Ted Williams stats

Last played for the Boston Red Sox, 1960

Age 108

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Ted Williams played 19 MLB seasons, 1939 to 1960.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
2,292
AB
7,706
R
1,798
H
2,654
HR
521
RBI
1,839
SB
24
AVG
.344
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1939BOS149565131185311452.327
1940BOS144561134193231134.344
1941BOS143456135185371202.406
1942BOS150522141186361373.356
1946BOS150514142176381230.342
1947BOS156528125181321140.343
1948BOS137509124188251274.369
1949BOS155566150194431591.343
1950BOS893348210628973.317
1951BOS148531109169301261.318
1952BOS61024130.400
1953BOS3791173713340.407
1954BOS1173869313329890.345
1955BOS983207711428832.356
1956BOS1364007113824820.345
1957BOS1324209616338870.388
1958BOS1294118113526851.328
1959BOS103272326910430.254
1960BOS113310569829721.316

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
7
AB
25
R
2
H
5
HR
0
RBI
1
SB
0
AVG
.200

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
9,789
TB
4,884
XBH
1,117
HBP
39
IBB
86
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1939BOS677344862000
1940BOS661333803000
1941BOS604335733000
1942BOS671338754000
1946BOS672343832000
1947BOS693335812000
1948BOS638313723000
1949BOS730368852000
1950BOS416216530000
1951BOS675295620000
1952BOS12920000
1953BOS11082190000
1954BOS526245531000
1955BOS4172255221700
1956BOS5032425411100
1957BOS5463076753300
1958BOS5172405141200
1959BOS331114252600
1960BOS390200443700

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
37.8
RC
2,322.3
RC/27
12.30
ISOP
.289
SECA
.552
BB/K
2.85
AB/HR
14.8
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1939BOS0.0147.510.4.2810.51.718.20
1940BOS0.0143.410.4.2500.41.824.40
1941BOS0.0171.616.8.3290.65.412.30
1942BOS0.0165.313.2.2910.62.814.50
1946BOS0.0167.313.4.3250.63.613.50
1947BOS0.0166.612.9.2920.63.516.50
1948BOS0.0153.812.9.2460.53.120.40
1949BOS0.0177.612.9.3070.63.413.20
1950BOS0.096.711.4.3290.63.911.90
1951BOS0.014210.6.2370.53.217.70
1952BOS0.03.817.3.5000.71100
1953BOS1.935.317.3.4950.71.970
1954BOS7.5128.413.5.2900.64.313.30
1955BOS6.7108.413.9.3470.63.811.40
1956BOS5.9115.611.9.2600.52.616.70
1957BOS9.5150.915.7.3430.62.811.10
1958BOS3.7112.410.8.2550.5215.80
1959BOS-0.347.96.2.1650.41.927.20
1960BOS2.989.211.2.3290.61.810.70

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
108 yearsAug 30, 1918
Debut
1939
AL MVP
2x

What were Ted Williams's career stats?

Ted Williams played 19 seasons for the Red Sox. He was a career .344 hitter with 2,654 hits, 521 home runs and 1,839 RBI. His best season was 1953: a .407 batting average, 13 home runs and 34 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

19 seasons, 1 postseason, 1939 to 1960

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 20th in home runs (521)
  • 76th in hits (2,654)
  • 14th in rbi (1,839)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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