The "Splendid Splinter" would've been 93 today, he passed away in 2002. He wanted people to see him walking down the street and say "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived." He more than lived up to that billing, winning two Triple Crown awards (1942, 1947), he is the most recent player to hit .400 or better during a season (.401, 1941), he was a veteran of two wars (World War II, Korea), he won two AL MVP awards (1946, 1949), very nearly became the only player to ever win three Triple Crowns when he lost the batting title to George Kell in the last game of the 1953 season, he also just missed out on hitting .400 again sixteen years after the first time he did it but hit .388 for the season in 1957, and he hit a home run in his last at bat.
He went on to be inducted into the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame.
Williams made his last official baseball appearances in the 1999 All-Star Game and World Series when he was elected as part of Major League Baseball's 30-man All-Century Team.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame on his first ballot in 1966 and ended up with a career batting average of .344 and 521 home runs.
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