CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. – Ted Williams, the revered and sometimes reviled "Splendid Splinter" of the Boston Red Sox and baseball's last .400 hitter, died Friday at age 83. Williams, who suffered a ...

Ted Williams’ next door neighbor when he was growing up on Utah Street in North Park was a man named Chick Rotert, a onetime game warden who introduced Ted to bass fishing in some of the local ...

Katis remembers kidding Williams that Katis wore No. 7 as a Little Leaguer – a number also worn by slugger Mickey Mantle of the rival New York Yankees. “But by the way, Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle ...

In fact, when Ted Williams batted .406 during the 1941 season, it was the ninth time in 21 years it had been done and the 28th time in baseball history.

In Ben Bradlee Jr.'s "The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams," that point comes on page 183 of more than 800. It's hours after the Red Sox slugger has won the 1941 All-Star game with a walk ...

Ted Williams’ 1941 season is so under-appreciated that we don’t even really know his true batting average. We just know it begins with a four. Maybe it is all Williams' fault.

Through 66 games, Kurtz is tied for second in MLB history with 42 extra-base hits for that career-starting stretch. He's ...

Paul Waner -- sage counselor to Ted Williams and brandisher of one of the great nicknames in baseball history ("Big Poison"!). In any event, no amount of shifting could truly dampen Williams's ...

Hall of Famer and Red Sox legend Ted Williams knew a thing or two regarding many subjects, the hitting of this, our baseball foremost among them, in addition to aerial warfare, sport-fishing and ...

Legendary sportsperson Ted Williams continues to captivate fans even decades after his retirement. Now, collectors and enthusiasts have a chance to own a piece of history with a 1954 Topps #1 Ted ...

PICTURES: Ted Williams Timeline A YouTube clip last month of "the man with the golden voice" panhandling on the side of an interstate highway ramp in Ohio became an Internet sensation, logging ...

During that meeting, Ferrell learned that she was not in the will because Ted Williams said, "I have provided for her during my life." By Mike Schneider First published on July 12, 2002 / 10:14 PM ...