Tuesday, October 18, 2022

TURN BACK THE CLOCK: 1947 TED WILLIAMS

Up on the blog today, we have a 1972 "Turn back the Clock" card celebrating the great Ted Williams and his SECOND Triple Crown season:

 
The man was a hitting machine!
All he did during that historic 1947 campaign was lead the American League with 125 runs scored, 32 homers, 114 runs batted in and a .343 average, along with a .499 on-base percentage and a .634 slugging percentage, YET finished second behind the New York Yankees Joe DiMaggio for the MVP Award. Total joke!
Just five years before that he also took home the Triple Crown when he led the league with 141 runs scored, 36 homers, 137 RBIs and a .356 average, this a year after he hit .406 in the legendary 1941 season.
Easily the greatest all-around hitter the game ever saw, Williams took home six batting titles, four home run titles and four RBI titles over his career, a career that saw him lose five seasons because of military service because of World War II and the Korean War.
Just incredible to think he could have reached 700 home runs, 2000+ RBIs, 2000+ runs scored and 3500 hits if not for time lost for reasons other than injury.
I will forever be in awe of this man and what he accomplished both on and off the playing field.