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Ted Williams played 19 major-league seasons (1939-1960) as a OF (2,151), P (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 21 | BOS | 149 | 565 | 131 | 185 | 31 | 145 | 2 | 107 | 64 | .327 | 1.045 | 173 |
| 1940 | 22 | BOS | 144 | 561 | 134 | 193 | 23 | 113 | 4 | 96 | 54 | .344 | 1.036 | 175 |
| 1941 | 23 | BOS | 143 | 456 | 135 | 185 | 37 | 120 | 2 | 147 | 27 | .406 | 1.287 | 251 |
| 1942 | 24 | BOS | 150 | 522 | 141 | 186 | 36 | 137 | 3 | 145 | 51 | .356 | 1.147 | 233 |
| 1946 | 28 | BOS | 150 | 514 | 142 | 176 | 38 | 123 | 0 | 156 | 44 | .342 | 1.164 | 235 |
| 1947 | 29 | BOS | 156 | 528 | 125 | 181 | 32 | 114 | 0 | 162 | 47 | .343 | 1.133 | 224 |
| 1948 | 30 | BOS | 137 | 509 | 124 | 188 | 25 | 127 | 4 | 126 | 41 | .369 | 1.112 | 203 |
| 1949 | 31 | BOS | 155 | 566 | 150 | 194 | 43 | 159 | 1 | 162 | 48 | .343 | 1.141 | 210 |
| 1950 | 32 | BOS | 89 | 334 | 82 | 106 | 28 | 97 | 3 | 82 | 21 | .317 | 1.099 | 188 |
| 1951 | 33 | BOS | 148 | 531 | 109 | 169 | 30 | 126 | 1 | 144 | 45 | .318 | 1.019 | 181 |
| 1952 | 34 | BOS | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .400 | 1.400 | 298 |
| 1953 | 35 | BOS | 37 | 91 | 17 | 37 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 19 | 10 | .407 | 1.410 | 286 |
| 1954 | 36 | BOS | 117 | 386 | 93 | 133 | 29 | 89 | 0 | 136 | 32 | .345 | 1.148 | 224 |
| 1955 | 37 | BOS | 98 | 320 | 77 | 114 | 28 | 83 | 2 | 91 | 24 | .356 | 1.200 | 231 |
| 1956 | 38 | BOS | 136 | 400 | 71 | 138 | 24 | 82 | 0 | 102 | 39 | .345 | 1.084 | 193 |
| 1957 | 39 | BOS | 132 | 420 | 96 | 163 | 38 | 87 | 0 | 119 | 43 | .388 | 1.257 | 251 |
| 1958 | 40 | BOS | 129 | 411 | 81 | 135 | 26 | 85 | 1 | 98 | 49 | .328 | 1.042 | 194 |
| 1959 | 41 | BOS | 103 | 272 | 32 | 69 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 52 | 27 | .254 | .791 | 123 |
| 1960 | 42 | BOS | 113 | 310 | 56 | 98 | 29 | 72 | 1 | 75 | 41 | .316 | 1.096 | 203 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 22 | BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 97 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | OF | 149 | 0 | 318 | 11 | 19 | 3 |
| 1940 | OF | 143 | 0 | 302 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| 1940 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | OF | 133 | 0 | 262 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| 1942 | OF | 150 | 0 | 312 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
| 1946 | OF | 150 | 0 | 325 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| 1947 | OF | 156 | 0 | 347 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| 1948 | OF | 134 | 0 | 289 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 1949 | OF | 155 | 0 | 337 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| 1950 | OF | 86 | 0 | 165 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 1951 | OF | 147 | 0 | 315 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| 1952 | OF | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | OF | 26 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1954 | OF | 115 | 113 | 213 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1955 | OF | 93 | 93 | 170 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1956 | OF | 110 | 110 | 174 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 1957 | OF | 125 | 125 | 215 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | OF | 114 | 114 | 154 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 1959 | OF | 76 | 75 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | OF | 87 | 87 | 131 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Ted Williams won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (ML), TSN All-Star 1939 (ML), TSN All-Star 1940 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1941 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1941 (ML), TSN All-Star 1941 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1942 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1942 (ML), Triple Crown 1942 (AL), TSN All-Star 1942 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1946 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1946 (ML), MVP 1946 (AL), TSN All-Star 1946 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1947 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1947 (ML), Triple Crown 1947 (AL), TSN All-Star 1947 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1948 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1948 (ML), TSN All-Star 1948 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1949 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1949 (ML), MVP 1949 (AL), TSN All-Star 1949 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1950 (AL), TSN All-Star 1951 (ML), TSN All-Star 1955 (ML), TSN All-Star 1956 (ML), TSN All-Star 1957 (ML), TSN All-Star 1958 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (18 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948 and more.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 126 / 336 | 0 |
| 1940 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 16 / 336 | 0 |
| 1941 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 254 / 336 | 8 |
| 1942 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 249 / 336 | 9 |
| 1946 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 224 / 336 | 9 |
| 1947 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 201 / 336 | 3 |
| 1948 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 171 / 336 | 0 |
| 1949 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 272 / 336 | 13 |
| 1950 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 23 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
| 1951 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 35 / 336 | 0 |
| 1953 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 28 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1954 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 65 / 336 | 0 |
| 1955 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 143 / 336 | 1 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 70 / 336 | 0 |
| 1957 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 209 / 336 | 5 |
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 89 / 336 | 0 |
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 27 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1960 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 25 / 336 | 0 |
Ted Williams ranks on 12 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #5 | left fielders | 1941 | 251 OPS+ |
| #6 | left fielders | 1957 | 251 OPS+ |
| #8 | left fielders | 1946 | 235 OPS+ |
| #11 | left fielders | 1942 | 233 OPS+ |
| #12 | left fielders | 1947 | 224 OPS+ |
| #13 | left fielders | 1954 | 224 OPS+ |
| #18 | left fielders | 1949 | 210 OPS+ |
| #21 | left fielders | 1948 | 203 OPS+ |
| #31 | left fielders | 1958 | 194 OPS+ |
| #37 | left fielders | 1956 | 193 OPS+ |
| #65 | left fielders | 1951 | 181 OPS+ |
| #89 | left fielders | 1940 | 175 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.