Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures

by Ted Williams, David Pietrusza

To many fans, Hall of Famer Ted Williams is baseball. The Boston Red Sox left-fielder dominated the game in the 1940s, achieving astounding hitting records, including 521 home runs and a career .344 batting average; he was also the last player to bat .400 in a season. As good as he was, many wonder what the Splendid Splinter could have been if he hadn’t missed five years of the game serving as a pilot in World War II and Korea and two seasons due to injuries. In addition to hundreds of photographs, this attractive volume includes Williams’s candid words about his life on the field and off, a firsthand account that will certainly become a collector’s item for all baseball fans. Listed in Ron Kaplan's  501 Baseball Books Funs Must Read Before They Die

Genres: Sports, Baseball, Biography

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Tony Gleason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Teddy Ballgame was a very good read. This book tells the story of Hall of Fame Red Sox left Fielder Ted Williams. It starts off telling about young Ted living in San Diego with parents that were never home and never cared for him. Ted got into baseball and wanted people to think he was the greatest hitter of all time. After a long career with the Red Sox many people will say he is the greatest hitter of all time.