Ted Williams
There Goes the Greatest Hitter That Ever Lived
2009 | 75m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Aaron Cohen |
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| Writer: | Aaron Cohen, John Updike |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 15, 2009 |
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| Director: | Aaron Cohen |
| Writer: | Aaron Cohen, John Updike |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | baseball, america's past time, batting average |
| Production Companies | HBO, HBO Sports, HBO Documentary Films |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Claudia Williams | Self |
| Robert Redford | Self |
| Liev Schreiber | Narrator |
| Ted Williams | Self (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
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| Aaron Cohen | Writer, Director |
| Mary Carillo | Story Editor |
| John Updike | Story |
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| Margaret Grossi | Producer |
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