The bat slipped from his hands, was launched into the stands and struck a 60-year-old woman who turned out to be the housekeeper of the Red Sox general manager Joe Cronin. Midsummer Classics: Celebrating MLB's All-Star Game, 1959–62, "all players who were named to the AL or NL roster were credited with one appearance per season." Popularly nicknamed ‘The Splendid Splinter’, Baseball Hall of fame inductee, Ted Williams is widely regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He had an ebullient, jovial personality and was also an ardent fishing enthusiast. In 1991 on Ted Williams Day at Fenway Park, Williams pulled a Red Sox cap from out of his jacket and tipped it to the crowd. The Boston manager Williams' final home run did not take place during the final game of the 1960 season, but rather in the Red Sox's last home game that year. The same year he was given a salary of $100,000.In 1951 season, he played a total of 148 games and scored 30 home runs and in May that year, he hit the 300th home run of his baseball career.

Well, there are a lot [of games] when I do”.He treated most of the press accordingly, as he described in his memoir, Another incident occurred in 1958 in a game against the Washington Senators. On May 21st that year he scored the 100th run of his baseball career.By late 1942, he was working as an aviator with the United States Marine Corps.

An avid and expert In his later years Williams became a fixture at autograph shows and card shows after his son (by his third wife), One of Ted Williams' final, and most memorable, public appearances was at the On May 4, 1944, Williams married Doris Soule, the daughter of his hunting guide.

He is often referred to as ‘The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived’ because he is best remembered for his hitting prowess. That year, he also led the American League to a 12-0 win.In 1948, he scored an aggregate of .369 along with 25 home runs and 127 runs batted in and in April that year he scored the 200th run of his baseball career.In 1949, he scored the 223rd home run of his baseball career and made a record for scoring the most number of home runs for the Red Sox team. Williams maintained this policy up to and including his swan song in 1960.

http://90feetofperfection.com/2011/11/18/jackie-robinson-campbells-field-chief-myers-jim-thorpe-satchel-paige-ted-williams/ That year, he also played baseball along with team mate Johnny Pesky Chapel Hill, North Carolina.In 1945, after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, he was sent to Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, where he represented the Army League, for whom he played baseball.In 1946, he was relieved from the United States Marine Corps and the same year he came back to the Red Sox team, with whom he signed a $ 37,500 contract. http://sports.mearsonlineauctions.com/lot-41978.aspx Teddy Samuel Williams was born in San Diego to Samuel Stuart Williams, a sheriff, soldier and photographer and May Venzor, an evangelist and member of The Christian organisation, The Salvation Army.He attended the Herbert Hoover High School, located in San Diego, California and during this time he also enthusiastically played baseball and was a ‘pitcher’ and ‘star’ of his school team. After hitting a home run at Fenway Park, which would be his last career at-bat, Williams characteristically refused either to tip his cap as he circled the bases or to respond to prolonged cheers of "We want Ted!" Ted Williams was previously married to Lee Howard (1961 - 1966) and Doris Soule (1944 - 1955).

Williams retired from playing in 1960. Ted Williams, "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived," was born on Aug. 30, 1918. He served three years in the United States Army, was honorably discharged, and attended school for voice acting. The same year, with the guidance of Bill Lane, the manager of the Padres team, he was sent to play for the Boston Red Sox team.In 1939, he played his first major league match against the New York Yankees and by the end of the league matches he had scored .327 with 31 home runs, after which he was acknowledged as the ‘Rookie of the Year’.In 1941, he played against the Chicago White Sox and scored one of the longest home runs, which was scored in the 11th inning of the match and led to his team’s victory.In 1942, he was the winner of the Triple Crown and scored a .356 batting average, 36 home runs and 137 runs batted in. He was inducted into the Williams lived in San Diego's North Park neighborhood (4121 Utah Street).Though he had offers from the St. Louis Cardinals and the Throughout his career, Williams stated his goal was to have people point to him and remark, "There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived. He famously used a lighter bat than most sluggers, because it generated a faster swing.He helped pass his expertise of playing left-field in front of the During his career, some sportswriters also criticized aspects of Williams' baseball performance, including what they viewed as his lackadaisical fielding and lack of clutch hitting.

Wife: Lee Howard (m. 10-Sep-1961, div.

He often touted Williams did not opt for an easy assignment playing baseball for the Navy, but rather joined the V-5 program to become a Naval aviator. He later played for the San Diego Padres.In 1936, while playing for the San Diego Padres, he posted a batting average of .271 batting. The following two years, he had batting averages of .388 and .328 respectively.In 1960, he played his last game, after which he became the manager of the ‘Washington Senators’, a professional baseball team based in Arlington, Texas.In 1954, he was inducted into the Breitbard Hall of Fame.In 1966, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.In 1991, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was bestowed to him by President George H. W. Bush.In 1999, he was ranked at number eight on The Sporting News list of ‘100 Greatest Baseball Players’.In 1944, he married Doris Soule and the couple had a daughter together.