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Card # 56
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Helmar This Great Game
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Position |
Team |
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Ted WILLIAMS (HOF)
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Bat up
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Boston Red Sox
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
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$ 189.00
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16
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14
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7
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January 31, 2024
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About the Player
'The Splendid Splinter' is considered the most disciplined and premiere student of the 'Art of Hitting'. In 1941 he became the last player to bat .400 with a .406 average. In 1942, Ted won the Triple Crown batting .356 with 36 HR and 137 RBI. Despite his domination at the plate that year, he finished second in the MVP voting to Yankees second baseman Joe Gordon. In 1947, Williams accomplished his second Triple Crown, this time batting .342 with 32 HR and 114 RBI. Once again Williams finished second in the MVP voting (this time to the more popular Joe DiMaggio), largely because one Boston sportswriter had refused to include “The Splendid Splinter” on his ballot. Ted hit 521 home runs despite missing nearly five years of baseball due to military duty during WWII and the Korean War. Ted Williams was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1966.
About the Series
This series marks a step in a new direction for Helmar. For the first time we take a serious look at baseball in the 1950's and then, perhaps, the 1960's. The game found itself changing dramatically in this post WWII era, influenced by both the larger society and technological innovation. The color barrier may have been officially broken in 1947 but the acceptance of black players by the big league clubs came slowly, if surely. Reliable and inexpensive air transportation paved the way for geographic expansion. The game, which had been centered in the East and Midwest, found new opportunities along the West Coast.
The very center of the baseball world through the decade was New York City. New York teams competed in every World Series through the decade except for 1959. In many of those years both teams competing were from the city. Interestingly, New York also became the center of the art world at the same time. Migration after WWII brought many creatives to the Big Apple and movements such as abstract, modernism, surrealism and avant-garde.
Studying the era has inspired Helmar to use bold, often surreal colors in this series. We hope that you will join us as we explore this era of change.
Card size: 3' x 4'
Individually Numbered 1-20
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