1952 Military - Flew 3 Missions over Korea
1952	.40 0	6	10	2	4	0	1	1	3	2	2
1953 Military - Flew 39 Missions over Korea
1953	.40 7	37	91	17	37	6	0	13	34	19	10
1954	.34 4	117	386	93	133	23	1	29	89	136	32
1955	.35 6	98	320	77	114	21	3	28	83	91	24
1956	.34 5	136	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	102	39
1957	.38 8	132	420	96	163	28	1	38	87	119	43
1958	.32 8	129	411	81	135	23	2	26	85	98	49
1959	.25 4	103	272	32	69	15	0	10	43	52	27
1959 - Played all year long with a neck injury
1960	.31 6	113	310	56	98	15	0	29	72	75	41

Career Totals (1939-1960)
	.34 4	229 2	770 6	179 8	265 4	525	71	521	183 9	201 9	709

Won two MVP awards, six Batting Titles, five HR Titles, and five RBI Titles. At age 40, in 1957 Williams batted .388.