MLB Awards
Hall Of Fame
Inducted 1966 – Boston Red Sox – AL
Uniform # Retired
1960 – Boston Red Sox – AL
AL MVP
1946 & 1949 – Boston Red Sox – AL
Red Sox MVP
1941, 1946, 1949, & 1955
AL All-Star
1940 – 1942, 1946 – 1951, 1953-1960 – Boston Red Sox – AL
TRIPLE CROWN – AL
1942 & 1947 – Boston Red Sox – AL
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
1941, 1942, 1947, 1949 & 1957
AL BATTING TITLE
1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1957 & 1958
AL HOME RUNS
1941, 1942, 1947, & 1949
MLB Assorted Records
Note: Ted Williams served in the Armed Forces (WWII & Korea) for almost 5 full seasons during his career, which makes his career stats all the more remarkable.
Wins Above Replacement – 6X (14th All-Time) | On Base Plus Slugging – 10X (2nd All-Time)
Slugging Percentage – 9X (2nd All-Time) | Runs Scored – 6X (20th All-Time)
Hits – 2,654 Career | Total Bases – 6X (25th All-Time) | RBIs – 4X (15th All-Time)
Walks – 8X (4th All-Time) | Runs Created – 9X (6th All-Time)
.406 Batting Average (1941) | .388 Batting Average (1957)
MVP Season – 142 Runs, 38 HRs, 123 RBIs, 156 BBs, 343 TBs, .342 BA (1946)
MVP Season – 150 Runs, 43 HRs, 159 RBIs, 162 BBs, 368 TBs, .343 BA (1949)
“Baseball’s future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it’s the greatest game there is!”
“Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.”
“If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.”