Ted Williams played 19 seasons with Boston Red Sox. He remains the last man to hit over .400 for a complete major league baseball season. He finished the 1941 season with a .406 batting average, going 6-for-8 during a season-ending double-header to push himself over the .400 mark. Williams played for the Boston Red Sox from 1939-42 and from 1946-60.
Because Williams's hitting was so feared, and it was known that he was a dead pull hitter, opponents frequently employed the radical, defensive "Williams Shift" against him, leaving only one fielder on the third-base half of the field. Rather than bunting the ball into the open space, the proud Williams batted as usual against the defense.
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Williams was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner, led the league in batting six times, and won the Triple Crown twice. He had a career batting average of .344, with 521 home runs, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. Finished his career with 521 homers and 2654 hits. He was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1966.
At 40, oldest batting champ in ML history.
His 1969 autobiography was titled My Turn At Bat, and his 1971 book The Science of Hitting remains a popular baseball manual.
Also played in 18 All-Star games and has record for reaching base in most consecutive games (84).
Williams hit a home run in his last at-bat at Boston's Fenway Park,
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