Ted Williams

1939–1960 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, TWA

2,292G

.344AVG

.482OBP

.634SLG

More career statistics

2,654H

521HR

1,839RBI

24SB

2.0IP

4.50ERA

0GS

21Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Caught stealing	17	20
Batting · Strikeouts	709	711
Batting · Plate appearances	9,789	9,788
Batting · Runs	1,798	1,799
Batting · RBI	1,839	1,838
Batting · Stolen bases	24	25
Batting · Sacrifice flies	20	23
Batting · Walks	2,019	2,018

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2,292	9,789	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	2,019	709	24	17	39	20	4,884	.344	.482	.634	1.116

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	1.500

Streaks

23longest hitting streak · 1941-05-15 to 1941-06-07

84longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
71	Five-Walk Game	1951-05-23	1 in 1,833 games	box score ↗
70	Three Double Plays Grounded Into	1946-04-24	1 in 1,620 games	box score ↗
68	Eight-RBI Game	1946-07-14	1 in 1,372 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	1165	4954	1403	248	965	1031	323	.361	.491	.652
Away	1127	4834	1251	273	873	987	388	.328	.463	.615

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	148	604	156	31	108	133	47	.333	.478	.605
May	374	1632	434	94	342	326	124	.335	.466	.630
June	433	1895	504	99	378	380	144	.336	.466	.635
July	458	1976	545	107	355	417	136	.354	.487	.654
August	477	2032	545	101	359	426	139	.341	.478	.611
September	396	1622	460	88	289	329	121	.359	.486	.648
October	6	27	10	1	7	7	0	.500	.630	.850

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
cleveland-guardians	335	1414	361	79	267	286	113	.323	.458	.615
detroit-tigers	332	1463	386	88	283	284	112	.331	.458	.632
washington-senators-1901-60	331	1398	387	56	228	297	94	.354	.489	.629
chicago-white-sox	330	1388	364	65	244	256	102	.324	.447	.574
new-york-yankees	327	1351	357	62	229	309	99	.345	.493	.608
philadelphia-athletics	222	1007	281	66	224	224	60	.361	.501	.706
st-louis-browns	209	973	296	60	223	216	72	.393	.526	.729
kansas-city-athletics	105	407	120	25	74	71	34	.367	.469	.667

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1939	Boston Red Sox	149	565	185	31	144	2	.327	–	–
1940	Boston Red Sox	144	561	193	23	113	5	.344	2	1
1941	Boston Red Sox	143	456	185	37	119	2	.406	–	–
1942	Boston Red Sox	150	522	186	36	137	3	.356	–	–
1946	Boston Red Sox	150	514	176	38	124	–	.342	–	–
1947	Boston Red Sox	156	528	181	32	114	–	.343	–	–
1948	Boston Red Sox	137	509	188	25	127	4	.369	–	–
1949	Boston Red Sox	155	566	194	43	159	1	.343	–	–
1950	Boston Red Sox	89	334	106	28	97	3	.317	–	–
1951	Boston Red Sox	148	531	169	30	126	1	.318	–	–
1952	Boston Red Sox	6	10	4	1	3	–	.400	–	–
1953	Boston Red Sox	37	91	37	13	34	–	.407	–	–
1954	Boston Red Sox	117	386	133	29	89	–	.345	–	–
1955	Boston Red Sox	98	320	114	28	83	2	.356	–	–
1956	Boston Red Sox	136	400	138	24	82	–	.345	–	–
1957	Boston Red Sox	132	420	163	38	87	–	.388	–	–
1958	Boston Red Sox	129	411	135	26	85	1	.328	–	–
1959	Boston Red Sox	103	272	69	10	43	–	.254	–	–
1960	Boston Red Sox	113	310	98	29	72	1	.316	–	–