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 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 ...
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 ...
Through more than eight decades of Hall of Fame elections -- from Babe Ruth to Ted Williams to Willie Mays and so on -- the Baseball Writers’ Association of America has elected only one candidate ...
It is separated from the statues of Babe Ruth and Ted Williams that stand in the gallery where player plaques are located. When he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1982, Aaron recorded the ...