Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox was one of the greatest hitters ever to swing a baseball bat. During the course of his career he hit a total of 521 home runs. He played in the major leagues from 1939 until 1960, with time out for service in World War II and the Korean War.
During his early years Williams often faced a fine left-handed pitcher named Thornton Lee, who hurled for the Chicago White Sox. Williams hit several home runs off the deliveries of Thornton Lee.
By the time Williams was ready to retire in 1960, a young pitcher named Don Lee, Thornton’s son, had come to the major leagues. Don Lee pitched for the Washington Senators.
On September 2, 1960, Ted Williams hit a home run off Don Lee. It was perhaps the only time in major league history that the same man hit home runs off both father and son.
From The Giant Book of More Strange But True Sports Stories by Howard Liss. Illustrations by Joe Mathieu.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/news/tributes/mlb_obit_ted_williams.jsp?content=timeline
Liss got the kid’s name wrong. According to MLB.com it’s Ron Lee.
are you sure it wasnt bruce lee?
i think this is the biggest problem with the interwebs….hard to tell whats what nowadays
(or alternatively i guess….used to be you didnt really have options on what truth to believe….simpler times)
“I’m TedfuckingWilliams! I’m the greatestfuckinghitter that ever lived! Jesuschristhimself couldn’t get me out! I’ll hit Jim Bunning and that shit slider of his!”
-Ted Fucking Williams psyching himself up as repeated by Jim Bouton in Ball Four.
Interesting trivia note: Ted Williams served in Korea in 1952 flying the Grumman Panther in close air support missions. His wingman was John Glenn who was then famously known as Magnet Ass for attracting all sorts of incoming fire and coming home twice with more than 200 bullet holes in his jet.
I knew about the magnet ass nickname, but not that Ted Williams was John Glenn’s wingman. Very cool.