This date in baseball books: May 22

May 22, 2025 · 0 comments

In 1942, 23-year-old Ted Williams enlists in the Navy, en route to five-plus years spent in the service between World War 2 and Korea.

 

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Tommy John (1943)

  T. J.: My 26 Years in Baseball by Tommy John | Goodreads

Al Simmons (1902)

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