Subject(s): Ted Williams Sport: Baseball Location: JetBlue Park, Fort Myers, FL (From 2004 to 2006 sited at the Ted Williams Museum in Hernando, Florida, from 2007-2012 sited at City of Palms Park. Identical cast of statue is sited at Fenway Park) Unveiled: 14/2/2004 Sculptor: Franc Talarico Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Plaque 1: TED WILLIAMS. BOSTON RED SOX BASEBALL IMMORTAL, TED WILLIAMS, ACCLAIMED AS THE GREATEST HITTER OF ALL TIME, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK IN 1966. HIS BRILLIANT CAREER SPANNED 21 YEARS, IN SPITE OF SERVING 4 1/2 YEARS IN THE U.S. MARINES. ALTHOUGH TED'S FANS WERE OF ALL AGES, HIS LIFE-LONG AFFECTION WAS BESTOWED UPON CHILDREN. TED HELPED RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE "JIMMY FUND" A CANCER CHARITY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS. AS LONG AS THE GAME OF BASEBALL ENDURES, THE NAME OF TED WILLIAMS SHALL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. SCULPTOR: FRANC TALARICO. SCRANTON, PA. COMMISSIONED BY: A. HANK EVANISH. TAYLOR, PA. Plaque 2: 9. TED WILLIAMS. BOSTON RED SOX. THE GREATEST HITTER WHO EVER LIVED, AN AMERICAN PATRIOT, AND A PIONEER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JIMMY FUND, TED WILLIAMS WILL FOREVER BE ONE OF THE GREAT HEROES IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL, BOSTON, AND AMERICA. HE AMASSED 521 HOME RUNS DESPITE SACRIFICING FIVE YEARS IN HIS PRIME TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN WAR. HE WAS A RELENTLESS CHAMPION OF CHILDREN, SUCH AS THIS CHILD TO WHOM HE IS OFFERING HIS CAP, IN THEIR BATTLES AGAINST CANCER, AND HELPED MAKE THE JIMMY FUND AT THE DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE THE WORLD RENOWNED CENTER OF RESEARCH AND CARE THAT IT IS TODAY. THE MEMORY OF TED WILLIAMS WILL FOREVER BE A POINT OF PRIDE FOR THE BOSTON RED SOX, THE PEOPLE OF FORT MYERS, LEE COUNTY, AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AS WELL AS BOSTON, NEW ENGLAND, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE GLOBAL FAN BASE WE CALL RED SOX NATION. DEDICATED THIS 28th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2007. LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMMISSIONERS: BRIAN BIGELOW, TAMMY HALL, BOB JANES, RAY JUDAH, AND FRANK MANN. DON STILWELL, COUNTY MANAGER, LEE COUNTY. JAMES T. HUMPHREY, MAYOR, CITY OF FORT MYERS. JOHN W. HENRY, PRINCIPAL OWNER, BOSTON RED SOX. TOM WERNER, CHAIRMAN, BOSTON RED SOX. LARRY LUCCHINO, PRESIDENT/CEO, BOSTON RED SOX. SCULPTOR: FRANC TALARICO, SCRANTON, PA. COMMISSIONED BY: A. HANK EVANISH, TAYLOR, PA. DONATED BY: TED WILLIAMS MUSEUM, DAVID McCARTHY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. Links: None