Ted Williams
Born in 1918 in San Diego, Williams was a latchkey child from a broken home, raised by a mother more dedicated to the Salvation Army than to her two sons, and by a father who spent more time away from home than in it. Williams found salvation by doing the one thing he loved most: hitting baseballs. In his rookie season with the Red Sox, where he would spend his entire career as a player, Williams batted .327, socked 31 homers and led the league with 145 RBI. Over the next 21 years, despite losing five seasons of his prime to active service as a U.S. Marine Corps pilot, Williams hit 521 home runs, twice captured the Triple Crown, and became the oldest man ever to win a batting title. He finished his career with a .344 lifetime batting average, was the last man to hit over .400 in a full season, batting .406 in 1941, and was a first-ballot inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Year: 2009
Genre: Documentary
Studio: HBO Sports, HBO, HBO Documentary Films
Director: Aaron Cohen
Cast: Claudia Williams, Robert Redford, Liev Schreiber
Crew: John Updike (Story), Aaron Cohen (Writer), Aaron Cohen (Director), Mary Carillo (Story Editor), Margaret Grossi (Producer)
Runtime: 75 minutes
Release: Jul 15, 2009
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0 users
Popularity: 0
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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