Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Willie
Kamm		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: February 2, 1900 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1934   
All-Star Selections 1930    1931   
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 BRK NL $ 5,640,000   71 71 71 38 38 38 101 103 102 53 53 53 65 65 65
1931 31 BRK NL $ 5,640,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6 7 7 7
1932 32 BRK NL $ 5,700,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6 7 7 7
1933 33 BRK NL $ 5,700,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7
1934 34 BRK NL $ 5,700,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6
1935 35 BRK NL $ 5,700,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 5,640,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,700,000   71 71 71 38 38 38 101 103 102 53 53 53 65 65 65
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 TAM AL 100 426 81 119 30 3 9 42 3 1 30 43 .279 .326 .427 .753 54.5 8.1
  BRK NL 53 195 39 62 16 1 6 28 2 0 27 11 .318 .401 .503 .903 36.1 8.8
  TOT   153 621 120 181 46 4 15 70 5 1 57 54 .291 .351 .451 .801 90.6 16.9
1931 31 BRK NL 154 590 103 181 40 10 10 94 8 2 74 56 .307 .381 .459 .840 96.8 19.0
1932 32 BRK NL 149 521 100 162 36 7 12 55 4 1 57 54 .311 .378 .476 .854 84.3 14.8
1933 33 BRK NL 93 332 51 93 17 5 6 57 9 2 42 42 .280 .360 .416 .776 48.1 9.5
1934 34 BRK NL 139 485 60 130 29 7 2 53 1 0 42 46 .268 .326 .369 .695 56.8 7.6
1935 35 BRK NL 30 123 15 33 4 3 1 11 0 0 7 18 .268 .308 .374 .682 12.6 1.4
6 Years Sim 718 2672 449 780 172 36 46 340 27 6 279 270 .292 .358 .435 .793 389.2 69.2
162 Game Average 602 101 175 38 8 10 76 6 1 62 60 .292 .358 .435 .793 87.8  
Career Highs 154 621 120 181 46 10 15 94 9 2 74 56 .311 .381 .476 .854 96.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1995 342 595 137 26 35 261 20 5 218 188 .298 .366 .446 .812 316.3
vs LH   677 107 185 35 10 11 79 7 1 61 82 .273 .332 .403 .735 90.4
Home 340 1218 218 385 81 18 23 165 10 4 134 116 .316 .383 .469 .852 207.8
Away 378 1454 231 395 91 18 23 175 17 2 145 154 .272 .336 .406 .743 198.9
RISP   677 0 181 35 7 12 251 0 0 83 77 .267 .342 .393 .734 93.9
Pinch Hitting   55 6 19 5 0 1 14 0 0 9 8 .345 .431 .491 .922 11.1
Close/Late   304 40 82 11 6 8 39 0 0 34 33 .270 .340 .424 .765 44.4
Mar/Apr 142 566 98 161 32 7 10 74 7 0 52 61 .284 .343 .419 .762 80.8
May 132 508 87 147 35 9 12 69 5 1 51 67 .289 .355 .465 .820 80.6
June 123 456 70 136 26 7 8 52 1 0 47 48 .298 .363 .439 .802 70.5
July 123 455 77 130 30 5 4 55 4 2 49 41 .286 .352 .400 .752 63.6
August 105 351 61 110 29 5 6 44 5 2 35 26 .313 .373 .476 .849 58.7
Sep/Oct 93 336 56 96 20 3 6 46 5 1 45 27 .286 .369 .417 .786 52.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 30 TAM AL 3B 99 94 863.5 67 234 14 16 .956 3.14   3.4
  BRK NL 3B 53 50 417.8 33 113 7 8 .954 3.15   1.3
  TOT   3B 152 144 1281.3 100 347 21 24 .955 3.14   4.8
1931 31 BRK NL 3B 151 142 1292.7 104 338 20 25 .957 3.08   4.9
1932 32 BRK NL 3B 144 126 1144.3 85 317 20 26 .953 3.16   2.9
1933 33 BRK NL 3B 90 79 727.3 51 203 15 18 .944 3.14   2.3
1934 34 BRK NL 3B 133 125 1104.7 82 329 17 31 .960 3.35   3.2
1935 35 BRK NL 3B 30 30 266.0 27 85 7 6 .941 3.79   1.2
Career Totals   700 646 5816.3 449 1619 100 130 .954 3.20   19.3
Career Highs   152 144 1292.7 104 347 21 31 .960 3.79    
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 BRK NL 6 27 3 10 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .370 .370 .519 .889
Career Post-Season Batting 6 27 3 10 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .370 .370 .519 .889
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.
Games
1932-9-149
 Runs
1932-4-100
 Doubles
1932-9-36
 Triples
1931-6-10
1934-9-7
 Walks
1931-10-74
 Strikeouts
1932-9-54
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Billy Hatcher (926)
  2. George Grantham (926)
  3. Earl Webb (925)
  4. Tom O'Malley (923)
  5. Greg Walker (921)
  6. Art Howe (920)
  7. Ival Goodman (916)
  8. Kiki Cuyler (916)
  9. Beauty McGowan (915)
  10. George Archie (915)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1930, off Tommy Bridges (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/11/1930, off Frank Shellenback (CAL)
Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Brooklyn on 7/31/1930 (Going to BRK: 3B Willie Kamm. Going to TAM: LF Jo-jo Moore)
Hit for the cycle against Seattle (M) on 5/23/1931
Won Player of the Week award on 5/25/1931, hitting .538 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
7/1/1931: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $5,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 3/13/1932 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/1/1933 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/20/1934 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1934
Injured on 5/9/1935 with a Torn Hamstring Muscle, out for full season
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.