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Historical player · 1939–1960 · ★ Hall of Fame 1966

Ted Williams

B/T L/R · HT 75 · WT 205 · Born 8/30/1918 · From San Diego, CA USA · Debut 1939-04-20 · Final 1960-09-28

Career · batting

2,292

7,706

2,654

521

RBI

1,839

2,021

AVG/OPS

0.344 · 1.116

Career · pitching

2.0

W-L

0-0

ERA

4.50

WHIP

1.50

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1939–1960

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521

#1 on the Red Sox

↓ 38 D. Ortiz

Hits

2,654

#2 on the Red Sox

↑ 765 C. Yastrzemski

↓ 202 J. Rice

RBI

1,839

#2 on the Red Sox

↑ 5 C. Yastrzemski

↓ 309 D. Ortiz

#103 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 S. Lyons

↓ 1 C. Crawford

Runs

1,798

#2 on the Red Sox

↑ 18 C. Yastrzemski

↓ 363 D. Evans

2,021

#1 on the Red Sox

↓ 176 C. Yastrzemski

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

521

#20 all-time MLB

↑ 13 J. Foxx

↓ 9 E. Mathews

Hits

2,654

#77 all-time MLB

↑ 6 H. Heilmann

↓ 3 L. Cross

RBI

1,839

#16 all-time MLB

↑ 5 C. Yastrzemski

↓ 3 K. Griffey

#2,878 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Alomar

↓ 1 A. Allanson

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1939	Red Sox	AL	149	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	2	107	64	0.327	—	0.609
1940	Red Sox	AL	144	561	134	193	43	14	23	113	4	96	54	0.344	—	0.594
1941	Red Sox	AL	143	456	135	185	33	3	37	120	2	147	27	0.406	—	0.735
1942	Red Sox	AL	150	522	141	186	34	5	36	137	3	145	51	0.356	—	0.648
1946	Red Sox	AL	150	514	142	176	37	8	38	123	0	156	44	0.342	—	0.667
1947	Red Sox	AL	156	528	125	181	40	9	32	114	0	162	47	0.343	—	0.634
1948	Red Sox	AL	137	509	124	188	44	3	25	127	4	126	41	0.369	—	0.615
1949	Red Sox	AL	155	566	150	194	39	3	43	159	1	162	48	0.343	—	0.650
1950	Red Sox	AL	89	334	82	106	24	1	28	97	3	82	21	0.317	—	0.647
1951	Red Sox	AL	148	531	109	169	28	4	30	126	1	144	45	0.318	—	0.556
1952	Red Sox	AL	6	10	2	4	0	1	1	3	0	2	2	0.400	—	0.900
1953	Red Sox	AL	37	91	17	37	6	0	13	34	0	19	10	0.407	—	0.901
1954	Red Sox	AL	117	386	93	133	23	1	29	89	0	136	32	0.345	0.513	0.635
1955	Red Sox	AL	98	320	77	114	21	3	28	83	2	91	24	0.356	0.496	0.703
1956	Red Sox	AL	136	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	0	102	39	0.345	0.479	0.605
1957	Red Sox	AL	132	420	96	163	28	1	38	87	0	119	43	0.388	0.526	0.731
1958	Red Sox	AL	129	411	81	135	23	2	26	85	1	98	49	0.328	0.458	0.584
1959	Red Sox	AL	103	272	32	69	15	0	10	43	0	52	27	0.254	0.372	0.419
1960	Red Sox	AL	113	310	56	98	15	0	29	72	1	75	41	0.316	0.451	0.645
Career			2,292	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	24	2,021	709	0.344	0.482	0.634

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1940	Red Sox	AL	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	3	1	0	1	4.50	1.50
Career			0	0	1	0	0	2.0	3	1	0	1	4.50	1.50

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	2,151	717	5,687.3	4,158	140	113	30
P	1	0	0.0	0	2	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1966	BBWAA	282	227	Inducted