Source: Good News Network
100 years ago today, perhaps the greatest baseball hitter of all time was born. Playing his career with the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams was one of only two athletes ever to win two Triple Crowns (leading a league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in). His career on-base percentage, .
482, was the highest of all time. No player since Williams in 1941 has posted a batting average, over .400 in a season. He missed five prime years on the field because he chose to serve in WWII and the Korean War as a bomber pilot. Upon his return to sports at age 39 and 40, he was the AL batting champion for the fifth and sixth time. WATCH a video about his exciting career… (1918)He wrote a book called, The Science of Hitting, and was featured on PBS’s American Masters series.
Celebrating Ted Williams’ 100th Birthday | Rangers Insider
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