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- Ted Williams. It was Ted Williams who once said, "All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street, folks will say, 'There goes the greatest hitter that ever lived.'"
- Ty Cobb. The Georgia Peach, Tyrus Raymond Cobb boasts the highest lifetime batting average of any player, at .366. He is second all-time in hits, with 4,191, trailing only Pete Rose (4,256).
- Rogers Hornsby. Generally considered the greatest right-hand hitter in baseball history, Rogers Hornsby (below) won seven National League batting titles—six in a row, between 1920 and 1925—while playing second base for the St. Louis Cardinals.
- Stan Musial. Stan the Man wore the uniform of the St. Louis Cardinals for his entire career. The model of consistency, Musial stands fourth all-time with 3,630 hits—1,815 at home, 1,815 on the road.
'There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived' By Mike Meserole. Special to ESPN.com. Ted Williams, the last major league player to hit .400 for an entire season, who was also Joe...
book trailer for There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived, written and illustrated by Matt Tavares, published by Candlewick Press.
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Feb 14, 2012 · In this engrossing biography, a companion to Henry Aaron’s Dream, Matt Tavares makes Ted Williams’s life story accessible to a whole new generation of fans who are sure to admire the hard work, sacrifice, and triumph of the greatest hitter who ever lived.
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Jul 15, 2009 · Ted Williams: There Goes the Greatest Hitter That Ever Lived: With Heywood Hale Broun, Joe Buck, Barbara Bush, George Bush. Explores the life and career of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams.
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Joey Votto, Wade Boggs and Bob Costas describe how Ted Williams was a baseball god, and how he was obsessed with the perfect swing.