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Ted Williams

1918 - 2002

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Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War. Nicknamed "Teddy Ballgame", "the Kid", "the Splendid Splinter", and "the Thumper", Williams is widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history in addition to being the last player to hit over .400 in an MLB season. Williams was a nineteen-time All-Star, a two-time recipient of the AL Most Valuable Player Award, a six-time AL batting champion, and a two-time Triple Crown winner. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ted Williams is the 12th most popular baseball player (down from 11th in 2019), the 5,009th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,891st in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Ted Williams ranks 12 out of 91. Before him are Cy Young, Hank Aaron, Alexander Cartwright, Ty Cobb, Ichiro Suzuki, and Willie Mays. After him are Mickey Mantle, Barry Bonds, Yogi Berra, Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax, and Nolan Ryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Ted Williams ranks 162. Before him are Jay Wright Forrester, María Mercader, Cornell Capa, James Aldridge, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, and Oles Honchar. After him are Helen Stephens, Kazuo Sakamaki, Patachou, Albert George Wilson, Sandro Puppo, and Arthur Chung. Among people deceased in 2002, Ted Williams ranks 157. Before him are Marcel Kint, Văn Tiến Dũng, Heinz von Foerster, Layne Staley, Julio Pérez, and Ramón Grosso. After him are Grote Reber, Kristen Nygaard, Alan Lomax, Marion Dönhoff, Said Belqola, and Vlado Perlemuter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Williams ranks 5,009 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Feigenbaum (1936), Stephen Krashen (1941), Jeff Hanneman (1964), Wyomia Tyus (1945), Cary Joji Fukunaga (1977), and Bob Balaban (1945). After him are John C. Frémont (1813), Barry Newman (1938), Eric Dolphy (1928), Robert Barron (1959), Marc Mitscher (1887), and Jerry Garcia (1942).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Ted Williams ranks 10. Before him are Lou Gehrig (1903), Cy Young (1867), Hank Aaron (1934), Alexander Cartwright (1820), Ty Cobb (1886), and Willie Mays (1931). After him are Mickey Mantle (1931), Barry Bonds (1964), Yogi Berra (1925), Sandy Koufax (1935), Nolan Ryan (1947), and Randy Johnson (1963).

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