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"Who?" you're wondering.
Ted Williams
28 May 2009
t their stride at similar points in their careers, DiMaggio was right up there with Stan Musial and Ted Williams (both of whom you'll see later on).
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26 August 2008
lry?
Like Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds, or Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, or Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio, two of the best hitters of all time played at the same time in the early days of baseball. By 1919, when Babe Ruth decided to rest his pitching arm (his career pitching record was 80-41 to that point) and take up hitting full time, Ty Cobb was already at the top of the sport. His 10 batting titles between 1907 and 1918 were unmatched by anyone in history, he had already hit better than .400 in a season twice, he routinely led the league in on-base percentage, slugging percentage and hits, and he had led the majors in stolen bases six times. The Georgia Peach was, simply put, the best player of his time.
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28 February 2008
ductees and 7 Memorable Moment awards (the latest of these moments to be inducted into the Hall was Ted Williams' home run in his final major league at bat against the Orioles on Sept. 28, 1960)
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10 January 2008
I also remember travelling to Detroit on a camping vacation once and sitting in Tiger Stadium as Ted Williams stepped to the plate and hit a home run. I was jumping up and down, when a man seated next to me asked, "Who's
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