Williams and Ruth drew down rousing hands from the onlookers. The big Babe still “owns” Boston. Ruth wore a white Yankee home uniform, while Ted was attired in the customary Red Sox road outfit.

Ted Williams, one of the most fabulous figures ... This was the way Ted wanted to bow out. Babe Ruth hit three home runs on a Saturday afternoon in Pittsburgh in 1935 and Manager Bill McKechnie ...

Ted Williams wanted to be known as the greatest ... 483 on-base percentage is baseball's best, with Babe Ruth second at .474. In slugging percentage, Williams' .634 trails only Ruth's ...

George Herman (Babe) Ruth was the best baseball player who ever lived. He was better than Ty Cobb, better than Joe DiMaggio, better than Ted Williams, better than Willie Mays, better than Henry ...

Ted Williams entered the exalted circle of 400 ... The only other players who have hit 400 or more home runs were Babe Ruth (714), Jimmy Foxx (534), Mel Ott (511) and Lou Gehrig (494).

Many of baseball’s iconic players have graced the ballfields in New Orleans over the years. Names like Babe Ruth, Ted ...

Ted Williams wanted to be known as the greatest ... 483 on-base percentage is baseball's best, with Babe Ruth second at .474. In slugging percentage, Williams' .634 trails only Ruth's ...

By Alex Williams Armand LaMontagne, a Rhode Island sculptor who carved 2,000-pound blocks of laminated basswood into life-size renderings of larger-than-life sports figures like Babe Ruth and Ted ...