[doug from upland]

TEDDY BALLGAME

Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox. Williams finished the 1941 season with a .406 batting average to become the first man since Rogers Hornsby in 1925 to hit over .400 for an entire season. No player has hit .400 since. Photo Credit:/AP/Wide World Photos

Minor League Statistics

Year	Team-Lg.	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	AVG	SLG	E
1936	San Diego-PCL	42	107	18	29	8	2	0	11				.271	.383	2
1937	San Diego-PCL	138	454	66	132	24	2	23	98				.291	.504	7
1938	Minneapolis-AA	148	528	130	193	30	9	43	142				.366	.701	11

Major League Career Statistics

Year	Team-Lg.	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	AVG	SLG	E
1939	Bos-A	149	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	107	64	2	.327	.609	19
1940	Bos-A	144	561	134	193	43	14	23	113	96	54	4	.344	.594	13
1941	Bos-A	143	456	135	185	33	3	37	120	145	27	2	.406	.735	11
1942	Bos-A	150	522	141	186	34	5	36	137	145	51	3	.356	.648	4
1943-45*		Did Not Play
1946	Bos-A	150	514	142	176	37	8	38	123	156	44	0	.342	.667	10
1947	Bos-A	156	528	125	181	40	9	32	114	162	47	0	.343	.634	9
1948	Bos-A	137	509	124	188	44	3	25	127	126	41	4	.369	.615	5
1949	Bos-A	155	566	150	194	39	3	43	159	162	48	1	.343	.650	6
1950	Bos-A	89	334	82	106	24	1	28	97	82	21	3	.317	.647	8
1951	Bos-A	148	531	109	169	28	4	30	126	144	45	1	.318	.556	4
1952*	Bos-A	6	10	2	4	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	.400	.900	0
1953*	Bos-A	37	91	17	37	6	0	13	34	19	10	0	.407	.901	1
1954	Bos-A	117	386	93	133	23	1	29	89	136	32	0	.345	.635	4
1955	Bos-A	98	320	77	114	21	3	28	83	91	24	2	.356	.703	2
1956	Bos-A	136	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	102	39	0	.345	.605	5
1957	Bos-A	132	420	96	163	28	1	38	87	119	43	0	.388	.731	1
1958	Bos-A	129	411	81	135	23	2	26	85	98	49	1	.328	.584	7
1959	Bos-A	103	272	32	69	15	0	10	43	52	27	0	.254	.419	3
1960	Bos-A	113	310	56	98	15	0	29	72	75	41	1	.316	.645	1
Career		2292	7706	1798	2654	525	71	521	1839	2019	709	24	.344	.634	113

BOLD type denotes league leadership in category.
* Missed all or part of season due to miltary service.

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[Jay W]

One number stands out and tall, above the rest, and above what any baseball player has done since 1941:

.406

Rest in Peace, Ted.

[Chu Gary]

"Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox. Williams finished the 1941 season with a .406 batting average to become the first man since Rogers Hornsby in 1925 to hit over .400 for an entire season. No player has hit .400 since."

True, but George Brett gave it a pretty good run two decades ago and IMHO Shoeless Joe and Nap Lajoie, well Ty Cobb also, were Ted's equals. DFU, you must be a Dodgers fan? But, if you live in Upland, you are closer to the Big A....an Angel's fan? Cool stadium tho I haven't been there for 10 years.