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

[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]

[Stonepony]

ted williams psa 7.jpg

[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.



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.














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TED Z

T206 Reference
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[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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[the-illini]

Ted as a teenager...

[Webster]

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

Ted.jpg

[Zan]

Originally Posted by Webster

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

Attachment 330081

Absolute stunner

[Fred]

Ted,

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

Stats and baseball!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by tedzan

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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[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Fred

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-wi...itter-baseball


TED Z

T206 Reference
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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.

Originally Posted by 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.