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Billy
Williams		  
Nickname: Sweet Swingin
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 15, 1938 in Usa, AL, WHISTLER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967   
Bronze Rookie 1960   
Gold Glove 1967    1968    1969    1971    1972   
All-Star Selections 1960    1963    1964    1965    1968    1971    1972    1973    1974   
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
1959 21 NYG NL     7 7 7 7 8 7 6 7 6 5 6 6 8 9 9
1960 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 8
1961 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1962 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1963 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 9 9
1964 26 NYG NL $ 3,907,143   8 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 9 9
1965 27 NYG NL $ 3,907,143   9 9 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 4 6 5 8 9 9
1966 28 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 4 6 5 8 8 8
1967 29 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 8
1968 30 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 8 8
1969 31 NYG NL $ 5,000,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 7
1970 32 NYG NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 7 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1971 33 DET AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 7 7
1972 34 DET AL $ 4,500,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 6 7 7 4 6 5 7 7 7
1973 35 DET AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 3 5 4 6 7 7
1974 36 DET AL $ 5,500,000   5 5 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 4
1975 37 DET AL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 9 9
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
1959 21 AAA   137 517 108 157 28 4 43 106 10 5 72 78 .304 .389 .623 1.012 117.4  
1960 22 NYG NL 155 538 93 150 31 8 25 94 8 2 47 69 .279 .336 .506 .842 87.1 18.5
1961 23 NYG NL 156 567 78 148 32 2 26 88 3 4 47 48 .261 .317 .462 .779 78.8 12.5
1962 24 NYG NL 80 303 46 77 12 2 16 43 0 0 30 36 .254 .320 .465 .786 42.2 7.8
    AAA   80 328 68 113 26 2 30 72 5 3 38 34 .345 .413 .710 1.123 83.7  
1963 25 NYG NL 155 572 95 150 35 6 35 110 5 2 50 49 .262 .318 .528 .846 92.5 18.2
1964 26 NYG NL 155 590 94 147 28 2 21 84 6 4 56 62 .249 .317 .410 .727 72.6 10.0
1965 27 NYG NL 155 588 90 176 31 6 25 69 18 12 42 63 .299 .346 .500 .846 93.0 21.1
1966 28 NYG NL 156 579 77 160 28 4 17 80 18 11 53 57 .276 .338 .427 .765 80.7 17.1
1967 29 NYG NL 159 599 84 142 26 2 25 74 16 8 47 74 .237 .292 .412 .705 71.5 10.5
1968 30 NYG NL 156 613 81 179 30 10 20 86 8 13 32 53 .292 .325 .471 .797 86.5 17.5
1969 31 NYG NL 153 603 88 145 32 7 27 92 13 9 32 66 .240 .277 .451 .728 72.3 7.9
1970 32 NYG NL 145 548 64 152 39 6 20 79 14 12 38 69 .277 .323 .480 .803 79.0 14.1
1971 33 NYG NL 78 291 58 91 23 1 21 63 5 4 29 34 .313 .373 .615 .989 59.0 16.0
  DET AL 78 295 50 77 16 0 18 62 5 5 30 41 .261 .330 .498 .829 45.4 8.5
  TOT   156 586 108 168 39 1 39 125 10 9 59 75 .287 .352 .556 .908 104.5 24.5
1972 34 DET AL 156 646 120 192 33 5 31 114 11 4 52 91 .297 .348 .508 .855 104.0 20.0
1973 35 DET AL 156 642 111 196 36 4 35 123 2 8 49 89 .305 .353 .537 .890 105.0 18.9
1974 36 DET AL 156 585 88 162 30 7 23 108 16 8 35 91 .277 .316 .470 .786 82.9 13.5
1975 37 DET AL 101 325 27 59 17 2 7 36 6 0 17 83 .182 .225 .311 .536 21.2 0.0
    AAA   18 19 4 4 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 3 .211 .286 .421 .707 2.1  
16 Years Sim 2350 8884 1344 2403 479 74 392 1405 154 106 686 1075 .270 .322 .473 .795 1273.8 232.1
3 Years AAA 235 864 180 274 55 6 74 181 15 9 112 115 .317 .394 .652 1.046 203.2  
162 Game Average 612 92 165 33 5 27 96 10 7 47 74 .270 .322 .473 .795 87.8  
Career Highs 159 646 120 196 39 10 39 125 18 13 59 91 .305 .353 .556 .908 105.0  
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   5741 953 1657 320 50 274 946 94 65 498 597 .289 .345 .505 .850 956.8
vs LH   3143 391 746 159 24 118 459 60 41 188 478 .237 .280 .416 .696 363.3
Home 1185 4347 669 1158 239 38 212 713 74 58 363 523 .266 .322 .485 .807 663.4
Away 1165 4537 675 1245 240 36 180 692 80 48 323 552 .274 .322 .462 .784 656.8
RISP   2121 0 573 129 17 80 906 0 0 213 267 .270 .329 .460 .789 323.1
Pinch Hitting   106 15 22 3 0 3 13 1 1 10 12 .208 .288 .321 .609 9.7
Close/Late   1027 153 298 49 9 43 148 0 0 106 111 .290 .356 .481 .837 171.1
Mar/Apr 406 1540 244 408 95 18 65 259 22 16 130 216 .265 .322 .477 .799 230.1
May 401 1522 215 399 70 12 68 244 29 17 104 183 .262 .308 .458 .766 212.6
June 381 1401 229 405 88 9 75 241 18 19 103 168 .289 .337 .525 .862 233.8
July 375 1455 222 369 77 14 65 222 24 19 107 198 .254 .305 .460 .765 200.5
August 403 1510 208 422 73 9 56 222 34 19 129 157 .279 .334 .451 .785 224.0
Sep/Oct 384 1456 226 400 76 12 63 217 27 16 113 153 .275 .326 .473 .799 219.2
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
1960 22 NYG NL LF 121 115 1026.3 196 10 3 1 .986 1.81 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    RF 31 30 259.7 47 2 5 0 .907 1.70 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1961 23 NYG NL LF 148 145 1288.7 216 13 5 4 .979 1.60 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1962 24 NYG NL 3B 51 51 457.3 38 114 4 12 .974 2.99 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 26 24 219.0 34 2 3 0 .923 1.48 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1963 25 NYG NL 3B 120 119 1054.3 73 269 4 23 .988 2.92 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    LF 29 27 249.3 50 3 0 1 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 26 NYG NL 3B 145 145 1289.0 77 310 18 24 .956 2.70 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    RF 2 1 10.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1965 27 NYG NL 3B 144 137 1255.3 69 288 16 24 .957 2.56 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    LF 7 5 49.3 7 2 0 1 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1966 28 NYG NL 3B 145 141 1292.0 58 336 16 28 .961 2.74 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    RF 7 3 30.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 1 9.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 7.00 1 1 1.000 1 0.1
1967 29 NYG NL 3B 149 146 1305.7 73 350 20 22 .955 2.92 0 0 .000 0 5.5
    LF 4 4 36.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1968 30 NYG NL 3B 149 145 1295.3 83 362 14 32 .969 3.09 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1969 31 NYG NL 3B 142 141 1256.7 104 381 8 30 .984 3.47 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    CF 4 3 31.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1970 32 NYG NL 3B 133 132 1180.7 65 323 16 26 .960 2.96 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    CF 6 4 36.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.21 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 1 9.0 5 6 0 1 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1971 33 NYG NL 3B 73 72 645.5 37 164 4 14 .980 2.80 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DET AL 3B 73 72 657.5 38 167 4 14 .981 2.81 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 146 144 1303.0 75 331 8 28 .981 2.80   3.6
      LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.1
      CF 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
1972 34 DET AL 3B 147 143 1310.7 92 348 9 27 .980 3.02 0 0 .000 0 5.5
    RF 4 4 37.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 35 DET AL 3B 150 147 1334.7 70 361 14 32 .969 2.91 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    CF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 36 DET AL 3B 144 140 1249.0 79 345 13 25 .970 3.06 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    LF 3 3 26.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 2 22.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 0 10.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.22 0 0 .000 0  
1975 37 DET AL 3B 98 98 821.3 55 211 10 23 .964 2.91 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    SS 1 0 7.0 2 3 1 2 .833 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1863 1829 16405.0 1011 4329 170 356 .969 2.93 0 0 .000 0 55.3
  LF 348 323 2915.7 516 30 11 7 .980 1.69 0 0 .000 0 8.6
  RF 54 41 381.0 72 2 5 0 .937 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 35 8 118.3 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 4 1 20.7 5 5 1 4 .909 4.36 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 1 9.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 7.00 1 1 1.000 1 0.1
  2B 1 1 9.0 5 6 0 1 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   2306 2204 19858.6 1651 4373 187 368 .970 2.73 1 1 1.000 1 64.7
Career Highs   157 151 1361.7 243 381 20 32 .990 3.46 1 1 1.000 1  
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
1960 22 NYG NL 4 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .143 .214
1965 27 NYG NL 11 44 7 17 4 0 3 10 1 2 4 3 .386 .438 .682 1.119
1967 29 NYG NL 19 74 9 17 8 2 3 14 0 0 4 10 .230 .275 .514 .789
1968 30 NYG NL 11 42 4 12 1 1 2 6 1 1 1 5 .286 .295 .500 .795
1972 34 DET AL 10 45 6 16 1 0 2 8 3 1 7 5 .356 .442 .511 .953
Career Post-Season Batting 55 219 26 63 15 3 10 38 5 4 16 25 .288 .336 .521 .857
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.
Batting Average
1965-9-.299
1968-8-.292
1973-10-.305
 Slugging Pct
1960-10-.506
1963-4-.528
1965-10-.500
1972-5-.508
1973-3-.537
 OPS
1963-9-.846
1965-10-.846
1972-9-.855
1973-7-.890
 XR
1972-5-104.0
1973-4-105.0
 Games
1960-9-155
1961-6-156
1966-9-156
1967-2-159
1968-7-156
1972-10-156
1973-6-156
1974-5-156
CAR-40-2350
 At-Bats
1961-9-567
1963-7-572
1964-4-590
1965-5-588
1967-2-599
1968-3-613
1969-6-603
1972-2-646
1973-1-642
CAR-27-8884
Runs
1960-8-93
1963-5-95
1964-6-94
1965-7-90
1972-2-120
1973-2-111
CAR-44-1344
 Hits
1965-4-176
1968-4-179
1972-2-192
1973-5-196
CAR-45-2403
 Total Bases
1960-9-272
1963-3-302
1965-5-294
1968-4-289
1969-10-272
1972-2-328
1973-1-345
1974-9-275
CAR-27-4206
 Singles
1968-8-119
 Doubles
1960-6-31
1961-6-32
1963-2-35
1965-6-31
1970-4-39
1972-6-33
1973-9-36
CAR-40-479
 Triples
1960-1-8
1963-5-6
1965-4-6
1968-1-10
1969-3-7
1970-3-6
1972-8-5
1974-8-7
Homeruns
1963-4-35
1969-7-27
1972-3-31
1973-2-35
CAR-35-392
 RBIs
1960-10-94
1963-4-110
1972-4-114
1973-1-123
1974-7-108
CAR-40-1405
 Stolen Bases
1960-9-8
1966-9-18
1969-10-13
 Caught Stealing
1961-9-4
1965-4-12
1966-6-11
1967-9-8
1968-3-13
1969-8-9
1970-2-12
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 138    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1959
Had first career hit on 4/3/1960, off John Buzhardt (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1960, off Moe Drabowsky (CLE)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1960, hitting .550 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won Bronze Rookie in 1960, hitting .279 with 25 HR, 94 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1961, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against St. Louis, driving in 4 runs on 4/21/1962
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1963, hitting .333 with 8 HR, 26 RBI
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,907,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Colorado on 5/30/1964
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,907,143 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1965, hitting .392 with 7 HR, 14 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
10/13/1965: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Los Angeles on 7/25/1966
Hit 3 homeruns against Los Angeles, driving in 5 runs on 7/25/1966
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1966, hitting .480 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1967
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1968, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1968, hitting .337 with 4 HR, 16 RBI
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1968
Hit for the cycle against Seattle on 4/2/1969
6/1/1969: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1969
Injured on 6/22/1970 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1971, hitting .464 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1971, hitting .344 with 10 HR, 23 RBI
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 7/1/1971 (Going to NYG: P Al Jackson. Going to DET: 3B Billy Williams, SS Tony Kubek)
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Cleveland (A), driving in 3 runs on 7/31/1971
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1971, hitting .313 with 11 HR, 23 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1971
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1972, hitting .315 with 8 HR, 27 RBI
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Won Silver Slugger in 1972, hitting .297 with 31 HR, 114 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1972
Had 2000th career hit on 4/13/1973, off Bob Moose (CLE)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1973, hitting .419 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (N) on 6/11/1973
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1973, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1973, hitting .333 with 9 HR, 33 RBI
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
9/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (N) on 9/11/1973
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 6/22/1974
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
 
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