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Dick
Williams		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 7, 1929 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1959    1966   
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
1951 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1952 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
1953 24 CIN NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1954 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1955 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1956 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1957 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1958 29 SDP NL $ 1,700,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1959 30 SDP NL $ 1,700,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1960 31 DET AL $ 1,700,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1961 32 MON NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1962 33 SDP NL $ 750,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1963 34 SDP NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1964 35 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1965 36 BOS AL $ 340,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1966 37 TAM AL $ 450,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,700,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
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
1951 22 CIN NL 26 85 8 12 2 0 2 7 0 0 4 14 .141 .187 .235 .422 3.0 0.0
    AA   135 507 64 136 36 3 22 99 1 1 87 62 .268 .375 .481 .857 92.0  
1952 23 CIN NL 25 85 8 21 7 0 2 9 0 0 1 9 .247 .264 .400 .664 7.3 0.4
    AAA   135 541 69 154 27 3 17 77 2 3 65 54 .285 .361 .440 .801 84.9  
1953 24 AAA   137 534 59 144 33 4 16 70 3 2 55 48 .270 .338 .436 .774 77.6  
1954 25 CIN NL 11 36 1 8 3 0 1 3 0 1 1 4 .222 .243 .389 .632 2.7 0.1
    AAA   135 525 87 159 35 1 29 100 1 3 56 50 .303 .370 .539 .909 98.1  
1955 26 CIN NL 109 279 22 75 17 0 7 37 0 1 20 21 .269 .318 .405 .723 33.4 4.2
1956 27 CIN NL 101 379 48 87 18 2 5 26 0 0 29 41 .230 .285 .327 .612 34.1 2.4
  SDP NL 51 132 14 40 7 0 3 21 0 0 5 8 .303 .326 .424 .750 16.7 3.2
  TOT   152 511 62 127 25 2 8 47 0 0 34 49 .249 .295 .352 .647 50.8 5.6
1957 28 SDP NL 151 508 55 137 29 4 14 79 0 2 38 67 .270 .318 .425 .743 66.0 10.8
1958 29 SDP NL 102 302 30 66 20 2 9 44 0 0 20 46 .219 .269 .387 .656 30.0 2.7
1959 30 SDP NL 152 519 57 137 26 4 8 54 0 1 45 106 .264 .323 .376 .699 62.5 9.1
1960 31 DET AL 147 456 51 119 33 3 11 50 1 0 29 100 .261 .303 .419 .722 54.3 7.2
1961 32 MON NL 62 109 17 24 2 0 3 10 0 0 9 23 .220 .280 .321 .601 9.5 0.6
1962 33 SDP NL 131 367 30 71 18 1 6 35 0 0 27 91 .193 .247 .297 .544 24.0 0.0
1963 34 SDP NL 63 70 2 9 2 1 0 4 0 0 10 19 .129 .232 .186 .417 4.0 0.0
1964 35 OAK AL 77 122 10 26 2 1 3 12 0 0 9 31 .213 .273 .320 .592 10.2 1.0
1965 36 BOS AL 56 74 2 16 4 0 0 6 0 0 5 17 .216 .263 .270 .533 3.4 0.0
1966 37 TAM AL 151 426 20 62 9 2 3 24 0 1 32 105 .146 .214 .197 .411 11.3 0.0
15 Years Sim 1415 3949 375 910 199 20 77 421 1 6 284 702 .230 .283 .349 .632 372.4 41.7
3 Years AAA 407 1600 215 457 95 8 62 247 6 8 176 152 .286 .356 .471 .827 260.6  
1 Years AA 135 507 64 136 36 3 22 99 1 1 87 62 .268 .376 .481 .858 92.0  
4 Years Minors 542 2107 279 593 131 11 84 346 7 9 263 214 .281 .361 .474 .835 352.7  
162 Game Average 452 42 104 22 2 8 48 0 0 32 80 .230 .283 .349 .632 42.6  
Career Highs 152 519 62 137 33 4 14 79 1 2 45 106 .270 .323 .425 .743 66.0  
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   2399 237 541 110 13 50 263 1 3 160 414 .226 .275 .345 .619 224.0
vs LH   1550 138 369 89 7 27 158 0 3 124 288 .238 .295 .357 .652 161.1
Home 696 1904 173 419 90 10 30 196 0 2 143 328 .220 .275 .325 .600 168.3
Away 719 2045 202 491 109 10 47 225 1 4 141 374 .240 .290 .372 .662 216.7
RISP   861 0 195 42 4 15 304 0 0 67 142 .226 .278 .337 .615 81.8
Pinch Hitting   125 9 29 6 0 3 21 0 0 11 23 .232 .292 .352 .644 13.2
Close/Late   528 43 131 25 3 10 44 0 0 43 93 .248 .305 .364 .669 58.5
Mar/Apr 244 701 49 142 36 2 10 70 0 1 47 128 .203 .252 .302 .554 51.4
May 223 637 75 156 44 5 13 74 0 0 42 112 .245 .292 .391 .683 70.7
June 206 561 50 121 26 1 9 43 0 1 60 116 .216 .293 .314 .607 53.1
July 210 567 68 160 34 3 11 63 0 0 43 99 .282 .334 .411 .745 75.0
August 233 601 57 126 23 3 18 67 1 3 33 117 .210 .250 .348 .597 51.4
Sep/Oct 299 882 76 205 36 6 16 104 0 1 59 130 .232 .282 .341 .623 83.4
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
1951 22 CIN NL 3B 14 14 115.0 5 34 2 5 .951 3.05 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 12 12 100.0 17 37 5 12 .915 4.86 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1952 23 CIN NL 3B 9 9 71.0 5 22 2 0 .931 3.42 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 6 6 48.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 5 4 37.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 2 13.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 9.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 25 CIN NL 3B 10 7 73.0 7 13 0 0 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1955 26 CIN NL 3B 62 53 467.3 24 122 6 11 .961 2.81 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    CF 11 10 86.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 7 4 34.0 43 1 0 3 1.000 11.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 6 4 33.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
1956 27 CIN NL SS 50 41 430.0 55 174 5 31 .979 4.79 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 43 42 402.5 30 99 8 8 .942 2.88 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    CF 4 4 38.2 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.06 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 0.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 12.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SDP NL SS 26 21 144.4 18 59 2 10 .975 4.80 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 21 21 135.1 10 33 3 3 .935 2.86 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 2 2 12.8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 0 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 76 62 574.4 73 233 7 41 .978 4.79   1.6
      3B 64 63 537.6 40 132 11 11 .940 2.88   1.6
      CF 6 6 51.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.2
      1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1957 28 SDP NL SS 84 81 687.0 99 270 20 58 .949 4.83 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    LF 62 62 526.7 93 4 0 0 1.000 1.66 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    3B 2 1 11.0 0 4 1 1 .800 3.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 29 SDP NL LF 73 73 607.7 113 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    SS 9 6 55.3 6 20 0 3 1.000 4.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 6 4 32.0 2 11 0 0 1.000 3.66 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 8 2 24.0 31 1 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 3 1 13.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 4.15 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 2 0 8.7 1 4 1 0 .833 5.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 30 SDP NL 3B 143 143 1243.3 82 344 23 33 .949 3.08 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    LF 2 1 11.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 5.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 31 DET AL 3B 123 111 1012.0 55 239 14 23 .955 2.61 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    SS 10 1 42.0 3 13 1 1 .941 3.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 4 4 39.7 9 11 2 0 .909 4.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 11.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 10.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 32 MON NL 2B 34 14 170.0 34 62 0 13 1.000 5.08 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    SS 14 9 100.0 26 39 2 14 .970 5.85 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 7 0 12.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 0 9.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 7.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 33 SDP NL 3B 108 101 785.7 50 239 9 17 .970 3.31 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    SS 7 4 41.0 5 13 0 1 1.000 3.95 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 14 1 31.7 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 5 3 30.0 6 16 0 2 1.000 6.60 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 5 3 26.0 33 4 0 3 1.000 12.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 6 2 21.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 0 0 .000 0  
1963 34 SDP NL 1B 18 6 70.3 72 3 1 6 .987 9.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 17 4 55.0 8 21 1 3 .967 4.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 6 3 37.3 8 19 0 5 1.000 6.51 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 7 2 21.0 2 3 1 0 .833 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 5 1 16.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.31 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
1964 35 OAK AL 3B 26 24 195.7 16 50 1 7 .985 3.04 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 17 2 54.0 8 21 1 5 .967 4.83 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 12 1 28.0 6 16 0 2 1.000 7.07 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 6 1 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 36 BOS AL 3B 23 14 134.0 4 29 3 0 .917 2.22 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 17 1 38.3 6 18 0 1 1.000 5.64 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 6 1 17.0 6 4 0 1 1.000 5.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 37 TAM AL 3B 148 148 1169.7 105 321 14 25 .968 3.28 0 0 .000 0 7.0
    SS 6 0 12.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 6 0 8.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 752 694 5880.9 397 1567 87 133 .958 3.01 0 0 .000 0 22.3
  SS 259 181 1745.1 256 688 36 141 .963 4.87 0 0 .000 0 7.9
  LF 166 146 1253.0 234 5 0 1 1.000 1.72 0 0 .000 0 2.8
  2B 88 27 360.3 71 138 4 21 .981 5.22 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  CF 55 21 249.7 72 2 0 1 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  1B 51 17 195.7 223 13 1 16 .996 10.86 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  RF 6 6 48.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1378 1093 9741.6 1266 2413 128 313 .966 3.40 0 0 .000 0 36.3
Career Highs   162 148 1267.3 197 366 23 60 1.000 6.36 0 0 .000 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
1962 33 SDP NL 5 12 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .333 .583
1963 34 SDP NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
1965 36 BOS AL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 12 14 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .214 .267 .286 .552
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.
Doubles
1960-10-33
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1951
Injured on 6/27/1951 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 9/7/1951, off Bobby Shantz (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 9/29/1951, off Kent Peterson (PIT)
Injured on 4/8/1952 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/15/1952 with a Blister On Finger, out for 3 days
Injured on 6/6/1953 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/22/1954 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Traded from Cincinnati to San Diego on 7/31/1956 (Going to SDP: 3B Dick Williams, P Warren Spahn. Going to CIN: P Cliff Fannin, P Ed Roebuck, CF Stan Musial, 3B Snuffy Stirnweiss)
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/3/1958 with a Broken Foot, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (A) on 5/27/1959
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1959
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 2/1/1960 (Going to DET: RF Bob Hazle, 2B Billy Gardner, 3B Dick Williams, 3B Rocky Krsnich. Going to SDP: CF Richie Ashburn, P Jack Spring)
9/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Montreal on 3/3/1961 (Going to MON: RF Larry Doby, P Chris Short, 2B Rocky Bridges, 3B Dick Williams. Going to DET: 1B Joe Adcock, SS Felix Mantilla, LF Chuck Tanner)
Released by Montreal on 10/19/1961
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/6/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Released by San Diego on 10/13/1963
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1964 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/4/1965 to a 1-year deal worth $340,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/12/1966 to a 2-year deal worth $450,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1966
 
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