Welcome to the Official Site of Ted Williams #9!
Member MLB Hall Of Fame, 2x Triple Crown Winner, 2X AL MVP, 19x All-Star, 6x AL Batting Champion, #1 MLB All-Time Career OBP of .482, 4X AL HR Leader, 4x AL RBI Leader, 9x AL Slugging Percentage Leader, .406 BA In 1941, Career .344 Batting Average, Career .634 Slugging Average, 521 Career Home Runs, MLB Player of the Decade (1950’s), 5X The Sporting News’ Player of the Year, Member-Boston Red Sox (1939-1960), Presidential Medal Of Freedom Recipient, 5 Years Active Service (WWII & Korea) During His Baseball Career, Lifetime Supporter of The Jimmy Fund (Children’s Cancer), Avid Fisherman (International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame Member), and Author (The Science of Hitting).
AKA “Teddy Ballgame”, “The Kid”, “The Splendid Splinter”, “The Thumper”, and “The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived”…
“A man has to have goals – for a day, for a lifetime – and that was mine, to have people say, (There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.)”
“God gets you to the plate, but once you’re there you’re on your own.”
“Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.”