58 Years Ago Today: TED Says Goodbye with a Homer: Show Us Your TEDDY BALLGAMES

[clydepepper]

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[doug.goodman]

Towards the end of his rookie year, Ted hits 2 homers vs the Yankees in a game that ended according to Retrosheet :

Per NY Times
eighth inning started with singles by Keller and Joe D. off new
pitcher Joe Heving. Dickey walked to fill the bases. Selkirk
forced Keller at plate and C Peacock threw to 1B for DP but Foxx
dropped the throw and Joe scored. Gordon then doubled Dickey
in. Boston manager Cronin saw only 10 minutes to 6:30 PM Sunday
curfew. So with Selkirk on 3B and Gordon on 2B Cronin ordered
Dahlgren intentionally walked. Dahlgren swung at ball one and
Selkirk ran home to be tagged out by Peacock for out 2 as Gordon
took 3B. HP ump Hubbard warned Dahlgren not to swing at
intentional balls. Dahlgren took the next wide pitch and Gordon
ran home to be tagged out by Peacock for third out. Cronin ran
to Hubbard and argued vigorously as fans showered field with
straw hats and pop bottles. With only few minutes till curfew
there was no time to clear field and finish the inning, Hubbard
forfeited the game to Yankees. Cronin protested the game. Cronin
argued the Yankees had played unfairly by running into outs at
plate and tried to interfere with a perfectly legal intentional
walk by having the batter swing at wide pitches. The Yankees
left Boston to make their Monday double header in Philadelphia
while Boston hosted Senators for 2. The AL President Harridge
upheld the protest per NY Times of 9/9/39, rolled the game back
to end of seventh, declared game a tie that would be replayed in
Boston as part of a DH 9/26, and fined Dahlgren, Gordon, and
Selkirk each $100 for 'reprehensible conduct.' Yankees filed an
appeal with Harridge. Rain washed out the two-day Yankee trip to
Boston 9/26-27 so the game never was replayed

[daves_resale_shop]

My teds

[doug.goodman]

The first of Ted's 3 HR games, this one in 1946

[MikeGarcia]

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/2042957/view/1897TEDDY_NEW.JPG

[MikeGarcia]

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/2042957/view/TEDBOBBYDOERR_NEW.JPG

..He admired Bobby Doerr's batting style so much he started copying his stance and follow-through...

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[DeanH3]

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=813&pictureid=19305

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=813&pictureid=22555

[jbl79]

Splendid Splinter...

[brianp-beme]

Displayed are both types of Teddy Ballgames, and thankfully at least one of these is not mine.

Brian

[JollyElm]

I'm confused by the thread title. What was the goodbye on September 28, 1968??

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[Bocabirdman]

I'm confused by the thread title. What was the goodbye on September 28, 1968??

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I am confused as well.... He didn't die in '68 (though later he managed like a dead man).......:D

[Fred]

Ted's last game was September 28, 1960. That would be 58 years to the day (today being September 28, 2018). No worries, any day is a good day for a Teddy Ballgame thread.

Could you imagine the numbers he could have put up if he didn't miss any time for military service?

Another .400 season? Another triple crown? Definitely over 600 Doubles, 600 HRs, 2000 RBIs, 2000 RUNs, lifetime BB leader (roid free Barry).

Still freaks me out that his head is cryogenically preserved. All they needed were those eyes....

[JollyElm]

The thread title says 50 years ago, not 58...

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[clydepepper]

Dumb Ole Me...it was 58 Years ago that Ted Williams hit a home run in his last at-bat.

'I was told there would be no math.'



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[guy3050]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1906/43173526080_fe137c10c1.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28M6Baj)thumbnail_IMG_1104 (https://flic.kr/p/28M6Baj) by Guy Bourque (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151462905@N03/), on Flickr

[ALR-bishop]

http://http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj555/Bishop539/img015.jpg

[Stonepony]

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[daves_resale_shop]

Post career bat used in spring training during the early 60’s

[frankbmd]

In defense of the OP, it would be difficult to prove that Ted didn’t say goodbye to someone on 9/28/68, even if he didn’t hit a home run, retire or die on that day.

https://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/frankbmd/56-commons-and-stars/41274/005-williams

62 years ago today I bought this card. ;)

[tedzan]

Double post.

[tedzan]

Although I've always been a Yankees fan, Ted Williams was one of my favorite BB players when I was a kid in the 1940's - 1950's.


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/large/1959FleerTedSignsPanel.jpg



http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/bowmangumcotedwilliams.jpg



http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/1949LeafTedWilliamsMagenta.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/1949LeafTedWilliamsOrange.jpg



http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/1950BowmanTedWilliams.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/1959FleerTedsMilitarypix25.jpg



http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/large/BBmenChesterfieldAdv.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/TedWilliams1939Exhibit.jpg



http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/ATedWilliamsRootBeerAdv25x.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/websize/BTedWilliamsRootBeerAdv50xx.jpg


TED Z

T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)
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[leaflover]

Ted's disc from a 50+ year old Baseball game.

[ls7plus]

Dumb Ole Me...it was 58 Years ago that Ted Williams hit a home run in his last at-bat.

'I was told there would be no math.'



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He sure did! On his last at bat on a cold, damp day when the ball wasn't carrying that well. In a previous at bat, he had hit one towards the right field bullpen that he thought was out, but was caught by the right fielder with his back up against the bullpen wall. One of my two favorite players!

Best wishes,

Larry

[tedzan]

Check-out this crazy shift that Cleveland (namely Lou Boudreau) set up to defend against Ted. You had to see it, to believe it.
However, I saw Ted safely hit through it and over it. I wish that Ted was not so stubborn, though. Ted could have easily been
the all-time leader in career Batting Average. Check-out the following math......
http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/1959FleerFoxxTedWilliams.jpg


Ted's career stats......

BA = .344
AB = 7706
Hits = 2654
BB = 2021

Now, if Ted had converted just 15% (300) of his Walks into Hits to Left Field, he would have achieved a career BA = .369

2954 (Hits) / 8006 (AB) = .369



http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan77/images/large/1955TedWilliams.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)
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[the-illini]

Ted as a teenager...

[Webster]

Not too many of these around...with apologies for the scan glitch.

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[Zan]

Not too many of these around...with apologies for the scan glitch.

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Absolute stunner

[Fred]

Ted,

This is the kind of stuff I love to read. Never thought about that before.

Stats and baseball!

Thanks!


Ted could have easily been
the all-time leader in career Batting Average. Check-out the following math......



Ted's career stats......

BA = .344
AB = 7706
Hits = 2654
BB = 2021

Now, if Ted had converted just 15% (300) of his Walks into Hits to Left Field, he would have achieved a career BA = .369

2954 (Hits) / 8006 (AB) = .369




TED Z

T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)
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[tedzan]

Ted,

This is the kind of stuff I love to read. Never thought about that before.

Stats and baseball!

Thanks!


Hi Fred

Furthermore, as great as Ted was when he batted .406 in 1941.....he could have batted .443 that season.
If he had sliced-off to Left Field a mere 20 % of the outside pitches, instead of taking them for 147 Walks.

215 (Hits) / 486 (AB) = .443

Anyhow, you can re-live that dramatic final day of the 1941 season at Shibe Park on Sept. 28th, in which a
young 23-year old Ted Williams put on a tremendous performance. Check-it-out..… https://sabr.org/research/day-ted-williams-became-last-400-hitter-baseball


TED Z

T206 Reference (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=237816)
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[scooter729]

I won't share any cards, but a more personal connection.

My dad was 25 years old on Sept. 28, 1960, when he headed out to Fenway for Ted's last game. He settled into the bleachers with his brother for the game, and was right in front of the Red Sox bullpen when Williams' final home run fell just a few feet in front of him.

The front page of the Boston Globe the next day had a picture of the ball landing in the bullpen; my dad (in the red box) was right there where it landed. For many years he kept a tattered copy of that headline in his wallet, until it was falling apart (we now have a photocopy for him).

Two years ago today (10/2/2016) was David Ortiz's final game, and I attended with my dad. Ironically, my current Red Sox season tickets are practically in the exact spot in the bleachers where Dad was sitting that day in 1960, where he would've caught Williams' final homer if it traveled just a few more feet.

Here's that headline from 1960, and our return 56 years later to the same spot for Ortiz's last game.

[Leon]

It really doesn't get much better than that. Very cool story.

I won't share any cards, but a more personal connection.

My dad was 25 years old on Sept. 28, 1960, when he headed out to Fenway for Ted's last game. He settled into the bleachers with his brother for the game, and was right in front of the Red Sox bullpen when Williams' final home run fell just a few feet in front of him.

The front page of the Boston Globe the next day had a picture of the ball landing in the bullpen; my dad (in the red box) was right there where it landed. For many years he kept a tattered copy of that headline in his wallet, until it was falling apart (we now have a photocopy for him).

Two years ago today (10/2/2016) was David Ortiz's final game, and I attended with my dad. Ironically, my current Red Sox season tickets are practically in the exact spot in the bleachers where Dad was sitting that day in 1960, where he would've caught Williams' final homer if it traveled just a few more feet.

Here's that headline from 1960, and our return 56 years later to the same spot for Ortiz's last game.

[Knoxy24]

Someone sell me a 39 Goudey!!! PLEASSE!!!!

[scooter729]

It really doesn't get much better than that. Very cool story.

Thanks Leon - he's the one who got me into baseball in a big way, so I love more than anything that I still get to go to games with him and my own son now!

[paleocards]

(The following story is relevant to this thread - posted originally on the PSA boards in December, 2006...)

My wife says she doesn't understand my collecting obsession, but she knows exactly what I want the most. Here's the story: my local card shop owner is selling an incredible collection (on eBay) compiled by one of his customers. It's mostly modern stuff, but very impressive modern stuff, like Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella cut auto cards. Anyway, he also had some graded vintage, including a Ryan RC in PSA 8 and '69 and '70 Ryans in PSA 9. Well, all of these cards were out of my league but there was one beautifully-centered vintage card in PSA 7 that I knew I had to have.

Although it was on the far-reaches of affordability for me, and I didn't have the cash at the time, I asked the card-shop owner to hold off selling it because I thought I could get the cash together by the end of January. He said he would. I told my wife about the card and she politely feigned mild interest. I said I intended to sell some of my raw HOFer cards that are dupes of cards that I now have in PSA 7 and 8 holders and the rest of my childhood coin collection to raise the necessary funds. The following weekend, I went to the cardshop to shoot the breeze (and to make sure that the card I was lusting over was still there). While I was in the shop, my wife called me on my cell and asked me if the shop was in the same outdoor mall as Home Depot. I told her it wasn't, the shop was in the next mall up the boulevard. I took her question as a not-so-subtle hint to go to Home Depot after I leave the shop to get some paint and lightbulbs we needed (not realizing until much later that her query was a very subtle and effective way to find out the exact location of the shop). So I stopped at Home Depot on the way to the coin shop, where the owner told me that he wasn't interested in my coins. Bummed, I returned home and told my wife that I couldn't sell my coins and I was a little worried about getting the money together that I needed by the end of January.

The first night of Channukah arrived last Friday and I was very excited because my wife ordered iPod nanos for our two teen-agers. As they were opening their gifts, she hands me a box. Now I'm very confused because we generally don't exchange gifts on Channukah (we keep the gift-giving for the kids). So as I'm opening the box, I really didn't have a clue, until I felt the thin plastic slab through the tissue paper...



























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[scooter729]

(The following story is relevant to this thread - posted originally on the PSA boards in December, 2006...)

My wife says she doesn't understand my collecting obsession, but she knows exactly what I want the most. Here's the story: my local card shop owner is selling an incredible collection (on eBay) compiled by one of his customers. It's mostly modern stuff, but very impressive modern stuff, like Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella cut auto cards. Anyway, he also had some graded vintage, including a Ryan RC in PSA 8 and '69 and '70 Ryans in PSA 9. Well, all of these cards were out of my league but there was one beautifully-centered vintage card in PSA 7 that I knew I had to have.

Although it was on the far-reaches of affordability for me, and I didn't have the cash at the time, I asked the card-shop owner to hold off selling it because I thought I could get the cash together by the end of January. He said he would. I told my wife about the card and she politely feigned mild interest. I said I intended to sell some of my raw HOFer cards that are dupes of cards that I now have in PSA 7 and 8 holders and the rest of my childhood coin collection to raise the necessary funds. The following weekend, I went to the cardshop to shoot the breeze (and to make sure that the card I was lusting over was still there). While I was in the shop, my wife called me on my cell and asked me if the shop was in the same outdoor mall as Home Depot. I told her it wasn't, the shop was in the next mall up the boulevard. I took her question as a not-so-subtle hint to go to Home Depot after I leave the shop to get some paint and lightbulbs we needed (not realizing until much later that her query was a very subtle and effective way to find out the exact location of the shop). So I stopped at Home Depot on the way to the coin shop, where the owner told me that he wasn't interested in my coins. Bummed, I returned home and told my wife that I couldn't sell my coins and I was a little worried about getting the money together that I needed by the end of January.

The first night of Channukah arrived last Friday and I was very excited because my wife ordered iPod nanos for our two teen-agers. As they were opening their gifts, she hands me a box. Now I'm very confused because we generally don't exchange gifts on Channukah (we keep the gift-giving for the kids). So as I'm opening the box, I really didn't have a clue, until I felt the thin plastic slab through the tissue paper...



























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Great story, and what an attractive 7 as well!

[CW]

Someone sell me a 39 Goudey!!! PLEASSE!!!!

That's a fantastic display! Good luck landing a nice Goudey.

(The following story is relevant to this thread - posted originally on the PSA boards in December, 2006...)

My wife says she doesn't understand my collecting obsession, but she knows exactly what I want the most....

What a well told story and I can see why you lusted after that card. Beautiful example and very thoughtful of your wife to buy it and surprise you.

I also enjoyed reading your post, Scott S. So cool to have that connection with your Dad, not to mention the hometown connection at your park, good ol' Fenway.

[tjb1952tjb]

Ted with hometown PCL San Diego Padres.......1937.

[soxinseven]

I was very fortunate to acquire this one.

[ALR-bishop]

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj555/Bishop539/img015.jpg