Ted Williams

1939–1960 · Bats L · Throws R · 6'3", 205 lb · b. 1918 San Diego, CA

Career 2,292 G · 2,654 H · 521 HR · 1,839 RBI · .344 AVG · 4.50 ERA · 1 SO · 2.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

43 best in baseball 26 league only

127 Top-5 finishes

14 Title seasons

10 Categories led

1942 Best season

Spanning 1939–1958, peaking at 9 titles in 1942.

Clubs 500 Home Run Club .400 Seasons

Team records #1 Red Sox career AVG #1 Red Sox career HR #1 Red Sox career OPS #1 Red Sox 1941 AVG #1 Red Sox 1949 R #1 Red Sox 1941 OPS #2 Red Sox career RBI #2 Red Sox career H #2 Red Sox career R #2 Red Sox 1949 RBI

1942 Batting Triple Crown

Led the AL in .356 AVG, 36 HR, 137 RBI

1947 Batting Triple Crown

Led the AL in .343 AVG, 32 HR, 114 RBI

Led in On-Base Percentage for 5 straight seasons (1954–1958) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

8th League titles 69
6th Best in baseball 43
24th Top-5 finishes 127

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

1st On-Base Percentage .482
2nd On-Base Plus Slug. 1.116
2nd Slugging Percentage .634
4th Walks 2,021
11th Batting Average .344
16th Runs Batted In 1,839
20th Home Runs 521
20th Runs 1,798
25th Total Bases 4,884
47th Doubles 525
62nd Outfield Putouts 4,158
77th Hits 2,654
149th Outfield Assists 140
331st Outfield Range Factor 2.00
343rd Outfield Fielding Percentage .974
378th Triples 71

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
On-Base Percentage	13	1st	5 yrs (1954–1958)	1941 .553 1942 .499 1946 .497 1947 .499 1948 .497 1949 .490 1951 .464 1954 .513 1956 .479 1957 .526 1958 .458 1940 AL .442 1955 AL .496
On-Base Plus Slug.	10	1st	4 yrs (1946–1949)	1941 1.287 1942 1.147 1946 1.164 1947 1.133 1949 1.141 1954 1.148 1957 1.257 1958 1.042 1948 AL 1.112 1951 AL 1.019 1939 #3 1940 #3 1956 #2
Slugging Percentage	9	1st	4 yrs (1946–1949)	1941 .735 1942 .648 1946 .667 1957 .731 1947 AL .634 1948 AL .615 1949 AL .650 1951 AL .556 1954 AL .635 1940 #3 1956 #2
Walks	8	1st	4 yrs (1946–1949)	1941 147 1942 145 1946 156 1947 162 1949 162 1951 144 1954 136 1948 AL 126 1939 #2 1956 #3 1957 #2 1958 #3
Batting Average	7	1st	2 yrs (1941–1942)	1941 .406 1957 .388 1942 AL .356 1947 AL .343 1948 AL .369 1954 AL .345 1958 AL .328 1940 #3 1946 #2 1949 #2 1956 #2
Total Bases	6	1st	2 yrs (1946–1947)	1942 338 1939 AL 344 1946 AL 343 1947 AL 335 1949 AL 368 1951 AL 295 1940 #3 1941 #3 1948 #3 1957 #3
Runs	6	1st	3 yrs (1940–1942)	1940 134 1941 135 1942 141 1946 142 1949 150 1947 AL 125 1939 #2 1948 #3 1951 #3
Runs Batted In	4	1st	—	1939 145 1942 137 1949 159 1947 AL 114 1946 #2 1948 #3 1951 #2
Home Runs	4	1st	2 yrs (1941–1942)	1941 37 1942 36 1947 AL 32 1949 AL 43 1939 #3 1946 #2 1951 #2 1954 #2 1955 #3 1957 #2
Doubles	2	1st	2 yrs (1948–1949)	1948 AL 44 1949 AL 39 1939 #2 1947 #2
Outfield Fielding Percentage	—	#3	—	1942 #3 1957 #3
Outfield Assists	—	#3	—	1942 #3
Hits	—	#2	—	1942 #3 1947 #3 1949 #2

Title Seasons

14 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1958	3	AVG .328 OPS 1.042 OBP .458
1957	4	AVG .388 OPS 1.257 OBP .526 SLG .731
1956	1	OBP .479
1955	1	OBP .496
1954	5	AVG .345 OPS 1.148 OBP .513 SLG .635 BB 136
1951	5	OPS 1.019 OBP .464 SLG .556 TB 295 BB 144
1949	9	HR 43 RBI 159 R 150 OPS 1.141 OBP .490 SLG .650 2B 39 TB 368 BB 162
1948	6	AVG .369 OPS 1.112 OBP .497 SLG .615 2B 44 BB 126
1947	9	AVG .343 HR 32 RBI 114 R 125 OPS 1.133 OBP .499 SLG .634 TB 335 BB 162
1946	6	R 142 OPS 1.164 OBP .497 SLG .667 TB 343 BB 156
1942	9	AVG .356 HR 36 RBI 137 R 141 OPS 1.147 OBP .499 SLG .648 TB 338 BB 145
1941	7	AVG .406 HR 37 R 135 OPS 1.287 OBP .553 SLG .735 BB 147
1940	2	R 134 OBP .442
1939	2	RBI 145 TB 344

Batting

led the league 19 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1939	BOS	AL	149	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	107	64	2	.327	.436	.609	1.045
1940	BOS	AL	144	561	134	193	43	14	23	113	96	54	4	.344	.442	.594	1.036
1941	BOS	AL	143	456	135	185	33	3	37	120	147	27	2	.406	.553	.735	1.287
1942	BOS	AL	150	522	141	186	34	5	36	137	145	51	3	.356	.499	.648	1.147
1946	BOS	AL	150	514	142	176	37	8	38	123	156	44	0	.342	.497	.667	1.164
1947	BOS	AL	156	528	125	181	40	9	32	114	162	47	0	.343	.499	.634	1.133
1948	BOS	AL	137	509	124	188	44	3	25	127	126	41	4	.369	.497	.615	1.112
1949	BOS	AL	155	566	150	194	39	3	43	159	162	48	1	.343	.490	.650	1.141
1950	BOS	AL	89	334	82	106	24	1	28	97	82	21	3	.317	.452	.647	1.099
1951	BOS	AL	148	531	109	169	28	4	30	126	144	45	1	.318	.464	.556	1.019
1952	BOS	AL	6	10	2	4	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	.400	.500	.900	1.400
1953	BOS	AL	37	91	17	37	6	0	13	34	19	10	0	.407	.509	.901	1.410
1954	BOS	AL	117	386	93	133	23	1	29	89	136	32	0	.345	.513	.635	1.148
1955	BOS	AL	98	320	77	114	21	3	28	83	91	24	2	.356	.496	.703	1.200
1956	BOS	AL	136	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	102	39	0	.345	.479	.605	1.084
1957	BOS	AL	132	420	96	163	28	1	38	87	119	43	0	.388	.526	.731	1.257
1958	BOS	AL	129	411	81	135	23	2	26	85	98	49	1	.328	.458	.584	1.042
1959	BOS	AL	103	272	32	69	15	0	10	43	52	27	0	.254	.372	.419	.791
1960	BOS	AL	113	310	56	98	15	0	29	72	75	41	1	.316	.451	.645	1.096
Career	—	—	2,292	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	2,021	709	24	.344	.482	.634	1.116

Pitching

1 seasons

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

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1939	BOS	AL	OF	149	—	—	318	11	19	3	348	.945	2.21
1940	BOS	AL	OF	143	—	—	302	13	13	2	328	.960	2.20
			P	1	—	—	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1941	BOS	AL	OF	133	—	—	262	11	11	2	284	.961	2.05
1942	BOS	AL	OF	150	—	—	312	15	4	4	331	.988	2.18
1946	BOS	AL	OF	150	—	—	325	7	10	2	342	.971	2.21
1947	BOS	AL	OF	156	—	—	347	10	9	2	366	.975	2.29
1948	BOS	AL	OF	134	—	—	289	9	5	2	303	.983	2.22
1949	BOS	AL	OF	155	—	—	337	12	6	3	355	.983	2.25
1950	BOS	AL	OF	86	—	—	165	7	8	0	180	.956	2.00
1951	BOS	AL	OF	147	—	—	315	12	4	6	331	.988	2.22
1952	BOS	AL	OF	2	—	—	4	0	0	0	4	1.000	2.00
1953	BOS	AL	OF	26	—	—	31	1	1	1	33	.970	1.23
1954	BOS	AL	OF	115	113	962.1	213	5	4	0	222	.982	1.90
1955	BOS	AL	OF	93	93	730.2	170	5	2	0	177	.989	1.88
1956	BOS	AL	OF	110	110	859.2	174	7	5	2	186	.973	1.65
1957	BOS	AL	OF	125	125	988.2	215	2	1	0	218	.995	1.74
1958	BOS	AL	OF	114	114	920.2	154	3	7	0	164	.957	1.38
1959	BOS	AL	OF	76	75	549.1	94	4	3	0	101	.970	1.29
1960	BOS	AL	OF	87	87	676.0	131	6	1	1	138	.993	1.57
Career	—	—	OF	2,151	717	5687.1	4,158	140	113	30	4,411	.974	2.00
	—	—	P	1	—	—	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	2.00