00:00Sox and A's in a doubleheader here at Chive Park in Philadelphia, but all eyes are on this man, Ted
00:05Williams gunning for a 400 season.
00:07He's hitting an even 400. I think if I were Ted, I would sit out today, but Ted never backed
00:12into anything.
00:14Dick Fowler, the pitcher for the Philadelphia A's. Here's the pitch to Williams, blind drive, base hit.
00:20Ted Williams has a hit in his first at bat. First game of the double bill.
00:24The pitch to him, long drive, deep right field. This ball is out of here.
00:33Ted Williams, four for five in game one, is still going to play the second one.
00:39Second game of the doubleheader. Williams, a line drive, blue darter.
00:43It hits the horde in right field, and Ted has himself a double.
00:47Ted finishes the doubleheader six for eight.
00:52Ted stepped into it and slammed it out of the park for his second home run of the game,
00:57scoring Kramer and Stephens ahead of him.
01:00More famous for his hitting, Williams is a master patrolling the left field area at Fenway Park.
01:06Ted really knows how to play that wall.
01:09He made a dramatic comeback after a hitch of flying jets in Korea,
01:12and this is the first time he swung a bat after his return.
01:16He had to wear leather gloves to protect his hands away from baseball for two years.
01:21Williams' batting style and swing have been copied by youngsters all over the world.
01:25He constantly studies the opposing pitchers to learn their motions.
01:29The level swing and quick snap of the wrists have furnished the power for Williams to hit enough home runs
01:35to rank him fifth among the all-time home run hitters.
01:39With a lifetime average of .348, fourth best in the game since 1900,
01:44the big guy hit .356 in 1955.
01:49Williams came back.
01:50The Sox began almost immediately the fabulous climb
01:53that was to send them into the midst of the hottest fight
01:56the American League pennant race had known for years.
02:00Ted also resumed his familiar tattoo on stadium fences around the league
02:05by smashing out 27 home runs.
02:09His next troubles eased up in the latter part of the season,
02:12Williams started to find his batting touch again.
02:15One out, nobody on, last of the eighth inning.
02:17Jack Fisher into his wind-up, here's the pitch.
02:20Williams swings, and there's a long ride to deep right.
02:23That's all he's doing, and it is gone!
02:26A home run for Ted Williams in his last time as bad in the Patriots League.
02:30He was the last man to hit .400 in a season,
02:34and he did it 58 years ago.
02:37He hit .521 home runs, including one on his last at-bat.
02:45Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the greatest hitter that ever lived,
02:51number nine, baseball legend, Ted Williams!
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