The science of hitting
by Williams, Ted · first published 1971
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Ted Williams is our greatest living expert on how to hit a baseball -- the last baseball player to hit .400 in the major leagues. Williams's career hitting statistics will stand forever as a monument to his complete mastery of the single most difficult thing to do in sport: .344 lifetime batting average, 521 home runs, 1839 RBI and 2654 hits. The Science of Hitting has reigned as the classic handbook on hitting since being published in 1971, and now it's even better! Ted's hitting advice has been updated, and exciting new color graphics and photos have been added to enhance your reading pleasu
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I really enjoyed The Science of Hitting, by Ted Williams. It is a testament to his obsession with all aspects of one particular compound motion. I wrote more here: https://ctd1.substack.com/p/book-review-science-of-hitting I'm now reading…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗Wild to see this on HN. I'm a huge baseball nut and Ted Williams was my father's hero so naturally I learned a lot about him as a kid. I believe this image is from his book The Science of Hitting. Williams has a fairly fascinating biography and I'd encourage people to browse his story a bit. A few interesting things about him: - He served in both World War II and the Korean War. During the latter,…
on “Ted Williams's Strike Zone” ↗