Red Sox slugger Ted Williams crosses home plate at Fenway Park on Sept. 28, 1960 after his home run in eighth inning of his final Sox game in Boston.
In his last big-league at-bat, on Sept. 28, 1960, Ted Williams belts a home run into the Red Sox bullpen, the 521st of his legendary career. Writing in the New Yorker, Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu author John Updike noted that Williams didn’t come out for a curtain call. “Gods,” Updike famously wrote, “don’t answer letters.”