This view shows Red Sox "Rookie" Ted Williams with his good friend Bobby
Doerr on William's FIRST day in the home
state, just before Ted's FIRST time at bat (pictured below) on April 14,
1939. It is very possible that this could also be Ted Williams FIRST photo
in Red Sox uniform. Picture was made at Fitton Field, College of the Holy
Cross
WILLIAMS, FIRST at BAT, Holy Cross April 1939 - Baseball great Ted
Williams at Fitton Field, Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts
taken on April 14, 1939. According to popular historical information, the
occasion was a
pre-season exhibition game which turned out to be rookie Williams first day
in a Boston Red Sox uniform in the team's home territory. In his first time
at bat, shown here, Ted Williams belted in a Grandslam homerun, driving in
three famous
team mates and future hall of famers Jimmie Foxx, Bobby Doerr and Joe
Cronin. .