| Baseball career - 19 time All-Star (1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1959², 1960, 1960²) - 2 time AL MVP (1946, 1949) - 2 time Triple Crown winner (1942, 1947) - 6 time AL batting champion (1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1957, 1958) - 4 time AL home run champion (1941, 1942, 1947, 1949) - 4 time AL RBI champion (1939, 1942, 1947, 1949) - Uniform number retried by Boston Red Sox - Major League Baseball All-Century Team - Major League Baseball All-Time Team |
| Military career Years of Service: 1942-1946, 1952-53 Rank: Captain Conflicts: WWII, Korea Awards: - Naval Aviator Badge - Air Medal with two Silver Stars - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal (United States) - Navy Occupation Service Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Stars - United Nations Korea Medal - Presidential Unit Citation (Korea) |