Billy Williams

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: June 15, 1938 in Whistler, AL us

High School: Whistler HS (Whistler, AL)

Debut: August 6, 1959 (Age 21-052d, 11,665th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1976 (Age 38-109d)
vs. CAL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1987. (Voted by BBWAA on 354/413 ballots)
View Billy Williams's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Billy Leo Williams

Nicknames: Sweet Swingin' Billy from Whistler

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Hall of Fame
Rookie of the Year
6x All-Star
Batting Title
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

63.6

9350

2711

426

.290

1410

RBI

1475

OBP

.361

SLG

.492

OPS

.853

OPS+

133

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
2	2	Apr 10	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
3	3	Apr 11	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
4	4	Apr 13 (1)	CHC		MON	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
5	5	Apr 13 (2)	CHC		MON	L,3-13	GS	49	8.0	2	0	2	4	0	1B
6	6	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	L,5-8	CG	54	12.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
7	7	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	W,18-9	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
8	8	Apr 18	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
9	9	Apr 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
10	10	Apr 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	50	13.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
11	11	Apr 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
12	12	Apr 23	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
13	13	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	39	8.2	9	0	0	9	0	1B
14	14	Apr 26	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
15	15	Apr 27	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	4	1B
16	16	Apr 28	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	13	2	0	15	2	1B
17	17	Apr 29	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-18	GS	48	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
18	18	Apr 30	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	CHC	@	HOU	L,7-11	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
20	20	May 3	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
21	21	May 4	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	48	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
22	22	May 5	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
23	23	May 7	CHC		ATL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	1	12	2	1B
24	24	May 9	CHC		ATL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
25	25	May 10	CHC		NYM	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
26	26	May 11	CHC		NYM	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
27	27	May 12	CHC		NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
28	28	May 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
29	29	May 15	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	51	13.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	30	May 16	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
31	31	May 17	CHC	@	STL	L,8-9	GS	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B LF
32	32	May 18	CHC	@	STL	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
33	33	May 19	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
34	34	May 20	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
35	35	May 21	CHC	@	NYM	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
36	36	May 22	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
37	37	May 24	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
38	38	May 25	CHC		STL	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
39	39	May 26	CHC		STL	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
40	41 (1)	May 29	CHC		SFG	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
41	42	May 30	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
42	43	May 31	CHC		LAD	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	44	Jun 1	CHC		LAD	L,0-10	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
44	45	Jun 2	CHC		LAD	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
45	46	Jun 4	CHC	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS	26	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
46	47	Jun 5	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
47	50 (2)	Jun 8	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
48	51	Jun 9	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	7	0	1	8	0	1B
49	52	Jun 11	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
50	53	Jun 12	CHC	@	SFG	W,10-1	GS	21	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
51	54	Jun 13	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	9	3	1	13	2	1B
52	56 (1)	Jun 15	CHC		HOU	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
53	57	Jun 16	CHC		HOU	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
54	58	Jun 17	CHC		SDP	L,5-7	GS	61	13.0	2	2	0	4	0	LF 1B
55	59	Jun 18	CHC		SDP	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
56	60	Jun 19	CHC		SDP	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	61	Jun 20	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	64 (2)	Jun 23	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	GS	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
59	66 (1)	Jun 25	CHC		NYM	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
60	67	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	L,4-5	CG	51	12.0	14	4	0	18	1	1B
61	68	Jun 27	CHC	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
62	69	Jun 28 (1)	CHC	@	MON	W,8-7	CG	70	18.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
63	71 (1)	Jun 29	CHC	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
64	72	Jun 30	CHC	@	MON	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	73	Jul 1	CHC	@	MON	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
66	74	Jul 2	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
67	75	Jul 3	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
68	77 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CHC		ATL	W,4-1	GS	33	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
69	78	Jul 5 (2)	CHC		ATL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
70	79	Jul 6	CHC		ATL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
71	80	Jul 7	CHC		ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	81	Jul 9	CHC		CIN	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
73	83 (1)	Jul 11	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
74	84	Jul 12	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
75	86 (1)	Jul 14	CHC	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	52	11.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	87	Jul 15	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-3	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	88	Jul 16	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-2	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	89	Jul 17	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
79	91 (1)	Jul 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	92	Jul 20	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	95 (2)	Jul 26	CHC		PHI	W,10-7	GS	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
82	96	Jul 27	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	97	Jul 28	CHC		STL	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
84	98	Jul 29	CHC		STL	L,4-11	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	99	Jul 30	CHC		MON	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
86	100	Jul 31 (1)	CHC		MON	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	101	Jul 31 (2)	CHC		MON	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	104 (2)	Aug 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
89	105	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	107 (1)	Aug 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	108	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	109	Aug 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	110	Aug 9	CHC		SFG	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	112 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
95	113	Aug 13	CHC		HOU	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
96	114	Aug 14	CHC		HOU	W,6-5	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
97	115	Aug 15	CHC		HOU	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	116	Aug 16	CHC		SDP	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
99	117	Aug 17	CHC		SDP	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
100	118	Aug 18	CHC		SDP	W,14-6	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	119	Aug 19	CHC		LAD	L,7-8	GS	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	156 (36)	Sep 25 (2)	CHC		MON	L,2-3	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	157	Sep 27	CHC		STL	L,4-10	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
104	158	Sep 28	CHC		STL	W,8-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	159	Sep 29	CHC		STL	L,3-7	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	160	Sep 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							108gm		900.1	635	53	11	699	50