Dick Williams

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: May 7, 1929 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: July 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, NV

Buried: Cremated

High School: Pasadena HS (Pasadena, CA)

School: Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA)

Debut: June 10, 1951 (Age 22-034d, 10,815th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1964 (Age 35-147d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 2008. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Dick Williams's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Richard Hirschfeld Williams

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

2959

768

.260

358

RBI

331

OBP

.312

SLG

.392

OPS

.704

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 70 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 16 go ahead

5 Tms
KCA	28
BAL	25
BOS	7
CLE	6
BRO	4

Platoon
vs RHP	39
vs LHP	31

Home/Road
Home	38
Away	32

Outs
1	27
0	22
2	21

12 Opps
MIN/WSH	13
NYY	13
CLE	10
BAL	8
KCA	7
CHW	7
BOS	4
DET	4
PHI	1
STL	1
CHC	1
CIN	1

55 Pitchers
Jack Fisher	3
Billy Pierce	3
Whitey Ford	3
Chuck Stobbs	3
Alex Kellner	2
Bill Fischer	2
Jim Coates	2
Jim Kaat	2
Diego Seguí	2
Jack Harshman	2
Gary Bell	2
Ray Narleski	1
Billy O'Dell	1
Jerry Casale	1
Bob Schultz	1
Dick Stigman	1
Mike McCormick	1
Jim Bronstad	1
Tom Sturdivant	1
Bobby Locke	1
Camilo Pascual	1
Rudy Hernández	1
Mike Fornieles	1
John Briggs	1
Rudy Árias	1
Paul Foytack	1
Bob Porterfield	1
Bill Wight	1
Ray Herbert	1
Jerry Walker	1
Billy Hoeft	1
Zach Monroe	1
Pedro Ramos	1
Warren Hacker	1
Paul Giel	1
Virgil Trucks	1
Jim Bunning	1
Don Newcombe	1
Curt Simmons	1
Orlando Peña	1
Fred Talbot	1
Rip Coleman	1
Johnny James	1
Harvey Haddix	1
Tom Gorman	1
Bud Daley	1
Herb Score	1
Russ Kemmerer	1
Duke Maas	1
Julio Becquer	1
Frank Sullivan	1
Bobby Shantz	1
Steve Gromek	1
Paul LaPalme	1
Harry Perkowski	1

13 Parks
Munic. Stad (KAN)	21
Memor. Stad (BAL)	17
ClevelandStd (CLE)	10
Fenway Pk (BOS)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
GriffithStad (WAS)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	1
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	54
9	6

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	68
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	10
12-	6
-2-	4
123	2
--3	2
-23	1
1-3	1

108 RBI
RISP	16
0 on	44
1 on	16
2 on	8
3 on	2
Any on	26

Inning
1	9
2	2
3	4
4	10
5	11
6	10
7	6
8	7
9	9
Extra	2

1-3	15
4-6	31
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	1
+2	7
+1	11
Tied	13
-1	12
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	10

Ahead	27
Tied	13
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	26
LF	14
1B	12
CF	11
PH	3
RF	3
2B	1

OrderPos
1st	13
5th	11
2nd	11
6th	11
3rd	8
4th	7
7th	6
9th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1951-07-13	BRO		CHC	Bob Schultz	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	-23	3	7	7	0.156	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hodges Scores; R. Campanella Scores
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1953-09-17	BRO	@	STL	Harvey Haddix	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	7	9	0.101	48%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	2	1	1953-09-26	BRO	@	PHI	Curt Simmons	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	3	7	0.124	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1954-04-29	BRO	@	CIN	Harry Perkowski	tied 3-3	t 6	2	---	1	8	7	0.174	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1956-06-27	BAL	@	CLE	Ray Narleski	ahead 10-9	t 9	1	---	1	6	5	0.100	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	2	1	1956-07-01	BAL		BOS	Bob Porterfield	tied 3-3	b 5	2	--3	2	5	3	0.245	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Nieman Scores
7	7	3	1	1956-07-04 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	Chuck Stobbs	behind 0-8	t 5	1	-2-	2	2	9	0.015	3%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Schmitz Scores/unER
8	8	4	1	1956-07-13	BAL		KCA	Alex Kellner	behind 0-3	b 1	0	---	1	1	9	0.087	34%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	5	1	1956-07-15 (2)	BAL		DET	Virgil Trucks	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.106	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	6	1	1956-07-21 (2)	BAL		CLE	Herb Score	behind 1-3	b 7	2	1--	2	1	8	0.355	52%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Brown Scores
11	11	7	1	1956-07-24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	Steve Gromek	behind 5-9	t 8	1	---	1	1	4	0.026	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	8	1	1956-08-10	BAL	@	NYY	Whitey Ford	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	1	1	8	0.085	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	9	1	1956-08-17	BAL		NYY	Rip Coleman	behind 2-3	b 4	2	123	4	1	8	0.399	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hatton Scores; B. Gardner Scores; W. Miranda Scores
14	14	10	1	1956-09-21	BAL		WSH	Camilo Pascual	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	---	1	1	8	0.057	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	11	1	1956-09-23	BAL		WSH	Chuck Stobbs	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	8	0.076	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1957-05-18	BAL		CHW	Paul LaPalme	behind 3-4	b 9	0	---	1	6	3	0.446	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	2	1	1957-06-14	CLE		BAL	Bill Wight	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	7	0.110	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	3	1	1957-06-16 (2)	CLE		BAL	Billy O'Dell	ahead 4-0	b 5	0	---	1	5	8	0.027	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	4	1	1957-07-17	CLE		WSH	Chuck Stobbs	behind 4-11	b 9	1	1--	2	6	8	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Colavito Scores
20	20	5	1	1957-08-04 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	Bobby Shantz	tied 4-4	t 8	0	---	1	6	7	0.258	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	6	1	1957-08-16	CLE	@	KCA	Alex Kellner	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.106	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	7	1	1957-09-25	CLE	@	KCA	Tom Gorman	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	1	2	5
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1958-07-02	BAL		NYY	Zach Monroe	behind 0-1	b 6	0	---	1	5	8	0.199	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	2	1	1958-08-16	BAL		WSH	Pedro Ramos	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	8	0.102	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	3	1	1958-08-18	BAL		KCA	Ray Herbert	ahead 5-1	b 6	2	12-	3	1	8	0.035	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Miranda Scores; H. Brown Scores
26	26	4	1	1958-09-01 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	Russ Kemmerer	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	1--	2	2	3	0.134	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Busby Scores
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1959-05-17 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	Tom Sturdivant	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	12-	3	7	5	0.162	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Cerv Scores; F. House Scores
28	28	2	1	1959-05-26	KCA		DET	Paul Foytack	behind 0-6	b 4	2	1--	2	5	5	0.063	11%		Home Run; W. Herzog Scores
29	29	3	1	1959-06-18	KCA	@	WSH	Bill Fischer	behind 3-4	t 6	1	1--	2	4	5	0.302	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lumpe Scores
30	30	4	1	1959-06-24	KCA		NYY	Jim Bronstad	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	1--	2	2	5	0.186	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Tuttle Scores
31	31	5	1	1959-07-04 (2)	KCA		CHW	Rudy Árias	ahead 5-3	b 5	1	-2-	2	2	3	0.100	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Kucks Scores
32	32	6	1	1959-07-21	KCA		BAL	Billy Hoeft	ahead 6-0	b 7	0	-2-	2	2	5	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Tuttle Scores
33	33	7	1	1959-07-22	KCA		BAL	Jerry Walker	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1	2	5	0.138	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	8	1	1959-07-23	KCA		BAL	Jack Fisher	ahead 6-1	b 6	2	1--	2	2	5	0.020	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Snyder Scores
35	35	9	1	1959-07-24	KCA		BOS	Frank Sullivan	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	---	1	2	5	0.112	80%		Home Run
36	36	10	1	1959-07-29	KCA		WSH	Bill Fischer	tied 0-0	b 1	1	--3	2	3	5	0.127	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Snyder Scores
37	37	11	1	1959-08-06	KCA	@	BOS	Jerry Casale	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	5	0.101	56%		Home Run
38	38	12	1	1959-08-13	KCA		CLE	Jack Harshman	behind 4-7	b 9	0	---	1	3	5	0.050	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	13	1	1959-08-21	KCA		NYY	Duke Maas	behind 4-5	b 5	0	---	1	3	5	0.155	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	14	1	1959-08-22	KCA		NYY	Jim Coates	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	3	5	0.135	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	15	1	1959-09-02	KCA	@	CLE	Gary Bell	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	1	3	3	0.084	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	16	1	1959-09-26	KCA	@	CLE	John Briggs	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	5	0.135	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1960-05-10	KCA	@	BAL	Jack Fisher	ahead 6-0	t 5	1	123	4	6	5	0.019	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lumpe Scores; N. Siebern Scores; H. Bauer Scores
44	44	2	1	1960-06-11	KCA	@	BAL	Jack Fisher	tied 4-4	t 10	1	---	1	7	5	0.384	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	3	1	1960-06-14	KCA		NYY	Jim Coates	behind 0-4	b 5	1	---	1	6	5	0.062	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	4	1	1960-06-16	KCA		NYY	Johnny James	ahead 4-1	b 7	2	1-3	3	4	5	0.049	99%		Home Run; B. Tuttle Scores; R. Snyder Scores
47	47	5	1	1960-08-09 (2)	KCA		WSH	Julio Becquer	ahead 7-3	b 8	2	---	1	5	3	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	6	1	1960-08-10	KCA		WSH	Rudy Hernández	ahead 9-0	b 4	2	1--	2	6	5	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Throneberry Scores
49	49	7	1	1960-08-14 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 2-4	t 7	1	---	1	5	3	0.114	26%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	8	1	1960-08-16	KCA	@	CLE	Don Newcombe	behind 2-3	t 9	0	---	1	4	3	0.344	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	9	1	1960-09-13	KCA		NYY	Whitey Ford	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	7	0.213	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Lumpe Scores; H. Bauer Scores
52	52	10	1	1960-09-17	KCA	@	CLE	Jack Harshman	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---	1	4	7	0.130	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	11	1	1960-09-18 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	Bobby Locke	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--	2	5	7	0.242	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Siebern Scores
54	54	12	1	1960-09-23	KCA	@	DET	Jim Bunning	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	1	5	7	0.133	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1961-04-15	BAL		MIN	Paul Giel	ahead 6-0	b 6	2	-2-	2	2	7	0.010	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Breeding Scores
56	56	2	1	1961-05-14 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	Gary Bell	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	1	1	7	0.121	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	3	1	1961-05-21 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	Whitey Ford	behind 1-4	t 8	1	---	1	1	7	0.049	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
58	58	4	1	1961-05-23	BAL		CHW	Billy Pierce	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.101	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	5	1	1961-05-30 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	Billy Pierce	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	2	7	0.108	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	6	1	1961-06-12	BAL		CHW	Warren Hacker	behind 7-9	b 8	0	---	1	7	PH	0.141	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	7	1	1961-07-14	BAL	@	BOS	Mike Fornieles	behind 4-5	t 9	2	12-	3	7	3	0.768	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Philley Scores; R. Hansen Scores
62	62	8	1	1961-09-02 (1)	BAL		CLE	Dick Stigman	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	---	1	6	7	0.107	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1962-09-28	BAL	@	MIN	Jim Kaat	behind 2-6	t 8	1	12-	3	9	PH	0.137	20%		Home Run; B. Saverine Scores; N. Smith Scores
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1963-06-17	BOS		BAL	Mike McCormick	behind 1-7	b 8	0	---	1	9	PH	0.010	2%		Home Run
65	65	2	1	1963-09-14	BOS	@	KCA	Orlando Peña	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	5	0.225	82%		Home Run; C. Yastrzemski Scores; L. Clinton Scores
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1964-06-07 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	Diego Seguí	behind 3-5	t 6	2	---	1	6	5	0.111	27%		Home Run
67	67	2	2	1964-06-07 (2)	BOS	@	KCA	Diego Seguí	behind 4-8	t 9	0	---	1	6	5	0.017	3%		Home Run
68	68	3	1	1964-06-10 (1)	BOS		NYY	Bud Daley	tied 6-6	b 10	1	---	1	4	3	0.424	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	4	1	1964-07-02	BOS		MIN	Jim Kaat	behind 7-15	b 9	2	1--	2	5	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Jones Scores
70	70	5	1	1964-08-08	BOS	@	CHW	Fred Talbot	behind 1-9	t 9	1	---	1	4	3	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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