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, 8,404th in MLB 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

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Hall of Fame (Manager)

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

AB

2959

H

768

HR

BA

.260

R

358

RBI

331

SB

OBP

.312

SLG

.392

OPS

.704

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1947	18	BRO-min	C	79	344	313	47	77	20	2	4	50	8		23	49	.246	.306	.361	.667		113		4	4				SNB · CALL
1948	19	BRO-min	C,AA	138	541	525	16	158	30	2	20	16	0	4	10	17	.301	.317	.480	.797		252		2	4				SNB,FTW · CALL,TL
1949	20	BRO-min	AA	154	656	562	109	174	30	6	23	114	13	17	78	58	.310	.398	.507	.905		285		4	12				FTW · TL
1950	21	BRO-min	AA	144	510	510		153	30	1	11						.300	.300	.427	.727		218							FTW · TL
1951	22	BRO	NL	23	64	60	5	12	3	1	1	5	0	0	4	10	.200	.250	.333	.583	54	20	0	0	0		0	7/H
1952	23	BRO	NL	36	71	68	13	21	4	1	0	11	0	0	2	10	.309	.329	.397	.726	99	27	4	0	1		0	7H/835
1953	24	BRO-min	AAA	66	248	230	28	64	12	1	2	33	1		13	31	.278	.322	.365	.688		84		2	3				MTL · IL
1953	24	BRO	NL	30	60	55	4	12	2	0	2	5	0	0	3	10	.218	.271	.364	.635	62	20	1	1	1		1	7/H98
1954	25	BRO-min	AAA	49	184	162	23	40	8	0	6	18	2		14	19	.247	.317	.407	.724		66	4	3	4	1			STP · AA
1954	25	BRO	NL	16	37	34	5	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	.147	.189	.235	.424	9	8	1	0	0	1	0	7/H8

1955	26	BRO-min	AA	153	651	596	82	189	29	4	24	91	2	0	47	63	.317	.370	.500	.870		298		5	0	3			FTW · TL
1956	27	BRO-min	AAA	13	53	50	3	13	3	0	0	6	2		3	5	.260	.302	.320	.622		16		0	0	0			MTL · IL
1956	27	TOT	MLB	94	397	360	45	103	18	4	11	37	5	5	30	41	.286	.341	.450	.791	116	162	10	0	7	0	1	8934/7H5
1956	27	BRO	NL	7	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	49	2	0	0	0	0	0	/H
1956	27	BAL	AL	87	390	353	45	101	18	4	11	37	5	5	30	40	.286	.342	.453	.795	118	160	10	0	7	0	1	8934/75H
1957	28	TOT	AL	114	404	372	49	97	17	2	7	34	3	5	26	40	.261	.310	.374	.684	89	139	13	1	4	1	3	857H3/9
1957	28	BAL	AL	47	184	167	16	39	10	2	1	17	0	1	14	21	.234	.293	.335	.628	77	56	6	0	3	0	3	5783/H9
1957	28	CLE	AL	67	220	205	33	58	7	0	6	17	3	4	12	19	.283	.324	.405	.729	99	83	7	1	1	1	0	857H
1958	29	BAL	AL	128	462	409	36	113	17	0	4	32	0	6	37	47	.276	.336	.347	.683	94	142	17	2	10	4	4	5873H9/4
1959	30	KCA	AL	130	538	488	72	130	33	1	16	75	4	1	28	60	.266	.309	.436	.746	101	213	13	5	11	6	1	537/H948
1960	31	KCA	AL	127	466	420	47	121	31	0	12	65	0	0	39	68	.288	.346	.448	.794	113	188	16	1	1	5	3	537H
1961	32	BAL	AL	103	340	310	37	64	15	2	8	24	0	4	20	38	.206	.251	.345	.596	61	107	7	0	5	5	0	7H3/589
1962	33	BAL	AL	82	197	178	20	44	7	1	1	18	0	0	14	26	.247	.303	.315	.617	71	56	8	1	2	2	0	H37/95
1963	34	BOS	AL	79	152	136	15	35	8	0	2	12	0	0	15	25	.257	.329	.360	.689	91	49	3	0	0	1	0	H53/7
1964	35	BOS	AL	61	77	69	10	11	2	0	5	11	0	0	7	10	.159	.247	.406	.653	75	28	4	1	0	0	0	H35/7
13 Yrs				1023	3265	2959	358	768	157	12	70	331	12	21	227	392	.260	.312	.392	.704	92	1159	97	12	42	25	13
162 Game Avg.				162	517	469	57	122	25	2	11	52	2	3	36	62	.260	.312	.392	.704	92	184	15	2	7		2
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
BRO (5 yrs)				112	239	224	27	52	9	2	4	23	0	0	11	38	.232	.270	.344	.614	61	77	6	1	2	1	1
BAL (5 yrs)				447	1573	1417	154	361	67	9	25	128	5	16	115	172	.255	.310	.368	.678	88	521	48	3	27	11	8
BOS (2 yrs)				140	229	205	25	46	10	0	7	23	0	0	22	35	.224	.301	.376	.677	86	77	7	1	0	1	0
KCA (2 yrs)				257	1004	908	119	251	64	1	28	140	4	1	67	128	.276	.327	.442	.768	107	401	29	6	12	11	4
CLE (1 yr)				67	220	205	33	58	7	0	6	17	3	4	12	19	.283	.324	.405	.729	99	83	7	1	1	1	0

AL (9 yrs)				911	3026	2735	331	716	148	10	66	308	12	21	216	354	.262	.316	.396	.711	95	1082	91	11	40	24	12
NL (5 yrs)				112	239	224	27	52	9	2	4	23	0	0	11	38	.232	.270	.344	.614	61	77	6	1	2	1	1

View a sample email. It's also available for football, basketball and hockey.

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Advanced Batting

See More Advanced Batting

Player News

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Postseason Batting

Postseason Game Log

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Name + "Statistics" Translations

Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please report any suggested corrections. "Statistics" is included to allow non-English speakers to find our pages.

Other Resources & Links

More Williams Pages

Dick Williams Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Manager Stats

Batting Splits

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Dick Williams Pages at Baseball Reference