Ted Williams
Chronology
| 1918 | Born on August 30 in San Diego, California |
| 1936 | Begins career with San Diego Padres |
| 1937 | Is traded to the Boston Red Sox |
| 1939 | Plays first season in major leagues |
| 1941 | With Boston Red Sox, finishes season hitting .406; wins first of six American League batting championships |
| 1942 | After baseball season, joins Marines as fighter pilot and flight instructor; serves three years in World War II |
| 1946 | Returns from military service and rejoins Red Sox; hits only .200 in his only World Series |
| 1947 | Leads American League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in |
| 1950 | Injures elbow after crashing into a fence in outfield during All-Star game |
| 1952-53 | Serves in military during Korean War |
| 1957 | Hits .388 and becomes oldest player to ever win a batting championship |
| 1960 | Retires at end of baseball season, at age 42 |
| 1966 | Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 1969-72 | Manages Washington Senators (which became Texas Rangers in 1972) |
| 1994 | Establishes Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame in Hernando, Florida; establishes Greatest Hitters Award |
| 1995 | City of Boston names tunnel under Boston Harbor for Williams |
| 2000 | Receives pacemaker for heart problems |
| 2001 | Has open-heart surgery |
| 2002 | Dies July 5 of cardiac arrest at Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness, Florida; son John Henry has his body cryogenically preserved at Scottsdale, Arizona |
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