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Earl
Williams		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 225
 
Born: July 14, 1948 in Usa, NJ, NEWARK
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 21 CLN NL     4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1971 22 CLN NL     4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1972 23 CLN NL     4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1973 24 CLN NL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1974 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5
1975 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1976 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1977 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1978 29 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1979 30 DET AL $ 1,446,429   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1980 31 DET AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1981 32 DET AL     5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1982 33 IND AL $ 1,200,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4
1983 34 PIT NL $ 1,200,000   3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1984 35 PIT NL $ 1,200,000   2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
1985 36 PIT NL $ 1,200,000   1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,446,429   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1970 21 AA   137 544 72 129 16 3 33 94 0 0 61 109 .237 .314 .460 .774 81.6  
1971 22 AAA   50 199 35 51 4 1 13 45 1 1 25 42 .256 .339 .482 .822 33.3  
    AA   81 311 56 82 10 1 18 52 1 0 49 59 .264 .364 .476 .840 55.5  
1972 23 AAA   137 524 74 120 16 2 23 65 1 1 64 116 .229 .313 .399 .712 69.1  
1973 24 AAA   137 539 85 134 22 3 36 85 0 0 75 102 .249 .340 .501 .841 93.9  
1974 25 CLN NL 7 27 3 4 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 6 .148 .233 .333 .567 2.0 0.0
    AAA   130 515 78 139 19 2 31 85 2 0 63 93 .270 .349 .495 .845 89.6  
1975 26 CLN NL 19 67 7 19 4 0 2 7 0 0 4 8 .284 .324 .433 .757 8.9 1.7
    AAA   135 586 131 159 21 4 55 129 1 1 60 87 .271 .339 .602 .941 117.2  
1976 27 CLN NL 52 169 18 38 3 0 5 10 0 0 16 20 .225 .296 .331 .627 14.1 0.4
1977 28 CLN NL 83 180 20 53 11 0 7 33 0 0 18 22 .294 .362 .472 .834 27.9 6.8
1978 29 CLN NL 113 347 46 76 8 2 16 53 0 0 23 61 .219 .267 .392 .659 33.7 2.2
1979 30 DET AL 139 519 59 116 21 2 17 60 2 0 38 100 .224 .281 .370 .651 52.1 5.0
1980 31 DET AL 140 490 71 124 21 5 24 84 0 0 53 90 .253 .332 .463 .795 72.1 11.4
1981 32 DET AL 91 275 36 61 9 2 9 41 0 0 34 65 .222 .309 .367 .676 33.1 4.0
1982 33 IND AL 30 75 11 16 1 0 3 10 0 0 7 21 .213 .289 .347 .636 8.0 1.0
    AAA   25 87 11 19 4 0 6 11 0 0 10 21 .218 .299 .471 .770 12.9  
1983 34 PIT NL 69 153 15 27 5 0 5 15 0 0 9 36 .176 .229 .307 .536 9.2 0.0
1984 35 PIT NL 58 176 17 27 4 1 6 17 0 0 8 41 .153 .199 .290 .489 8.1 0.0
1985 36 PIT NL 58 149 15 24 6 0 4 10 1 0 8 40 .161 .204 .282 .486 6.7 0.0
12 Years Sim 859 2627 318 585 95 12 99 345 3 0 221 510 .223 .287 .381 .668 275.9 32.5
6 Years AAA 614 2450 414 622 86 12 164 420 5 3 297 461 .254 .339 .500 .839 416.0  
2 Years AA 218 855 128 211 26 4 51 146 1 0 110 168 .247 .341 .465 .806 137.1  
8 Years Minors 832 3305 542 833 112 16 215 566 6 3 407 629 .252 .340 .491 .831 553.1  
162 Game Average 495 59 110 17 2 18 65 0 0 41 96 .223 .287 .381 .668 52.0  
Career Highs 140 519 71 124 21 5 24 84 2 0 53 100 .294 .362 .472 .834 72.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1862 215 410 60 8 60 222 3 0 144 357 .220 .281 .358 .638 189.0
vs LH   765 103 175 35 4 39 123 0 0 77 153 .229 .301 .438 .739 103.6
Home 405 1263 154 263 42 8 42 158 1 0 110 244 .208 .276 .354 .630 126.1
Away 454 1364 164 322 53 4 57 187 2 0 111 266 .236 .297 .406 .703 166.5
RISP   621 0 138 27 5 26 243 0 0 51 139 .222 .280 .407 .687 73.1
Pinch Hitting   77 11 20 3 0 4 19 0 0 8 13 .260 .345 .455 .799 11.7
Close/Late   404 49 102 17 2 22 64 0 0 31 76 .252 .313 .468 .781 58.0
Mar/Apr 123 360 53 80 11 3 19 52 0 0 40 70 .222 .313 .428 .741 48.6
May 134 407 39 96 14 0 13 44 1 0 26 69 .236 .284 .366 .650 42.5
June 141 422 56 94 14 5 14 61 1 0 40 80 .223 .293 .379 .672 48.2
July 137 433 53 105 17 2 19 66 1 0 36 82 .242 .300 .423 .722 56.1
August 149 447 50 95 16 1 18 57 0 0 34 92 .213 .274 .374 .648 46.2
Sep/Oct 175 558 67 115 23 1 16 65 0 0 45 117 .206 .266 .337 .603 50.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 25 CLN NL C 7 7 62.0 31 1 0 0 1.000 4.65 5 1 .200 0 0.2
1975 26 CLN NL 1B 19 19 138.0 183 13 2 20 .990 12.78 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1976 27 CLN NL C 34 32 276.3 188 16 2 0 .990 6.64 34 12 .353 0 2.1
    1B 16 14 121.3 146 14 2 10 .988 11.87 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1977 28 CLN NL C 40 36 316.0 196 18 1 1 .995 6.09 35 13 .371 0 2.5
    1B 9 5 44.7 66 5 1 10 .986 14.31 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 29 CLN NL C 93 78 740.3 411 30 3 0 .993 5.36 56 18 .321 0 2.3
    1B 2 0 5.0 10 2 0 2 1.000 21.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 30 DET AL C 104 104 920.0 431 40 7 1 .985 4.61 91 24 .264 2 2.0
1980 31 DET AL C 136 128 1173.0 573 50 11 1 .983 4.78 143 31 .217 1 2.9
    1B 1 0 1.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 16.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 32 DET AL C 89 81 729.0 453 31 4 1 .992 5.98 74 19 .257 0 3.3
1982 33 IND AL C 24 16 163.7 61 11 0 0 1.000 3.96 18 6 .333 1 0.4
    1B 2 2 18.0 18 0 1 1 .947 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 34 PIT NL C 47 30 278.0 143 17 4 1 .976 5.18 30 10 .333 1 1.2
    1B 16 9 90.3 124 15 0 13 1.000 13.85 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1984 35 PIT NL C 54 46 424.3 224 14 3 0 .988 5.05 53 10 .189 0 1.0
    1B 2 2 17.0 19 2 0 3 1.000 11.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 36 PIT NL C 47 37 351.3 210 12 2 0 .991 5.69 38 8 .211 0 2.0
    1B 8 4 40.7 51 5 0 5 1.000 12.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 675 595 5434.0 2921 240 37 5 .988 5.24 577 152 .263 5 19.8
  1B 75 55 476.6 619 57 6 64 .991 12.76 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  SS 2 0 7.0 2 1 1 0 .750 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   753 650 5918.6 3542 298 44 69 .989 5.84 577 152 .263 5 20.8
Career Highs   137 128 1174.7 575 51 11 20 1.000 12.78 143 31 .371 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 28 CLN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
1978 29 CLN NL 4 18 1 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .500 .722
1980 31 DET AL 17 63 6 16 2 0 1 6 0 0 5 13 .254 .309 .333 .642
1981 32 DET AL 6 14 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .071 .188 .286 .473
Career Post-Season Batting 29 97 8 21 4 0 3 12 0 0 8 23 .216 .276 .351 .627
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1980-9-.463
 Homeruns
1980-8-24
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1970
Injured on 6/4/1970 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Injured on 8/19/1971 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Injured on 8/22/1974 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/25/1974, off Charlie Hough (PIT)
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,446,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Detroit on 4/3/1979 (Going to CLN: SS Dale Berra, 2B Julio Cruz, P Kip Young. Going to DET: RF Rick Monday, 1B Andre Thornton, C Earl Williams, P Pedro Borbon)
9/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Released by Detroit on 10/29/1981
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 2/25/1982 to a 4-year deal worth $1,200,000 per year
Injured on 3/7/1982 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Traded from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh on 2/4/1983 (Going to PIT: RF John Lowenstein, C Earl Williams, SS Brad Mills. Going to IND: P Jim Umbarger)
 
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