Ted Williams

A photo of Ted Williams from the back cover of Baseball Digest in May, 1949.

Ted Williams turned 31 that year -- he was born in 1918 -- and was named the American League's MVP after hitting .343 with 43 home runs and an amazing 159 runs batted in. It was the highest RBI total of his career.

(Photo from the back cover of Baseball Digest magazine, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)