They named a candy bar for Babe Ruth and a disease for Lou Gehrig. Ted Williams they just called names. Officially he was the Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Thumper, but the best ballplayer to make ...

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. — Ted Williams, Beantown's ever cranky but much beloved "Splendid Splinter" and baseball's last .400 hitter, died Friday. The Boston Red Sox treasure, who made good on his goal to ...

But none stuck like “The Splendid Splinter,” a reference to his skinny, 6-foot-3 physique. He was brash and outspoken from the start. In 1940, Williams made headlines when he told a writer: “That’s ...

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