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

[clydepepper]

1939 Play Ball- 92- TED WILLIAMS RC PSA-6.jpg1948 LEAF- TED WILLIAMS PSA-6.jpg

1941 Double Play- Ted Williams n Joe Cronin PSA-7.jpg1941 Double Play Ted Williams and Jim Tabor PSA-6.jpg

1941 Play Ball TED WILLIAMS SGC-60.jpg1954 Bowma 66- TED WILLIAMS PSA-5.jpg

1954 TOPPS 1- TED WILLIAMS PSA-6.jpg1954 TOPPS 250- TED WILLIAMS PSA-6.jpg

1989 Perez-Steele- TED WILLIAMS Auto PSA-DNA.jpg

[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

[MikeGarcia]

[MikeGarcia]

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

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[DeanH3]

[doug.goodman]

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

[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]

thumbnail_IMG_1104 by Guy Bourque, on Flickr

[ALR-bishop]

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by 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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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......



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
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