Ted was more than one of the great ball players, he was a war hero.

Great ballplayer, great fisherman, great American war hero!!!🤩😍🥰❤️

A great ball player who didn't sugar coat his responses . Pure

LOVED the old Ted Williams sets. Great cards, great players, just wonderful. Also love watching a Ted Williams interview; he just says whatever he's thinking, and it's unfiltered.

Sad thing is Ted Williams lost about 3 or 4 years in his prime enlisting in the military. That guy did it all, was a true American.

He was nearly as good of a fisherman as well. He’s in two fishing hall of fames!

Of course baseball super nerd Bob Costas is right, as of 1993 12 players had hit 4 four home-runs in one game. Dude knows his stuff. It is impossible to get tired of listening to Ted Williams talk baseball.

I'm 45, uncle gave me a Sears Ted Williams glove when I was 8. Grandpa taught me about Ted who became my first baseball hero. My glove wore out & rotted away. I found another online and put pieces of the original inside when I restrung it. Every time I read or watch about Ted, the love of the game comes over me again. He sounds like John Wayne, hit more consistently than most anybody, fought in the War. What a legend. Costas rules.

Thank you SO much for this gem, it really spoke to me.

Best Hitter I ever saw. Yes I did see him play when I was a kid. Great Hitter!

Williams is the greatest hitter ever. The combination of average and power are what make him the best.

not only a great ball player, but a fascinating, great man

"how many people ever did that" "11 or 12" "no i think its 4 or 5" hahaha

I enjoy watching these videos, it's nice to find them on KZfaq. :)

I watched almost every Costas show Best show ever aired Cried the day it ended

forget you're looking at him, and listen to the voice and intonations: John Wayne

Metaphor for just about everything. Thank you for this upload.

Ted was Awesome... My Dad took me to see him at old Comiskey Park and I was only about 6 years old... he was the greatest hitter that I saw and a great fisherman!

The Splendid Splinter.

Costas was correct. Depending when this was taped in 1993, 11 or 12 had accomplished that feat.

Thank you for posting!! Joe DiMaggio -- in his 1986 interview with Don Henderson-Philadelphia Radio (here on YT) -- was so HIGHLY complimentary about Ted Williams. Joe called Ted the "greatest hitter" and said he wished that they were BOTH league MVP's in 1956 (56-game streak & .406 average).

I would've LOVED to sit next to this man on , each of us in a rocking chair on a country porch somewhere, with bottomless cold glasses of iced tea...and just listen to him talk about hitting, the great players he played with/against, and his unifying philosophy life and baseball(and they can often be the same thing)...for about six hours or so. Never to be. Great man.

Thanks for sharing this!

What a class act. A real man.

I'm a Yankees fan, but there was the best damn hitter that ever lived.

Love it Best interview ever

At times he sounds like John Wayne. Uncanny.

Greatest pure hitter of all time by far

It pains me to see these great ppl get so old, time is awful! IDK why life must be this way. Miss alot of the greats and all we have is this, and you can see what a shell his body is here even tho his mind is still there.

Costas let the man speak most never let that happen!

At the time of filming it was 11 lol. Love you Ted! Love you Bob!

1993? it looks like 70 years ago....Lol.. But thanks for posting this.

Thanks for sharing...

Before you asked Ted Williams a question about anything, you had to think, "Can I handle the truth?"

I just watched a documentary about Ted Williams not too long ago and you know what really surprised me about him was how fast he was period that tall man ran like a Giselle. Boy would I love to watch him play in person. The way he kept his Bat through the strike zone no one did it better

If you want to learn about hitting read as much about Ted Williams and absorb as much of what he said as possible. Ted Williams is by far the number one Authority on hitting and the smartest hitter there ever was!

Does anyone know where I can find the radio interview bob is talking about at the beginning?

I don't know to whom to attribute this quote, but it was said, "Ted Williams is who John Wayne wanted to be."

Williams mother was an American of Mexican ancestry....he never made it public. The press in his time knew but thought it might hurt his popularity! The greatest hitter ever!

I always think it is cute when I see that clip of him as a young guy standing by DiMaggio. He is making eyes at some girl who walks by and you can clearly see him say, "Who is she?" I had a huge crush on Ted myself in the 50s.

Did Bob Costas hit a Home Run in any MLB game?..Sheeet... Bob Costas...a fan

Even with that shift, he was still a beast

He talked about the negro league. If you ever get to Hot Springs, AR, look into their baseball history. That's where major league spring ball was held and the negro leagues played. There were 3 negro league world series held there. Babe Ruth played there as well as just about every famous player from back in the early 20th century played. Ted probably did as well. Hot Springs is really starting to embrace its connection to baseball history. I never knew about it until I visited recently. Good stuff. Ruth once hit a homer out of the park into Hot Springs famous alligator farm.

Ted was a real humble guy.

Everytime i watch a ted williams video i wait for stuttering john to walk in and ask if he ever farted in the catchers face!

5:51 very humble moment by the greatest hitter of the modern era deflecting Costas compliment.

thanks man

best pure hitter ever.

Bob Costas is the best

actually he's more humble here than is often portrayed about him

Ted reminds me of John Wayne !

May wanna name your kid Ted ...they seem to stand out eh ⚾️⚾️⚾️

@drewsamuels not sure exactly when that interview was done but probably around 93 or 94. At that time, in the 20th century, there would have been 9 or 10.

My fathers first cousin....

If Chuck Norris and Charlie Sheen had a baby it be Ted Williams.

He was the best Damn hitter ever

Ted, DiMaggio, Charlie Hustle all time top 3

The Boudreaux shift took many hits away from Ted. I was a Yankee fan but when I saw how unfair it was I thought it should have been illegal . He hit so many line drives over the second baseman that they dropped him back into a type of short -field position where Ted could have been thrown out at first from short right field . Every good hitter undergoes some type of adjustment but it’s not so severe as “the shift”.

On base average is the best of all time. Dam near .500. for 22 years!

Do you think many MLB stars today would leave baseball to volunteer for the service and fight for their Country if war broke out? Ted Williams did. So did Bob Feller and many other MLB stars. As did Ben Hogan, Jimmy Stewart and Clark Gabel.

LOL... 4 or 5? costas was all over that one when he said 11 or 12.

Williams is who John Wayne wanted to be." -- Sterling Hayden

Lou Gehrig and he was a superstar

Dimaggio could never... NEVER... hit with Ted..Costas made sure the people listening knew that. Williams played 20 years Joe D 13...Williams was slammed by the press and it hurt him in MVP votes..Dimaggio was always jealous of Ted...Joe was a notorious cheapskate..Ted gave and gave to charity...Joe is a good player but Ted is The greatest Hitter ever...HANDS DOWN..

Babe Ruth might have something to say about that.

I wonder what Ted would say about the belittling of the RBI. Ask a pitcher when they need their highest leverage pitches. It infuriates me how the statheads miss the most difficult thing to do: driving in the run.

ted was correct to vote for the great dimaggio as best player....no doubt in teds mind as he saw him play.....case closed...

Ted used to shoot pigeons at Fenway park I sold hotdogs as a kid there saw ted a lot

@cbarrett34 really? Seems like a great guy to me, a guy that knows baseball.

Roger Hornsby

I READ A BOOK ABOUT HIM THAT MY DAD HAS PEG; HE WAS GOOD LOOKING AND HAD THREE BEAUTIFUL WIVES BUT THEY ALL DIVORCED HIM. EVIDENTLY NOT EASY TO GET ALONG WITH

If Ted hadn't lost 5 yrs to the Military.....his stats would have been more like .348 Lifetime Average with 680 HR's

A Williams, sold me a car 🚗 recently #truestory 😁😃🤣

Lou Gehrig.

Joe was not ted by any measures

According to Ted Williams Babe Ruth was the greatest hitter ever.

When Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams are raving about getting a hit off of you. You are a fucking legend and by the way Willie Mays/Barry Bonds were the best but the best hitter is Ted Williams

Using a 162 game average, Ruth had more hits, triples, homeruns and RBI's. Williams had more doubles. Williams BA was 2 points better. Average AB's, Williams had one more. Williams had a slightly higher OBP, while Ruth had a slightly higher SLG and OPS. Williams had more walks and less strikeouts. Ruth averaged more TB's per year. They are 1 and 2. There really isn't a close 3rd.

Some of you... You know who you are... Should be ashamed of yourselves.

Great interview. Mr. Costas was correct though, at the time, 11 guys had hit four homers in a game.

Why is he talking to Costas? Costas is a punk!

no one beats Ty Cobb stats.

Ted Williams was extremely offish as a public personality. Not a jerk. Just not the public person. But he knew how to talk baseball.

bob costas ruins watching these.

Babe Ruth was a shit pile compared to Williams. Williams missed 5 years in his prime due to flying in the marines.

He’s Mexican