#42 Ted "The kid" Williams, Leftfield, 31 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs

#42 Ted "The kid" Williams, Leftfield, 31 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs
Friday, 10/20/1949

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Ted Williams
The kid
8/30/1918
31
USA,CA,SAN DIEGO
6"3
205

Leftfield
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6 / 6 (Extremely Popular)
6 / 6 (Extremely Popular)
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5.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 22,420,000
1952
10 Year(s), 102 Days (1822 total Days)
172 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 102 Days (1822 total Days)
10 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	10	10	10	10	9
Versus LHP	8	9	10	10	9
Versus RHP	10	10	10	10	9
Talent	10	9	10	10	9

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4
4
6
3
1
Pull Hitter

Fielding Ratings
LF : 9 (Range), .977 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 5 (Range), .948 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 6
Outfield Arm : 10

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/23	@BSN	W 8-4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#3
9/24	@BSN	W 7-1	4	2	3	0	0	1	3	1	0	#3
9/26	PHI	W 4-1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	#3
9/27	PHI	W 6-5	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	#3
9/28	@CIN	W 3-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	#3
9/29	STL	W 18-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	#3
9/30	@NYN	L 0-10	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#3
10/1	PIT	W 9-5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	#3
10/2	@BRO	L 1-2	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	#3
10/4	STL	L 2-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	#3

Batting Stats 1949

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	158	507	204	45	8	77	182	197	183	29	.402	.558	.978	1.537	2.130	.576
Projected	158	507	204	45	8	77	182	197	183	29	.402	.558	.978	1.537	2.130	.576

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	152	695	1	7	0	15	0	4	496	130	6	4	60.0	296.0	24.5

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	139	54	16	3	18	41	60	49	13	1	0	0	.388	.545	.935	1.480
vs. RHP	368	150	29	5	59	141	137	134	16	3	0	1	.408	.563	.995	1.558
Close/Late	51	23	2	2	10	24	20	22	1	1	0	1	.451	.613	1.157	1.770
Scoring Position	110	49	9	1	15	90	0	42	8	4	0	0	.445	.583	.955	1.538
Pinch Hitting	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	78	243	104	26	5	36	84	98	89	15	.428	.574	1.021	1.595
Road	80	264	100	19	3	41	98	99	94	14	.379	.543	.939	1.483
March/April	25	86	37	6	2	14	40	33	27	4	.430	.566	1.035	1.601
May	26	83	35	9	3	11	25	37	34	5	.422	.580	1.000	1.580
June	26	77	27	10	1	7	19	22	34	3	.351	.550	.779	1.329
July	26	84	32	5	0	19	32	35	26	6	.381	.523	1.119	1.642
August	27	86	36	9	0	16	37	40	28	10	.419	.565	1.081	1.647
Sept/Oct	28	91	37	6	2	10	29	30	34	1	.407	.563	.846	1.410

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1939	83	270	110	21	3	35	107	81	85	1	4	23	0	2	.407	.544	.896	1.441	BOS
1940	157	482	204	37	2	67	165	187	223	1	5	33	5	7	.423	.602	.925	1.527	BOS,AL
1941	155	484	179	31	4	78	186	186	213	1	3	30	4	4	.370	.561	.934	1.495	BOS,AL
1942	156	475	181	49	9	65	165	184	201	0	6	35	5	2	.381	.560	.933	1.493	BOS,AL
1943	159	488	191	46	4	80	192	168	203	3	3	37	5	3	.391	.570	.994	1.563	BOS,AL
1944	159	501	183	35	3	78	161	143	178	0	7	32	1	0	.365	.526	.914	1.440	BOS,AL
1945	154	466	167	43	8	64	183	147	177	0	7	38	3	1	.358	.529	.897	1.426	BOS,AL
1946	157	492	172	41	5	63	178	164	195	0	2	39	9	7	.350	.533	.837	1.370	CHC,NL
1947	154	464	178	45	5	63	175	169	203	3	4	29	6	10	.384	.570	.909	1.479	CHC,NL
1948	160	499	155	31	3	49	123	131	175	4	6	36	11	7	.311	.488	.679	1.168	CHC,NL
1949	158	507	204	45	8	77	182	197	183	1	4	29	6	4	.402	.558	.978	1.537	CHC,NL
Total	1652	5128	1924	424	54	719	1817	1757	2036	14	51	361	55	47	.375	.550	.900	1.449

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1939, AAA	53	136	66	7	1	35	78	69	83	16	5	4	.485	.668	1.324	1.992

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1940	4	16	2	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	0	.125	.263	.125	.388
1941	14	43	19	3	1	4	16	15	17	6	0	0	.442	.600	.837	1.437
1942	6	19	7	2	0	0	1	5	9	2	0	0	.368	.571	.474	1.045
1946	12	42	15	1	0	5	12	10	17	6	1	0	.357	.542	.738	1.280
1947	12	47	12	3	1	1	10	13	7	2	0	1	.255	.352	.426	.777
Total	48	167	55	9	2	10	40	46	53	18	1	1	.329	.491	.587	1.078

Fielding Stats 1949

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Leftfield	154	152	282	11	2	303	10	.967	1331.2	2.05
Rightfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1939...
Injured on 4/30/1939 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 4 weeks...
Had first career hit on 6/28/1939, off Slick Castleman (DET)...
Hit first career homerun on 6/30/1939, off Fabian Kowalik (WAS)...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1939, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1939, hitting .652 with 6 HR, 20 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1939, hitting .488 with 15 HR, 44 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1939, hitting .404 with 8 HR, 30 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/10/1940, hitting .556 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 5/10/1940...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1940, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1940, hitting .436 with 9 HR, 27 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1940, hitting .591 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1940, hitting .481 with 15 HR, 30 RBI...
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1940, hitting .479 with 11 HR, 31 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1940, hitting .409 with 16 HR, 37 RBI...
Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 62 on 9/15/1940...
Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 66 on 9/30/1940...
Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 67 on 10/4/1940...
Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1940, hitting .423 with 67 HR, 165 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1941, hitting .471 with 5 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1941, hitting .538 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 8/20/1941...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1941, hitting .500 with 8 HR, 17 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1941, hitting .346 with 16 HR, 40 RBI...
Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 169 on 9/24/1941...
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 9/26/1941...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1941, hitting .400 with 16 HR, 44 RBI...
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1941...
Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1941, hitting .370 with 78 HR, 186 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1942, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1942, hitting .429 with 10 HR, 25 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/7/1942...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 6/20/1942...
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game...
Hit 3 homeruns against Washington, driving in 5 runs on 8/17/1942...
9/9/1942: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $13,120,000 per year, for 2 years.
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1942, hitting .355 with 12 HR, 30 RBI...
Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1942, hitting .381 with 65 HR, 165 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1943, hitting .476 with 5 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1943, hitting .600 with 5 HR, 13 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1943, hitting .579 with 5 HR, 13 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1943, hitting .531 with 18 HR, 43 RBI...
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 7/26/1943...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1943, hitting .394 with 15 HR, 30 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1943, hitting .600 with 4 HR, 17 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1943, hitting .341 with 14 HR, 34 RBI...
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 9/30/1943...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1943, hitting .427 with 10 HR, 34 RBI...
Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1943, hitting .391 with 80 HR, 192 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1944, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1944, hitting .500 with 7 HR, 10 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 5/24/1944...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1944, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 10 RBI...
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1944, hitting .429 with 6 HR, 14 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Washington on 9/17/1944...
Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1944, hitting .365 with 78 HR, 161 RBI...
1/31/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $13,120,000 through salary arbitration...
Hit 3 homeruns against St. Louis (A), driving in 4 runs on 5/5/1945...
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Detroit on 5/27/1945...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1945, hitting .556 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1945, hitting .395 with 13 HR, 30 RBI...
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 8 RBI against Washington on 7/13/1945...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1945, hitting .519 with 4 HR, 16 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1945, hitting .474 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1945, hitting .443 with 11 HR, 39 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Washington on 8/9/1945...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1945, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1945, hitting .526 with 5 HR, 15 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1945, hitting .416 with 10 HR, 30 RBI...
Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1945, hitting .358 with 64 HR, 183 RBI...
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/11/1946 to a 7-year deal worth $22,420,000 per year...
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (N) on 6/6/1946...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1946, hitting .450 with 5 HR, 15 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1946, hitting .385 with 17 HR, 42 RBI...
Had 500th career homerun on 7/1/1946, off Tiny Bonham (BRO)...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1946, hitting .478 with 6 HR, 14 RBI...
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 7/16/1946...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1946, hitting .529 with 4 HR, 13 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1946, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1946, hitting .397 with 12 HR, 36 RBI...
Drove in 7 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 8/11/1946...
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 10/2/1946...
Won World Series with Chicago (N) in 1946...
Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1946, hitting .350 with 63 HR, 178 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1947, hitting .545 with 5 HR, 13 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1947, hitting .400 with 13 HR, 34 RBI...
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1947, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 14 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1947, hitting .418 with 10 HR, 30 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (N) on 8/18/1947...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1947, hitting .389 with 5 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1947, hitting .386 with 11 HR, 25 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (N) on 9/11/1947...
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Brooklyn on 9/16/1947...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/18/1947, hitting .522 with 6 HR, 15 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1947, hitting .412 with 12 HR, 32 RBI...
Won World Series with Chicago (N) in 1947...
Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1947, hitting .384 with 63 HR, 175 RBI...
Had 600th career homerun on 4/27/1948, off Rube Melton (STL)...
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1948, hitting .524 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/10/1949, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1949, hitting .474 with 4 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1949, hitting .430 with 14 HR, 40 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1949, hitting .480 with 5 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1949, hitting .422 with 11 HR, 25 RBI...
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game...
Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 4 runs on 7/15/1949...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1949, hitting .565 with 9 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1949, hitting .381 with 19 HR, 32 RBI...
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 4 runs on 8/6/1949...
Had 700th career homerun on 8/12/1949, off Jack Wilson (CIN)...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1949, hitting .419 with 16 HR, 37 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 9/4/1949...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1949, hitting .402 with 9 HR, 27 RBI...
Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1949, hitting .402 with 77 HR, 182 RBI...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 1940 - .423 - 1st 1941 - .370 - 2nd 1942 - .381 - 1st 1943 - .391 - 1st 1944 - .365 - 2nd 1945 - .358 - 2nd 1946 - .350 - 3rd 1947 - .384 - 1st	OBP 1940 - .602 - 1st 1941 - .561 - 1st 1942 - .560 - 1st 1943 - .570 - 1st 1944 - .526 - 1st 1945 - .529 - 1st 1946 - .533 - 1st 1947 - .570 - 1st 1948 - .488 - 1st	SLG 1940 - .925 - 1st 1941 - .934 - 1st 1942 - .933 - 1st 1943 - .994 - 1st 1944 - .914 - 1st 1945 - .897 - 1st 1946 - .837 - 1st 1947 - .909 - 1st 1948 - .679 - 2nd	OPS 1940 - 1.527 - 1st 1941 - 1.495 - 1st 1942 - 1.493 - 1st 1943 - 1.563 - 1st 1944 - 1.440 - 1st 1945 - 1.426 - 1st 1946 - 1.370 - 1st 1947 - 1.479 - 1st 1948 - 1.168 - 1st	Hits 1940 - 204 - 5th 1943 - 191 - 7th 1944 - 183 - 7th 1946 - 172 - 10th 1947 - 178 - 8th
Doubles 1942 - 49 - 3rd 1943 - 46 - 3rd 1945 - 43 - 4th 1946 - 41 - 9th 1947 - 45 - 3rd	Triples 1942 - 9 - 7th 1945 - 8 - 6th	Homeruns 1939 - 35 - 5th 1940 - 67 - 2nd 1941 - 78 - 1st 1942 - 65 - 2nd 1943 - 80 - 1st 1944 - 78 - 1st 1945 - 64 - 1st 1946 - 63 - 1st 1947 - 63 - 1st 1948 - 49 - 1st	RBI 1940 - 165 - 2nd 1941 - 186 - 1st 1942 - 165 - 2nd 1943 - 192 - 1st 1944 - 161 - 1st 1945 - 183 - 1st 1946 - 178 - 1st 1947 - 175 - 1st 1948 - 123 - 8th	Runs 1940 - 187 - 1st 1941 - 186 - 1st 1942 - 184 - 1st 1943 - 168 - 1st 1944 - 143 - 2nd 1945 - 147 - 1st 1946 - 164 - 1st 1947 - 169 - 1st 1948 - 131 - 3rd
BB 1940 - 223 - 1st 1941 - 213 - 1st 1942 - 201 - 1st 1943 - 203 - 1st 1944 - 178 - 1st 1945 - 177 - 1st 1946 - 195 - 1st 1947 - 203 - 1st 1948 - 175 - 1st

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