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Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager.He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War.
Left fielder Ted Williams, who played 19 seasons for the Boston Red Sox, has the highest career on-base percentage, .4817, in MLB history. [4] Williams led the American League (AL) in on-base percentage in twelve seasons, the most such seasons for any player in the major leagues. [4] [5] Barry Bonds led the National League (NL) in ten seasons ...
Rank amongst leaders in career fielding errors. A blank field indicates a tie. Player: Name of player E as LF: Total career errors committed as a left fielder * Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame † Denotes total is missing figures for pre-1901 games
Giancarlo Stanton, the active leader in fielding errors by a right fielder and tied for 90th all-time. ... Ted Williams* 20 20 0 Lou Brock* 18 0 18
The infield shift strategy is often associated with Ted Williams, yet was first employed against Cy Williams during the 1920s. [1] [2] Cy Williams, a left-handed outfielder with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, was second only to Babe Ruth in major league career home runs from 1923 to 1928. Opposing defenses would shift "practically ...
When I first saw the photo sent to me by a reader of Ted Williams, the late great Boston Red Sox slugger, standing alongside nearly 40 drake mallards and a dozen or so pheasants — all apparently ...
Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan flirting with .400 season, chasing Ted Williams Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan hits a single against the Blue Jays in the first inning, June 16, 2024, in Toronto.
Ted Williams is the all-time Major League Baseball leader in on-base percentage. In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP) measures how frequently a batter reaches base. An official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistic since 1984, it is sometimes referred to as on-base average (OBA), [a] as it is rarely presented as a true percentage.