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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Hall of Fame (Manager)

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

2959

768

.260

358

RBI

331

OBP

.312

SLG

.392

OPS

.704

OPS+

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

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BAL	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
2	2	Apr 16	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	GS	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF 3B
3	3	Apr 18	BAL	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 20	BAL	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	5	Apr 21 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,11-9	CG	50	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	6	Apr 21 susp	BAL	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	7	Apr 22	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
8	9 (1)	Apr 24	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	10	Apr 26	BAL		WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	11	Apr 27	BAL		WSH	W,4-0	GS	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
11	12	Apr 28 (1)	BAL		WSH	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
12	13	Apr 28 (2)	BAL		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
13	14	Apr 30	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15	May 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-9	GS	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 1B RF
15	16	May 4	BAL	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	17	May 5	BAL	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
17	18	May 6	BAL	@	DET	W,8-6	GS	55	13.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF LF 3B
18	19	May 7	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.1	3	3	0	6	0	3B
19	20	May 8	BAL	@	KCA	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
20	21	May 10	BAL		NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
21	22	May 11	BAL		NYY	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
22	23	May 12	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
23	24	May 15	BAL		CLE	L,8-11	CG	72	16.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
24	25	May 16	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GS	40	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B LF
25	27 (1)	May 18	BAL		CHW	T,4-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
26	29 (1)	May 19 (2)	BAL		KCA	T,0-0	CG	19	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
27	31 (1)	May 21	BAL		DET	L,1-2	CG	64	16.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
28	32	May 22	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
29	33	May 24	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	34	May 25	BAL		BOS	W,12-0	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
31	35	May 26 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
32	37 (1)	May 27	BAL	@	WSH	L,6-10	GS	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	LF 1B
33	38	May 29	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B LF
34	39	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	41 (1)	May 31	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	GF	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	45 (3)	Jun 4	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
37	47 (1)	Jun 6	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-3	GF	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B LF
38	48	Jun 7	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
39	49	Jun 8	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
40	51 (1)	Jun 9 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-0	GF	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	PR 3B LF
41	52	Jun 11	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
42	53	Jun 12	BAL	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
43	54	Jun 13	BAL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians
44	52	Jun 14	CLE		BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	55 (2)	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
46	56	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
47	57	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
48	58	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	GS	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	59	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	60	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	61	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,14-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	62	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
53	63	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-2	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	65 (1)	Jun 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
55	67 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
56	68	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	69	Jun 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-12	GS	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	70	Jul 1	CLE		KCA	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
59	71	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
60	72	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	73	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
62	74	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-14	GS	36	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	75	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
64	76	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,8-9	GF	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
65	77	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	79 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
67	81 (1)	Jul 13	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	83 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,17-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
69	85 (1)	Jul 17	CLE		WSH	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	88 (2)	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
71	89	Jul 21 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
72	92 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	102 (9)	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B LF
74	103	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	114 (10)	Aug 15	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
76	115	Aug 16	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	116	Aug 17	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
78	122 (5)	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
79	123	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
80	124	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	125	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	126	Aug 27	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
83	127	Aug 28	CLE		BAL	L,6-19	CG	54	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
84	128	Aug 29	CLE		BAL	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	135 (6)	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
86	136	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
87	137	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
88	138	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
89	139	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,16-3	GS	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF LF
90	140	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	47	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
91	141	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	69	15.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF 3B
92	148 (6)	Sep 23	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
93	149	Sep 25	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	150	Sep 26	CLE	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
95	151	Sep 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	152	Sep 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	3B
97	153	Sep 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							115gm		810.0	247	71	8	326	20