Ted Williams
Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williamswas an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseballcareer as a left fielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1939–1942 and 1946–1960. Nicknamed "The Kid", "The Splendid Splinter", "Teddy Ballgame", "The Thumper" and "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived", Williams is regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 August 1918
CitySan Diego, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
You've got to be ready for the fastball.
They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.
It was always fun for me, I loved baseball so darn much. By the hours I practiced, you'd have to say I was working a lot of hours, but it was pretty near tireless fun for me. I'd rather swing a bat than do anything else in the world.
Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
Every year we've gone out (to California), it's just a battle to score runs. We practice in the morning for a couple hours, play a game and then if we need to, practice again. It's like two-a-days for football. When we come back, we should know what we're going to do.
I've never been a part of anything like that before. As a player you're told not to mention it. Before I knew it, he struck the last guy out and it was a great feeling. We all just tackled him.
DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career cannot be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.
Could you really imagine Tiger racing a stock car?.
We have speedy kids, and I'd love to have nine track stars out there to put pressure on. They say speed kills and it's something you can't coach, but we can help show them how to pick up that extra base.