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Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel Williams (The Kid,The Thumper,The Splendid Splinter,Teddy Ballgame)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

MLB Debut April 20, 1939
Final Game September 28, 1960
Born August 30, 1918 in San Diego, CA
Died July 5, 2002 (age 83)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 20 BOA AL  152  613  141  184  33  10  34  113   3   1  101  104  .300  .399  .553  .952   117   339   0   2   2   1  18  MVP-4
 1940 21 BOA AL  153  634  161  241  52  16  24  139   5   0   83   87  .380  .447  .626 1.073   133   397   0  10   6   2  16  MVP-2
 1941 22 BOA AL  133  443  139  171  36   3  31  124   0   0  159   29  .386  .542  .691 1.232   158   306   0   9  37   2  18  MVP-3
 1942 23 BOA AL  154  542  130  194  35   3  32  117   4   2  156   66  .358  .494  .611 1.105   156   331   0  13  17   3   8  MVP-1
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 27 BOA AL  155  565  144  199  37   9  46  140   0   0  162   65  .352  .492  .694 1.186   165   392   0   7  19   0  14  MVP-1
 1947 28 BOA AL  154  558  110  189  29   7  28  119   0   0  161   72  .339  .484  .566 1.051   138   316   0   7  14   3  16  MVP-2
 1948 29 BOA AL  151  574  138  188  40   6  28  137   1   0  116   62  .328  .441  .564 1.005   137   324   0   5  22   4  25  MVP-4
 1949 30 BOA AL  154  536  144  190  27   7  47  136   0   0  157   60  .354  .500  .694 1.194   155   372   0   5  26   4  13  MVP-1
 1950 31 BOA AL  125  358   92   95  14   3  34   91   0   0   98   29  .265  .419  .606 1.025   137   217   0   5   7   0  15  
 1951 32 BOA AL  153  536  104  157  24   7  26   99   0   0  139   53  .293  .436  .509  .946   123   273   0   7  14   3  21  MVP-4
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953 34 BOA AL   32   57   15   20   5   0   5   12   0   0   14   11  .351  .479  .702 1.181   148    40   0   0   3   0   1  
 1954 35 BOA AL  132  458   92  154  24   1  30   84   0   0  115   47  .336  .466  .590 1.056   142   270   0   4   8   0  14  MVP-5
 1955 36 BOA AL  124  349   84  124  24   4  27   80   1   0  101   25  .355  .502  .679 1.181   152   237   0   1  23   3   7  
 1956 37 BOA AL  139  432   88  145  28   5  28  103   0   0  108   35  .336  .465  .618 1.083   146   267   0   6  14   2  16  MVP-9
 1957 38 BOA AL  143  457  124  177  27   1  38   94   2   0  150   58  .387  .539  .700 1.239   152   320   0   2  37   3  12  MVP-3
 1958 39 BOA AL  143  438   91  128  18   4  22   73   0   1   99   88  .292  .426  .502  .928   124   220   0   4   6   6   9  
 1959 40 BOA AL   87  302   43   77   8   0  13   49   0   0   58   27  .255  .377  .411  .788   105   124   0   3   1   3   6  
 1960 41 BOA AL  112  350   73  100  14   0  37   72   1   0   62   44  .286  .406  .643 1.049   134   225   0   2   9  10  17  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons     2396 8202 1913 2733 475  86 530 1782  17   4 2039  962  .333  .464  .606 1.070        4970   0  92 265  49 246
 Per 600 PA           474  111  158  27   5  31  103   1   0  118   56                                 287   0   5  15   3  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BOA     2396 8202 1913 2733 475  86 530 1782  17   4 2039  962  .333  .464  .606 1.070        4970   0  92 265  49 246
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2292 7706 1798 2654 525  71 521 1839  24  17 2021  709  .344  .482  .634 1.116        4884   5  20  86  39 197
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1939 20 BOA AL  21  136   8.2   0   0   0  .000  22   64   29  .453    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e19   -93   
 1940 21 BOA AL  22  180  11.7   0   0   0  .000   9   42   26  .619    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e14    37   
 1941 22 BOA AL  24  175  15.9   3   2   1  .667  13   40   22  .550    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e13  -55   
 1942 23 BOA AL  15  180  13.2   0   0   0  .000   3   46   31  .674    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e4    -42   
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 27 BOA AL  27  204  14.3   0   0   0  .000   6   53   36  .679    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e10    21   
 1947 28 BOA AL  22  165  11.4   0   0   0  .000   6   53   33  .623    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e9    -82   
 1948 29 BOA AL  28  142   9.3   1   0   0  .000   6   47   28  .596    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e6  -107   
 1949 30 BOA AL  36  197  14.6   0   0   0  .000   8   48   31  .646    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e6     53   
 1950 31 BOA AL  25   93   9.0  22   6   0  .273   9   34   12  .353    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e13  -74   
 1951 32 BOA AL  34  125   8.3   1   0   0  .000   3   54   35  .648    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e4    -73   
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953 34 BOA AL  27   19  14.2  17   8   1  .471   0    3    1  .333    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e7   -230   
 1954 35 BOA AL  31  132  11.1   4   1   0  .250   7   49   30  .612    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e6   -92   
 1955 36 BOA AL  10  126  14.6  21   7   2  .333   1   31    8  .258    0    0  .000  OF   5(+2)e4   -18   
 1956 37 BOA AL  26  128  11.2  16   7   1  .438   9   42   26  .619    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e9    -1   
 1957 38 BOA AL  25  183  16.8  12   5   1  .417   0   57   43  .754    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e1    -17   
 1958 39 BOA AL  25  101   8.4  22   4   0  .182  12   36   12  .333    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e9   -114   
 1959 40 BOA AL   8   50   5.9   6   2   1  .333   8   25    4  .160    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e9    -3   
 1960 41 BOA AL  24   88   8.9  16   8   2  .500   1   28   15  .536    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e3   -48   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 18 Seasons         2435  11.3 141  50   9  .355 123  752  422  .561    0    0  .000                 -42  11
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 77.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 322.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1939 20 BOA AL  LF   118   198     2   13    0   .939   118  1052.1   1.71
                 RF    34    68     0    9    0   .883    34   307.2   1.99
 1940 21 BOA AL  LF   153   296     4    9    0   .971   153  1363.0   1.98
                 RF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
 1941 22 BOA AL  RF   124   214    10   13    2   .945   123  1106.2   1.82
                 LF     8    16     1    0    0  1.000     6    48.0   3.19
 1942 23 BOA AL  LF   154   252    13    3    1   .989   154  1357.0   1.76
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 27 BOA AL  LF   155   263    14    6    2   .979   155  1411.2   1.77
 1947 28 BOA AL  LF   154   286     8    6    1   .980   154  1410.2   1.88
 1948 29 BOA AL  LF   150   253    16    6    0   .978   150  1358.2   1.78
 1949 30 BOA AL  LF   154   328    16    8    0   .977   154  1352.2   2.29
 1950 31 BOA AL  LF   104   162     7    9    0   .949    99   817.2   1.86
 1951 32 BOA AL  LF   153   321    16    3    0   .991   152  1309.1   2.32
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953 34 BOA AL  LF    14     8     1    0    0  1.000     9    92.0   0.88
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     8.0   0.00
 1954 35 BOA AL  LF   127   228    10    7    0   .971   127  1103.0   1.94
 1955 36 BOA AL  LF    96   117     3    1    1   .992    96   826.2   1.31
 1956 37 BOA AL  LF   123   195     7    9    3   .957   122  1013.0   1.79
 1957 38 BOA AL  LF   129   268    14    0    0  1.000   124  1161.1   2.19
 1958 39 BOA AL  LF   117   255     5   12    0   .956   116  1002.0   2.34
 1959 40 BOA AL  LF    80   131     5    8    0   .944    80   691.1   1.77
 1960 41 BOA AL  LF    96   161     8    1    1   .994    91   812.0   1.87
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF  2085  3738   150  101    9   .975  2060 18182.1   1.92
                 RF   161   282    10   22    2   .930   158  1427.1   1.84
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1940 WS    BOA BRN   W    6  23  5  9  1  0  2   7  3  2  .391  .429  .696  0
 1941 WS    BOA BRN   W    6  21  6  5  0  0  3   6  7  0  .238  .429  .667  0
 1942 WS    BOA BRN   W    7  22  5  8  2  0  1   1  9  4  .364  .548  .591  0
 1947 WS    BOA SLN   W    7  29  4 16  1  0  1   6  1  2  .552  .548  .690  0
 1948 WS    BOA SLN   W    5  15  1  4  1  0  1   3  5  4  .267  .429  .533  0
 1949 WS    BOA BRN   L    7  29 11 13  3  0  3  11  6  4  .448  .556  .862  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1939  BOA   75-79   Steve Bivens
 1940  BOA   95-59   Steve Bivens
 1941  BOA  101-53   Steve Bivens
 1942  BOA  102-52   Steve Bivens
 1946  BOA  103-52   Steve Bivens
 1947  BOA   96-58   Steve Bivens
 1948  BOA  112-42   Steve Bivens
 1949  BOA   88-66   Steve Bivens
 1950  BOA   82-72   Steve Bivens
 1951  BOA   64-90   Rob Tomlinson, Steve Bivens
 1953  BOA   69-85   Stan Berger
 1954  BOA   64-90   Mike Petersen
 1955  BOA   73-81   Mike Petersen
 1956  BOA   81-73   Mike Petersen
 1957  BOA   78-76   Mike Petersen
 1958  BOA   79-75   Mike Petersen
 1959  BOA   83-71   Mike Petersen
 1960  BOA   59-95   Mike Tomeo, Mike Petersen

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