Ted Williams’s House Up for Sale in Brighton
The house the Red Sox slugger lived in during some of his best years has a $1.1 million asking price.
What’s the most you’d be willing to spend on a piece of Red Sox memorabilia?
If your answer was 1.1 million dollars or higher then we’ve got the collectible for you: the house Ted Williams lived in while playing for the Red Sox.
According to the Brighton Allston Historical Society website, in the 1940s the slugger roomed at 39 Foster Street in Brighton with two of his teammates.
The house, which has three separate units, is up for sale and bidding has begun, according to the property’s agent.
Ann Forde of Century 21 Tullish and Clancy says the house went on the market Tuesday night and has seen a strong response.
But Forde doesn’t actually think Ted Williams has much to do with the house’s popularity. “I think it’s more just an interesting tidbit,’’ she said. “There’s not a lot of inventory for multi-families at the moment and it’s very well maintained.’’
Forde says plenty of people in the neighborhood have told her they knew Williams when he lived there.
The Brighton Allston Historical Society doesn’t specify exactly what years Williams lived at 39 Forster, but if he was there in 1941, the place was home to the last man to bat over .400 for an entire season. Williams hit .406 that year.
Williams, arguable the best hitter of all time, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1966.
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