biography
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Williams, Ted
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popular name of Theodore Samuel Williams, nickname the Splendid Splinter
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| male
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| lived:
| (1918–2002)
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| biography:
| Baseball player, born in San Diego, California, USA. During his 19-year career as an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox (1939–60), he hit 521 home runs and posted a lifetime batting average of ·344, sixth highest in major league history. His career total walks (2019) are second only to Babe Ruth's, and in 1941 he batted ·406, a mark not bettered in over 50 years. He became manager of the Washington Senators (1969–71) and the Texas Rangers (1972). One of the finest hitters in the game's history, he lost five years of his baseball career due to active military service as a combat pilot in World War 2 and the Korean conflict. He was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1966. |
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