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[136], Williams ended his career with a home run in his last at-bat on September 28, 1960. Copyright 2023 Military.com. Ted's elder daughter, Bobby-Jo Ferrell, brought a suit to have her father's wishes recognized. Like many great players, Williams became impatient with ordinary athletes' abilities and attitudes, particularly those of pitchers, whom he admitted he never respected. [13] At the age of eight, he was taught how to throw a baseball by his uncle, Saul Venzor. The bat slipped from his hands, was launched into the stands and struck a 60-year-old woman who turned out to be the housekeeper of the Red Sox general manager Joe Cronin. He bowed three times to various sections of Fenway Park and made an obscene gesture. He was especially linked with the Jimmy Fund of the DanaFarber Cancer Institute, which provides support for children's cancer research and treatment. [181], The Tampa Bay Rays home field, Tropicana Field, installed the Ted Williams Museum (formerly in Hernando, Florida, 19942006) behind the left field fence. Williams was required to interrupt his baseball career in 1943 to serve three years in the United States Navy and Marine Corps during World War II. [58] With the score 54 and runners on first and third, Williams homered with his eyes closed to secure a 75 AL win. (USAF photo) After the Korean War, Glenn became a test pilot, making a mark in Project Bullet, using a F8U-1P Crusader (the Navy's pre-1962 designation for the RF-8A version of the Crusader) to cross the United States faster than the speed of sound . For more stories, subscribe here and visit us on Facebook: Whether they produced battlefield images of the dead or daguerreotype portraits of common soldiers, []. Williams had been classified [] "[62]) Williams's on-base percentage of .553 and slugging percentage of .735 that season are both also the highest single-season averages in Red Sox history. [180], The Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts, carrying 1.6 miles (2.6km) of the final 2.3 miles (3.7km) of Interstate 90 under Boston Harbor, opened in December 1995, and Ted Williams Parkway (California State Route 56) in San Diego County, California, opened in 1992, were named in his honor while he was still alive. Whatever gave me the idea he could act?" This bout of illness influenced his decision to leave the Marines in 1953. While in the Pacific Coast League in 1936, Williams met future teammates and friends Dom DiMaggio and Bobby Doerr, who were on the Pacific Coast League's San Francisco Seals. Ted Williams was a hero in the ballpark, on the battlefield, and in the hearts of millions of children suffering from cancer.