"For my money, Ted Williams is the greatest hitter of all-time. I'd take him over Ruth, I'd take him over Cobb. I'd take him over Cobb because of the combination of power and average. I'd take him over Ruth because with Ruth, you can only speculate about what he would have done in the modern era. Ted Williams hit .388 at the age of 39 in 1957. He was what few of us ever become; he was exactly what he set out to be. He said he wanted to be able to walk down the street some day and have people say "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived". And if they don't say that, it's only because they don't know what they're talking about."
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Atheists from the United StatesPresidential Medal of Freedom recipientsAviators from the United StatesSportspeople from San Diego
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Bob Costas, documentary in Baseball (1994) by Ken Burns
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Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel Williams (30 August 1918 – 5 July 2002) was a Major League Baseball player; he spent 19 seasons with the Boston Red Sox.
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