This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/1/2002.
Outspoken, immensely talented, patriotic, iconoclastic, demanding, larger than life: all apply to Ted Williams, for two decades baseball's best hitter and one of the best who ever lived. No one loved hitting more than Williams, who called hitting a pitched baseball "the hardest single feat in sports," and no other ballplayer spent more time at his craft. In the neck of the jersey is the "Wilson" label. The size, "48" is written on this label in marker. On the left front tail is the year "1970" in blue chain stitch. Across the front of the jersey is the name "Senators" in script-style letters and on the back is the player number "9." The letters and numbers are made of red on blue tackle twill. The jersey shows wear and appears to have no alterations of any kind.