2 year anniversary Monster Card Monday: 1955 Ted Williams

Pick any Ted Williams card.  It’s bound to be good, right?  This one from 1955 comes from reader Steve Ryan who just got his.

Steve and I shared a few emails about Williams and his love/hate relationship with the media.  Steve reminded me of the oft-told story of the Boston sportswriter who voted against Williams and cost him an MVP award.  As it turned out, that is an urban myth, as explained by this article in the LA Times.   Nevertheless, Williams was a man who kept to himself.  As someone who’s read a fair amount of him, I feel Ted Williams wouldn’t fare well in today’s world of invasive sports news media, Twitter, and Facebook.  He was just a man who kept to himself.

This Williams’ card is from 1955 season.  For the Red Sox, he batted .356 with 28 homeruns in 416 plate appearances.

As I said, pick any card of Williams’, it’s bound to be good.  This is his second Monster Card selection.  His 1953 card was actually my very first official Monster Card Monday back in October 24, 2011.  Any Williams card will have power, some sevens and tons of walks.  Lot of glorious, delicious 14s.  Williams’ 1955 card has seven of those on top of his already great card.

You can’t argue with Ted Williams’ power either.  With numbers 1-1-0-0-0, he hits it hard with the best of them.  Add a 7 on to that and he’s got a super special card.

Fun numbers:  44-0, 26-14

And in case anyone didn’t notice, he only has one thirteen.  The Splendid Splinter didn’t splint any bats by whiffing.

And for you youngsters and young-at-heart, here’s Ted Williams to give you a few pointers on how to hit:

Thanks Steve!  I had no idea I was doing MCM for two years as of this week until I looked up Williams’ last card!