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Ted Williams
	Theodore Samuel Williams
	(The Kid,Teddy Ballgame,Splendid Splinter,Thumper)
	birth certificate reads Teddy Samuel
	Born: August 30, 1918 in San Diego, CA
	Died: July 5, 2002 - 83 years old
	Bats: L	Throws: R	Ht: 6'3"	Wt: 205

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1966
- Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an Amateur Free Agent in 1936
- Served in the Marine Corps during both World War II and The Korean War
- High School: Herbert Hoover (San Diego, CA)
- Visit Williams's Managerial Page

Comparison

Left Fielders				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	NgLg	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Stan Musial	1941 - 1963	LF	128.1	Pl	WW2		124.7	-9.3	0.0	-12.7
2	Ted Williams	1939 - 1960	LF	123.2	Pl	WW2/KOR		126.3	-13.3	0.0	-10.2
3	Joe Medwick	1932 - 1948	LF	55.5	Pl			51.0	-4.8	0.0	-9.3
4	Minnie Minoso	1949 - 1980	LF	50.2			Y	47.6	-5.7	0.0	-8.3
5	Ralph Kiner	1946 - 1955	LF	49.4	Pl	WW2		54.3	-10.8	0.0	-5.9
6	Charlie Keller	1939 - 1952	LF	43.0		WW2		39.0	-0.8	0.0	-4.9
7	Augie Galan	1934 - 1949	LF	40.9				39.2	-3.9	0.0	-5.6
8	Sid Gordon	1941 - 1955	LF	38.3		WW2		38.8	-4.5	0.0	-4.0
9	Jeff Heath	1936 - 1949	LF	37.1				36.4	-5.5	0.0	-6.2
10	Gene Woodling	1943 - 1962	LF	32.7		WW2		33.7	-8.6	0.0	-7.5
11	Del Ennis	1946 - 1959	LF	31.2		WW2		36.6	-13.4	0.0	-8.0
12	Hank Sauer	1941 - 1959	LF	25.9		WW2		28.6	-8.1	0.0	-5.4
13	Monte Irvin	1949 - 1956	LF	21.4	Pl	WW2	Y	17.4	1.2	0.0	-2.8
14	Charlie Maxwell	1950 - 1964	LF	19.6				16.0	-0.9	0.0	-4.5
15	Danny Litwhiler	1940 - 1951	LF	19.3		WW2		17.7	-2.9	0.0	-4.5
16	Dale Mitchell	1946 - 1956	LF	19.1		WW2		17.5	-2.8	0.0	-4.4
17	Frank Thomas	1951 - 1966	LF	18.5				23.9	-10.1	0.0	-4.7
18	Bob Nieman	1951 - 1962	LF	18.0				21.8	-8.3	0.0	-4.5
19	Whitey Lockman	1945 - 1960	LF	17.6		WW2		17.6	-6.0	0.0	-6.0
20	Jim Russell	1942 - 1951	LF	17.0				16.2	-2.2	0.0	-3.0
21	George Case	1937 - 1947	LF	15.3				12.9	-2.5	0.0	-4.9
22	Max West	1938 - 1948	LF	13.7		WW2		12.9	-2.7	0.0	-3.6
23	Dick Wakefield	1941 - 1952	LF	13.3		WW2		13.9	-3.6	0.0	-2.9
24	Peanuts Lowrey	1942 - 1955	LF	12.2		WW2		11.4	-1.8	0.0	-2.6
25	Bob Cerv	1951 - 1962	LF	11.0				11.3	-2.9	0.0	-2.7
26	Chet Laabs	1937 - 1947	LF	10.7				12.0	-4.3	0.0	-3.0
27	Gus Zernial	1949 - 1959	LF	9.6		WW2		14.1	-9.6	0.0	-5.1
28	Dom Dallessandro	1937 - 1947	LF	8.7		WW2		10.1	-3.4	0.0	-2.0
29	Morrie Arnovich	1936 - 1946	LF	7.5		WW2		5.3	-0.6	0.0	-2.7
30	Sandy Amoros	1952 - 1960	LF	7.4			Y	7.2	-1.3	0.0	-1.5
31	Bud Stewart	1941 - 1954	LF	5.3		WW2		5.3	-2.5	0.0	-2.5
32	Rip Repulski	1953 - 1961	LF	5.2				6.7	-4.2	0.0	-2.7
33	Ralph Hodgin	1939 - 1948	LF	5.0		WW2		3.5	0.1	0.0	-1.4
34	Jim Greengrass	1952 - 1956	LF	4.7		WW2		5.1	-2.2	0.0	-1.8
35	Mike McCormick	1940 - 1951	LF	4.6		WW2		3.5	-0.9	0.0	-2.0
36	Guy Curtright	1943 - 1946	LF	4.4				4.5	-1.4	0.0	-1.3
37	Pat Seerey	1943 - 1949	LF	4.3				5.2	-3.3	0.0	-2.4
38	Gene Stephens	1952 - 1964	LF	4.1				0.4	0.8	0.0	-2.9
39	Don Lenhardt	1950 - 1954	LF	4.0		WW2		5.5	-3.5	0.0	-2.0
40	Dusty Rhodes	1952 - 1959	LF	3.5				4.8	-2.6	0.0	-1.3
41	George Shuba	1948 - 1955	LF	3.0				3.1	-1.0	0.0	-0.9
42	Maurice Van Robays	1939 - 1946	LF	2.5		WW2		3.6	-3.5	0.0	-2.4
43	Danny Gardella	1944 - 1950	LF	2.2				2.3	-0.7	0.0	-0.6
44	Eddie Lukon	1941 - 1947	LF	2.1		WW2		1.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.8
45	Gil Coan	1946 - 1956	LF	2.0				1.5	-2.8	0.0	-3.4
46	Buster Mills	1934 - 1946	LF	1.9		WW2		1.9	-1.2	0.0	-1.2
47	Luis Olmo	1943 - 1951	LF	1.8				4.8	-3.6	0.0	-0.7
48	Jim Dyck	1951 - 1956	LF	1.8		WW2		2.8	-1.7	0.0	-0.7
49	Erv Dusak	1941 - 1952	LF	1.7		WW2		1.8	-0.8	0.1	-0.7
50	Steve Souchock	1946 - 1955	LF	1.7		WW2		2.2	-2.2	0.0	-1.7

	Ted Williams	1939 - 1960	LF	123.2	Pl	WW2/KOR		126.3	-13.3	0.0	-10.2

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com