Ted Williams Career
His name is Theodore Samuel Williams, but to others he was known as "The Kid", "The Thumper", and "The Splendid Splinter". Ted Williams, he played for the Boston Red Sox, and was one of Baseball's greatest hitters and the last player to have a seasons average of .400. He combined keen vision with quick wrists and a very scientific approach to hitting, to set numerous batting records, and become the best hitter in baseball, despite missing nearly five full seasons due to military service and two major injuries. He accomplished much in his years in the majors. Some of those things include a .406 season average in 1941, two Triple Crowns, two MVPs, six American league batting championships, 521 home runs, in which he joined the 500 Home Run Club, a lifetime average of .344, 18 All-Star Game selections, and fame world wide. Ted Williams stands 6'3" tall and weighs 205 pounds. He was born in San Diego, California, on August 30, 1918. He play baseball all his life. Through elemantry, middle, and in high school, he was the best
ballplayer around. He was asked to join a the pros at the age of 17, But his mother would not let him because she wanted him to finish his studies at school. After he graduated from high school he joined the military. He went in to the Marines as a fighter pilot. Then when he finished after about two years in the military, he came back to baseball. During Ted's time in the MLB, he was call in to duty by the Marines. It was right in the middle of his fantastic career. He was called in to duty to be a fighter pilot. During his serves in the war he missed nearly 5 seasons of baseball. But even though he missed those seasons he came back and was just as good when he had left. Imagin how much better he would have been if he had never gone. He joined the joined the Major League Baseball and was picked up by the Boston Red Sox, and that was where he stayed for 19 years. Ted Williams may have been the greatest hitter of all-time. Hitting was what Ted did best. He had every tool a good hitter could want. He hit for power and ave
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