Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

Born in San Diego, California in 1918, Ted Williams

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Born in San Diego, California in 1918, Ted Williams

Born in San Diego, California in 1918, Ted Williams was the legendary slugger who pursued 'the science of hitting' and became MLB's last .400 hitter (batting .406 in 1941). Despite losing nearly five prime seasons to military service in World War II and Korea, he compiled a .344 career average and 521 home runs. The first player to scientifically analyze and articulate hitting technique.

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Born in San Diego, California in 1918, Ted Williams's Other Quotes

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime.

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'

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