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Denny
Williams		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 150
 
Born: December 13, 1899 in Usa, OR, PORTLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1930   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 30 HOU NL $ 952,000   62 62 57 28 28 28 30 32 31 51 58 56 94 97 96
1931 31 HOU NL $ 952,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10
1932 32 DET AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 10 10 10
1933 33 DET AL     7 7 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 9 10 10
1934 34 NYA AL $ 450,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10
1935 35 NYA AL     7 7 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10
1936 36 OAK AL $ 750,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 9 10 10
1937 37 SLC NL $ 750,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6 10 10 10
1938 38 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 5 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 5 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   62 62 57 28 28 28 30 32 31 51 58 56 94 97 96
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
1930 30 HOU NL 101 148 15 42 4 0 1 17 0 0 13 1 .284 .342 .331 .673 15.5 2.2
1931 31 HOU NL 64 134 15 28 1 2 2 19 0 0 11 0 .209 .267 .291 .558 9.2 0.0
    AAA   17 71 11 22 2 0 3 6 1 0 4 1 .310 .347 .465 .811 11.1  
1932 32 AAA   115 306 58 102 6 4 7 39 11 4 51 10 .333 .429 .448 .876 59.5  
1933 33 DET AL 5 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .067 .222 .067 .289 -0.4 0.0
1934 34 NYA AL 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250 .500 .250 .750 0.5 0.2
    AAA   132 521 78 168 13 1 15 79 12 10 67 15 .322 .400 .438 .837 89.4  
1935 35 NYA AL 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2 0.0
    AAA   103 406 77 129 15 1 9 47 17 9 67 12 .318 .414 .426 .840 73.2  
1936 36 OAK AL 94 302 37 81 6 1 5 40 0 0 31 10 .268 .336 .344 .681 35.3 5.1
1937 37 OAK AL 50 161 15 47 5 2 1 19 0 0 11 6 .292 .335 .366 .702 18.2 2.4
  SLC NL 68 222 28 68 9 2 2 32 1 0 22 6 .306 .368 .392 .760 30.5 5.0
  TOT   118 383 43 115 14 4 3 51 1 0 33 12 .300 .355 .381 .736 48.8 7.4
1938 38 PIT NL 76 158 14 35 2 2 2 14 3 0 18 10 .222 .299 .297 .597 14.2 0.5
8 Years Sim 466 1152 125 304 27 9 13 141 4 1 112 34 .264 .328 .337 .665 123.3 15.3
4 Years AAA 367 1304 224 421 36 6 34 171 41 23 189 38 .323 .411 .438 .848 233.1  
162 Game Average 400 43 105 9 3 4 49 1 0 38 11 .264 .328 .337 .665 42.9  
Career Highs 118 383 43 115 14 4 5 51 3 1 33 12 .300 .500 .381 .750 48.8  
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   1006 106 266 23 8 10 126 4 1 99 26 .264 .330 .333 .663 114.8
vs LH   146 18 38 4 1 3 15 0 0 13 8 .260 .319 .363 .682 17.3
Home 224 564 64 151 12 4 5 69 2 1 69 16 .268 .345 .330 .675 68.9
Away 242 588 61 153 15 5 8 72 2 0 43 18 .260 .312 .344 .655 63.2
RISP   313 0 84 7 5 5 124 0 0 29 13 .268 .324 .371 .694 38.8
Pinch Hitting   145 14 37 4 0 2 18 0 0 15 2 .255 .323 .324 .647 16.0
Close/Late   158 23 38 2 1 1 9 0 0 21 3 .241 .330 .285 .614 16.5
Mar/Apr 77 183 16 44 3 3 2 21 1 0 23 5 .240 .325 .322 .648 20.8
May 83 191 21 48 6 1 1 24 0 1 18 10 .251 .313 .309 .622 18.9
June 72 205 19 64 3 2 2 23 1 0 11 4 .312 .347 .376 .723 26.0
July 78 200 23 46 6 1 2 28 1 0 19 4 .230 .293 .300 .593 18.6
August 91 219 26 59 6 2 4 22 1 0 25 8 .269 .344 .370 .714 29.0
Sep/Oct 65 154 20 43 3 0 2 23 0 0 16 3 .279 .351 .338 .689 18.8
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
1930 30 HOU NL LF 32 8 123.3 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 17 2 46.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.52 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 4 34.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0  
1931 31 HOU NL C 12 11 95.0 31 5 1 0 .973 3.41 3 1 .333 0 0.4
    CF 10 10 86.0 35 0 0 0 1.000 3.66 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 12 6 62.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0  
1933 33 DET AL C 5 4 38.0 13 1 1 0 .933 3.32 2 1 .500 0 0.1
1934 34 NYA AL CF 1 1 7.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1935 35 NYA AL C 2 2 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 2 0 .000 0 0.1
1936 36 OAK AL C 83 78 689.0 274 30 9 0 .971 3.97 16 6 .375 0 3.7
    CF 2 0 10.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1937 37 OAK AL C 47 46 377.1 160 11 3 0 .983 4.08 12 3 .250 0 1.9
    LF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SLC NL C 65 62 539.6 228 16 4 0 .984 4.07 18 5 .278 0 2.9
    LF 1 0 1.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.2 0 1 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 112 108 916.7 388 27 7 0 .983 4.07 30 8 .267 0 4.8
      LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
      SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
      CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1938 38 PIT NL C 48 30 314.0 116 17 2 0 .985 3.81 11 1 .091 0 1.9
    CF 4 2 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 263 233 2072.4 826 80 20 0 .978 3.93 64 17 .266 0 11.0
  LF 51 15 200.3 48 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  CF 36 15 170.3 65 0 0 0 1.000 3.43 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  RF 4 4 34.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   357 267 2481.0 944 82 20 1 .981 3.72 64 17 .266 0 12.5
Career Highs   118 108 924.7 389 30 9 1 1.000 5.07 30 8 .500 0  
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
1930 30 HOU NL 11 13 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .308 .357 .385 .742
Career Post-Season Batting 11 13 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .308 .357 .385 .742
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History
4/1/1930: Signed a minor league contract extension with Houston
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Dave Keefe (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1930, off Charley Root (CLE)
Won World Championship with Houston in 1930
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/6/1932 to a minor league deal
Released by Detroit on 5/16/1933
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/23/1934 to a 2-year deal worth $450,000 per year
Released by New York (A) on 10/19/1935
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/7/1936 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Traded from Oakland to St. Louis (C) on 7/1/1937 (Going to SLC: C Denny Williams, C Ken O'dea, P Jack Wilson. Going to OAK: C Mickey Cochrane)
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/2/1938 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
3/3/1938: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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