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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 810L
Language
English
Description
"Ted Williams, the legendary Red Sox slugger, lived a life full of dedication and passion. From his days as a young kid playing ball in North Park to his unmatched .406 season in 1941 to his stints as a fighter pilot in World War II and Korea, the story of Teddy Ballgame is the story of an American hero."--P. 2 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Ted Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. His batting average of .406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more than five hundred home runs has a higher career batting average. Those totals would have been even higher if Williams had not left baseball for nearly five years in the prime of his career to serve as a Marine pilot in World War II and Korea. He hit home runs farther than any player before him, and traveled...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 660L
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations describe the 1941 season of Ted Williams, in which he set a Major League Baseball record in batting average, discussing his training, determination, and performance during games.
7) Ted Williams
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the outstanding Boston Red Sox slugger.
8) Ted Williams
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life and career of baseball great, Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox slugger who has held the game's highest batting average since 1941.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A complex and entertaining portrait of Ted Williams who was as obsessive as he was talented, the documentary reveals his complicated relationships with family and friends and explores the impact he has had on the current generation of MLB stars. Features Bob Costas, Wade Boggs, Roger Angell and Joey Votto. Narrated by Jon Hamm.
Author
Publisher
ACC Editions
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"From the smoky backstage dressing rooms of New York and Chicago's pioneering jazz clubs to the acclaimed Jazz festivals that flourished to enthrall legions of fans, Ted Williams' camera captured the intimacy and the wizardry of Jazz's greats as they perfected their art over more than three decades from the 1940s-1970s. From his unique access and perspective, Williams diligently accumulated a largely unseen archive that documented some of the greatest...
Author
Publisher
Sports Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Sain were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history. It was 1953, the Korean War in full throttle, when two men--already experts in their fields--crossed the fabled 38th Parallel into Communist airspace aboard matching Panther jets. John Glenn was an ambitious operations officer with fifty-nine...