Ted Williams
Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williamswas an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseballcareer as a left fielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1939–1942 and 1946–1960. Nicknamed "The Kid", "The Splendid Splinter", "Teddy Ballgame", "The Thumper" and "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived", Williams is regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 August 1918
CitySan Diego, CA
CountryUnited States of America
If you get fooled by a pitch with less than two strikes, take it.
If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.
You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.
If you don't think too good, don't think too much.
If I could run like Mantle I'd hit .400 every year!
There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime...
Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.
Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders
There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
Baseball is 50% from the neck up
You've got to be ready for the fastball.