Date of Birth: 8/30/1918
Date of Death: 7/5/2002 (age 83)
Career: 1941-60
Positions: Left-Fielder
Team(s): Boston Red Sox
Awards: .344 career batting average (modern era record), 500 home run club (521), 2654 hits, 1839 RBI, 19 All-Star Selections, 2x AL MVP (1946, 49), 2 Triple Crowns (1942, 47) (very nearly did it again in 1949 but lost batting crown by .0002), .551 OBP, hit home run in last at-bat, .406 batting average in 1941 (last player to hit .400 in a season, nearly did it again in 1958)
Nickname: Ted, Teddy Ballgame, Splendid Splinter, the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived, the Kid, the Thumper
Induction: 1966-BBWAA (1st Ballot)
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