Earl Williams

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: July 14, 1948 in Newark, NJ us

Died: January 28, 2013 in Somerset, NJ

Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, NJ

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Braves in the 1st round (6th) of the 1965 MLB August Legion Draft from Montclair HS (Montclair, NJ).

High School: Montclair HS (Montclair, NJ)

School: Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)

Debut: September 13, 1970 (Age 22-061d, 13,076th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1977 (Age 29-073d)
vs. TEX 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Earl Craig Williams

Nicknames: Big Money

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

3058

756

138

.247

361

RBI

457

OBP

.318

SLG

.424

OPS

.742

OPS+

106

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

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 13	ATL		CIN	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
2	9 (1)	Apr 16	ATL	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
3	10	Apr 17	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
4	11	Apr 18	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
5	12	Apr 20	ATL	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
6	13	Apr 21	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-10	GS	37	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B 1B
7	14	Apr 22	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
8	15	Apr 24	ATL		SDP	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
9	16	Apr 25 (1)	ATL		SDP	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	17	Apr 25 (2)	ATL		SDP	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	18	Apr 27	ATL		SFG	L,5-6	CG	49	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
12	19	Apr 28	ATL		SFG	L,3-5	GS	31	7.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	24 (4)	May 4	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
14	25	May 5 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-5	GS	27	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
15	26	May 5 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
16	27	May 7	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
17	28	May 8	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
18	29	May 9 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
19	30	May 9 (2)	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
20	31	May 11	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
21	32	May 12	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
22	42 (9)	May 23	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
23	45 (2)	May 26	ATL	@	MON	L,1-11	GF	12	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
24	46	May 27	ATL	@	MON	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	47	May 28	ATL	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
26	48	May 29	ATL	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
27	49	May 30	ATL	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
28	50	May 31	ATL	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	51	Jun 1	ATL		HOU	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
30	54 (2)	Jun 4	ATL		CHC	L,0-11	GF	11	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
31	55	Jun 5	ATL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	48	11.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
32	56	Jun 6	ATL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	57	Jun 7	ATL		STL	L,6-7	GS	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B 1B
34	58	Jun 8	ATL		STL	W,8-7	CG	43	10.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
35	59	Jun 9	ATL		STL	W,8-3	GS	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	3B 1B
36	60	Jun 10	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
37	61	Jun 11	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	3	1	0	4	1	3B
38	62	Jun 12	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
39	63	Jun 13	ATL	@	HOU	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
40	64	Jun 14	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
41	65	Jun 15	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	66	Jun 16	ATL	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	69 (2)	Jun 19	ATL	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	3B
44	70	Jun 20 (1)	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
45	71	Jun 20 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS	32	8.0	8	2	1	11	1	C 3B
46	72	Jun 21 (1)	ATL		MON	W,6-4	GS	31	7.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	73	Jun 21 (2)	ATL		MON	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	74	Jun 22	ATL		MON	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
49	75	Jun 23	ATL		MON	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	76	Jun 25 (1)	ATL		CIN	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
51	77	Jun 25 (2)	ATL		CIN	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
52	78	Jun 26	ATL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	79	Jun 27	ATL		CIN	L,5-7	GS	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C 1B
54	80	Jun 28 (1)	ATL	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
55	81	Jun 28 (2)	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	83 (1)	Jun 30	ATL	@	MON	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	84	Jul 1	ATL	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
58	85	Jul 2	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
59	86	Jul 3	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	87	Jul 4	ATL	@	NYM	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
61	88	Jul 5	ATL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
62	89	Jul 6	ATL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
63	90	Jul 7	ATL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
64	91	Jul 9	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-11	GS	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	3B 1B
65	92	Jul 10	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
66	93	Jul 15	ATL		LAD	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	94	Jul 16	ATL		LAD	W,3-1	GS	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C 1B
68	95	Jul 17	ATL		LAD	W,10-0	GS	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C 1B
69	96	Jul 18 (1)	ATL		SFG	L,4-5	CG	50	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	97	Jul 18 (2)	ATL		SFG	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
71	98	Jul 19	ATL		SFG	L,8-11	CG	50	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
72	99	Jul 20	ATL		SDP	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	100	Jul 21 (1)	ATL		SDP	W,8-7	GS	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C 3B
74	101	Jul 21 (2)	ATL		SDP	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
75	102	Jul 22	ATL		SDP	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	103	Jul 23	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
77	104	Jul 24	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	46	12.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	105	Jul 25	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	106	Jul 27	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	107	Jul 28	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
81	108	Jul 29	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
82	109	Jul 30	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	37	10.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
83	110	Jul 31	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	111	Aug 1	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
85	112	Aug 2	ATL	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
86	113	Aug 3	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
87	114	Aug 4	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	C
88	115	Aug 5	ATL		NYM	W,2-1	CG	70	17.0	11	0	2	13	0	C
89	116	Aug 6	ATL		NYM	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
90	117	Aug 7	ATL		NYM	L,6-20	GS	55	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	C 1B
91	118	Aug 8	ATL		NYM	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
92	119	Aug 10	ATL	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
93	120	Aug 11	ATL	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
94	121	Aug 12	ATL		HOU	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
95	122	Aug 13	ATL		HOU	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
96	123	Aug 14	ATL		HOU	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
97	124	Aug 15	ATL		HOU	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C 3B
98	125	Aug 16	ATL		CHC	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
99	126	Aug 17	ATL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	127	Aug 18	ATL		CHC	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
101	128	Aug 20	ATL		STL	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
102	129	Aug 21	ATL		STL	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
103	130	Aug 22	ATL		STL	L,4-13	GS	35	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
104	131	Aug 23 (1)	ATL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	132	Aug 23 (2)	ATL		PIT	L,4-15	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
106	134 (1)	Aug 25	ATL		PIT	L,6-13	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
107	135	Aug 27	ATL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
108	136	Aug 28	ATL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
109	137	Aug 29	ATL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
110	138	Aug 31	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-9	GS	44	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	139	Sep 1	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
112	140	Sep 3	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
113	141	Sep 4	ATL	@	SDP	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	142	Sep 5	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	143	Sep 6	ATL		HOU	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
116	144	Sep 7	ATL		HOU	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
117	145	Sep 10	ATL		SFG	W,7-5	CG	48	11.0	10	0	2	12	0	C
118	146	Sep 11	ATL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
119	147	Sep 12	ATL		SFG	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
120	148	Sep 13	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	49	12.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
121	149	Sep 14	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
122	150	Sep 15	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
123	151	Sep 16	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
124	152	Sep 17	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
125	153	Sep 18	ATL	@	LAD	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
126	154	Sep 19 (1)	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-12	GS	36	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
127	155	Sep 19 (2)	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-4	GS	20	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
128	156	Sep 21	ATL		SDP	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
129	157	Sep 22	ATL		SDP	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
130	158	Sep 24	ATL		LAD	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
131	159	Sep 25	ATL		LAD	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
132	160	Sep 26	ATL		LAD	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
133	161	Sep 28	ATL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							145gm		1139.2	596	117	18	731	38