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Title : |
Ted Williams - Baseball Legends |
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| Author : |
Rick Wolff |
| Subject : |
Ted Williams Boston Red Sox Baseball |
| Copyright : |
1993 |
| Cover : |
Hardcover |
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| Synopsis : |
The last major leaguer to bat over .400 in a single season, Ted Williams was the most feared slugger of his day and the purest hitter in baseball history.
When he was 20 years old, Williams launched his big league career with the Boston Red Sox in grand style, hitting .327 with 31 homers and leading the majors with 145 runs batted in - the most RBIs ever by a rookie. "When I walk down the street," he said in 1939, the first of his 19 season with Boston, "I want people to say, 'There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived'". Opposing pitchers learned quickly to tiptoe around Williams. They rarely threw him strikes, preferring to walk him an average of 106 times each year. When he did get a pitch to hit, he usually drove it for extra bases.
The most disciplined power hitter of them all, Williams ended his career second in slugging percentage and third in home runs, despite missing nearly five campaigns because of military duty. All told, he won nine slugging titles and six batting crowns, paced the league in homers and runs batted in four times each, and earned two Triple Crowns and two MVP Awards. His career on-base percentage remains the highest ever.
Ted Williams was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. |
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