Ted Williams

By: Nolan 

If there was a hitter to fear at the plate it would be Ted Williams, he was the greatest hitter to ever live. He was like a machine when he hit. Today I will talk about why ted Williams was such an amazing baseball player I will talk about his life accomplishments and his time in the US navy. 

Ted Williams was born in Sandiego California on August 30, 1918. His mother was never home because he was too involved working in the Salvation Army. Ted and his mother never had a good relationship. Ted played for his local team the San Diego Padres. This was before they were a major league team. In 1939 the Boston Red Sox recruited Ted Williams to play for them. 

During Ted Williams career he had a few nicknames like “the kid” and “the splendid splinter”. In 1941 Ted Williams had the best season of his life. That year his batting average was .406, the highest batting average in major league baseball history. He also hit 37 homeruns and only struck out 27 times that season. Altogether Ted Willams played nineteen seasons for major league baseball. His career in baseball was interrupted twice by military service.  During Teds career he served in war as a navy pilot. He was one few professional baseball players who served in more than one war. He served in World War 2 and the Korean War. 

Nearing the end of Ted’s career he was involved in donating money to the Jimmy Fund to help kids with cancer. Probably the thing the thing Ted Williams was most known for in his major league career was his batting average his career batting average is .344. He retired from baseball in 1960 and in 1966 he was inducted into the baseball hall of fame. 

I hope you enjoyed my presentation and learned something interesting and new. Ted Williams has inspired me to become a better hitter and a better baseball player. He is an example of an American who has contributed to his profession through excellence, his country through military service, and to the greater good through his charitable donations.  I hope he inspired you to in some way. Thank you. 

   

  

                                                            Sources 

“American Masters – Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived”. Directed by Nick Davis. WNET, 2018. 

Ken Burns Baseball. Directed by Ken Burns. PBS, 1994. 

Nowlin, Bill. “Ted Williams". Society for American baseball research.  

www.sabr.org/bioproj/person/35baa190 , 2020. 

“Wikipedia: Ted Williams.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Williams, 2020.