* 1942 – World War II: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.

President Calvin Coolidge was known to favor the drink, and Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams endorsed it on radio and in print.

In addition to Bobby Thomson and Willie Mays, other memorable members of the Giants teams during the 1950s include: Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher, coach Herman Franks, Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin, outfielder and runnerup for the 1954 NL batting championship ( won by Willie Mays ) Don Mueller, Hall of Fame knuckleball relief pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, starting pitchers Larry Jansen, Sal Maglie, Jim Hearn, Marv Grissom, Dave Koslo, Don Liddle, Max Lanier, Rubén Gómez, and Johnny Antonelli, catcher Wes Westrum, catchers Ray Katt and Sal Yvars, shortstop Alvin Dark, third baseman Hank Thompson, first baseman Whitey Lockman, second basemen Davey Williams and Eddie Stanky, outfielder, pitcher Clint Hartung, Hall of Fame second baseman Red Schoendienst and utility players: Bill Rigney, Daryl Spencer, Bobby Hofman, and Dusty Rhodes among others.

Plaque of Ted Williams in Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame at Fenway Park.

Unknown to Williams, he had caught the eye of the Boston Red Sox's general manager, Eddie Collins, while Collins was scouting Bobby Doerr and the shortstop George Myatt in August 1936.

In December 1937, during the winter meetings, the deal was made between Lane and Collins, sending Williams to the Boston Red Sox and giving Lane $ 35, 000 and two major leaguers, Dom D ' Allessandro and Al Niemiec, and two other minor leaguers.

Also during spring training Williams was nicknamed " The Kid " by Red Sox equipment manager Johnny Orlando, who after Williams arrived to Sarasota for the first time, said, " The Kid ' has arrived ".

In the winter, the Red Sox traded right fielder Ben Chapman to the Cleveland Indians to make room for Williams on the roster, with Williams inheriting Chapman's number 9 on his uniform opposed to Williams ' number 5 in the previous spring training, even though Chapman had hit. 340 in the previous season, which led Boston Globe sports journalist Gerry Moore to quip, " Not since Joe DiMaggio broke in with the Yankees by " five for five " in St. Petersberg in 1936 has any baseball rookie received the nationwide publicity that has been accorded this spring to Theodore Francis Williams ".

Williams made his major league debut against the New York Yankees on April 20, going 1-for-4 against Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing.

Against the Chicago White Sox on May 7, in extra innings, Williams told the Red Sox pitcher, Charlie Wagner, to hold the White Sox, since he was going to hit a home run.

In the 11th inning, Williams ' prediction came true, as he hit a 600-footer to help the Red Sox win.

The. 406 batting average was Williams ' first of six batting championships, is still the highest single-season batting average in Red Sox history and the highest batting average in the major leagues since 1924, and the last time any major league player has hit over. 400 for a season.

Williams ' on-base percentage of. 553 and slugging percentage of. 735 that season are both also the highest single-season averages in Red Sox history.

Williams led the league with 135 runs scored and 37 home runs, and he finished third with 335 total bases, the most home runs, runs scored, and total bases by a Red Sox player since Jimmie Foxx's in 1938 .< ref ><< http :// www. baseball-reference. com / teams / BOS / leaders_bat_50. shtml >></ ref > Williams placed second in MVP voting, with Joe DiMaggio winning with 291 votes to 254 votes on the strength of his record-breaking 56-game hitting streak and large number of RBIs.

After going into the United States Marine Corps as an aviator at the end of 1942, Williams also played on the baseball team in Chapel Hill, North Carolina along with his Red Sox teammate Johnny Pesky in pre-flight training, after eight weeks in Amherst, Massachusetts and the Civilian Pilot Training Course.

Joining the Red Sox again in, Williams signed a $ 37, 500 contract.

For the 1946 baseball season, Williams hit. 342 with 38 home runs and 123 RBIs, helping the Red Sox win the pennant on September 13, hitting the only inside-the-park home run in his Major League career in a 1-0 win against Cleveland.

The Red Sox lost in seven games, with Williams going 0-for-4 in the last game.

On October 2, against the Yankees, Williams hit his 222nd career home run, tying Foxx for the Red Sox all-time record.

In the Red Sox final two games against the Yankees to force a one-game playoff against the Cleveland Indians, Williams got on base eight times out of ten plate appearances.

In the playoff, Williams went 1-for-4, with the Red Sox losing 8 – 3 due to McCarthy's decision to start Denny Galehouse over southpaw Mel Parnell.

With Senna departing to Williams for, Häkkinen became the leading driver for McLaren with Martin Brundle as his teammate.

Employing a good fastball, outstanding control, and, especially, a new pitch he termed the " fadeaway " ( later known in baseball as the " screwball "), which he learned from teammate Dave Williams in 1898, This reference is challenged by Ken Burns documentary Baseball in which it is stated that Mathewson learned his " fadeaway " from Andrew " Rube " Foster when New York Giants manager John Joseph McGraw quietly hired Rube to show the Giants bullpen what he knew.

In the late 1970s he was part of one of the sport's great outfields along with Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans, who was his teammate for his entire career ; Rice continued the tradition of his predecessors Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski as a power-hitting left fielder who played his entire career for the Red Sox.

In 1996 the Williams car was clearly the quickest in Formula One and Hill went on to win the title ahead of his rookie teammate Jacques Villeneuve, becoming the only son of a Formula One champion to win the championship himself.

He came in third in the Most Valuable Player voting behind Billy Williams and winner Johnny Bench, his Cincinnati Reds teammate who had one of the best offensive seasons in the history of catchers that year (. 293 / 45 / 148 ), in addition to winning a Gold Glove.

Cutler's teammate and offensive tackle Chris Williams ( B. S.

During the coverage of his death and subsequent cryonic suspension, Baseball Hall of Famer and combat fighter pilot Ted Williams was reported to be an atheist by his former teammate Johnny Pesky.

Berger deservedly won the 1992 Canadian Grand Prix having overtaken Riccardo Patrese's Williams and attacking teammate Senna before the Brazilian retired.

In the Puerto Rico youth league, Gonzalez batted cleanup behind future Yankee center fielder Bernie Williams, where both competed against Gonzalez's future teammate Iván Rodríguez.

Media reports stated that Irvin and teammate Erik Williams had sexually assaulted a Dallas woman, Nina Shahravan, and, with a gun to her head, videotaped the interaction.

He set Red Sox records for career games ( 1, 865 ), at bats ( 7, 093 ), hits ( 2, 042 ), doubles ( 381 ), total bases ( 3, 270 ) and runs batted in ( 1, 247 ), all of which were later broken by his longtime teammate Ted Williams.

One year later, Kell batted. 340, leading the league with 218 hits and 56 doubles, but lost the batting title to Williams ' teammate, Red Sox second baseman Billy Goodman.

During spring training in, Kruk was diagnosed with testicular cancer ( ultimately resulting in the removal of one testicle ) after an errant pickoff throw from teammate Mitch Williams hit him in the groin and broke his protective cup.

Stackhouse attended the University of North Carolina, where he was a teammate of future NBA players Rasheed Wallace, Jeff McInnis and Shammond Williams.

Afterwards Räikkönen remained in mathematical contention for the championship with one race to go ; whilst Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya dropped out of the hunt after being penalized for an incident on Lap 3 with Schumacher's Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello.

An outstanding power hitter, his 377 career home runs were the fourth most by an American League left-handed hitter when he retired, behind Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig ; his 373 home runs with the Tigers rank second in franchise history behind his teammate Al Kaline ( 399 ).

Williams ' career came to a sudden end on April 1, 1999 after he broke his right leg in a collision with teammate Stephon Marbury in a game against the Atlanta Hawks.

After leaving Major League Baseball, Adair played in Japan for a year, and later coached for the Oakland Athletics ( 1972 – 74 ) and the California Angels ( 1975 ), working under his former Oriole teammate and manager in Boston Dick Williams.

British driver Nigel Mansell won his second consecutive Formula One race and his teammate Keke Rosberg stormed around the track after 2 pitstops to take 2nd, completing a 1-2 for the Williams team.

In five seasons with Boston, Runnels never hit less than. 314 (), winning two batting crowns in (. 320 ) and (. 326 ), and just missed the 1958 American League Batting Crown by six points to his teammate Ted Williams on the final day of the season (. 328 to. 322 ).

Following the Broncos ' season finale against the San Francisco 49ers, Walker was in a vehicle that was shot at in downtown Denver, killing teammate Darrent Williams.

The Williams team disappeared completely when Lella Lombardi's car also had electrical failure, and her teammate Jacques Laffite mistook visor cleaning fluid for his eyedrops!