Nickname: Sweet Swingin' Billy from Whistler
Bats: L
Throws: R
Born: 06-15-1938
Birthplace: Whistler, AL, USA
Career Positions Played: OF,LF,RF,CF,1B,DH
Rookie of the Year: 1961
All-Star: 1962,1964,1965,1968,1972,1973
Hall of Fame: Entered in 1987
Height: 6 ft., 1 in. Weight: 175 lbs.
(Billy Williams at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 142 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1959 CHI:N OF 20 18 34 33 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 .152 .260 .176 .212 1 0 7 0 0 0 1959 CHI:N
1960 CHI:N 7 21 12 52 47 13 9 0 2 2 7 4 .277 .255 .346 .489 5 0 13 0 0 0 1960 CHI:N
1961 CHI:N 7,9 22 146 584 529 147 95 20 7 25 86 75 .278 .262 .338 .484 45 11 70 1 4 5 1961 CHI:N
1962 CHI:N 7 23 159 699 618 184 132 22 8 22 91 94 .298 .261 .369 .466 70 3 72 0 7 4 1962 CHI:N
1963 CHI:N 7 24 161 687 612 175 105 36 9 25 94 87 .286 .245 .358 .497 68 9 78 2 3 2 1963 CHI:N
1964 CHI:N 7,8 25 162 709 645 201 127 39 2 33 98 100 .312 .254 .370 .532 59 8 84 0 3 2 1964 CHI:N
1965 CHI:N OF 26 164 719 645 203 124 39 6 34 108 115 .315 .249 .380 .552 65 7 76 1 5 3 1965 CHI:N
1966 CHI:N OF 27 162 727 648 179 122 23 5 29 91 100 .276 .256 .350 .461 69 16 61 0 6 4 1966 CHI:N
1967 CHI:N 7,9 28 162 712 634 176 115 21 12 28 84 92 .278 .249 .346 .481 68 8 67 2 6 2 1967 CHI:N
1968 CHI:N 7,9 29 163 699 642 185 117 30 8 30 98 91 .288 .243 .336 .500 48 10 53 0 7 2 1968 CHI:N
1969 CHI:N 7,9 30 163 708 642 188 124 33 10 21 95 103 .293 .250 .355 .474 59 15 70 0 3 4 1969 CHI:N
1970 CHI:N 7,9 31 161 714 636 205 125 34 4 42 129 137 .322 .258 .391 .586 72 9 65 0 4 2 1970 CHI:N
1971 CHI:N 7,9 32 157 677 594 179 119 27 5 28 93 86 .301 .252 .383 .505 77 18 44 0 3 3 1971 CHI:N
1972 CHI:N 3,7 33 150 650 574 191 114 34 6 37 122 95 .333 .248 .398 .606 62 20 59 0 8 6 1972 CHI:N
1973 CHI:N 3,7 34 156 659 576 166 122 22 2 20 86 72 .288 .254 .369 .438 76 14 72 0 6 1 1973 CHI:N
1974 CHI:N 3,7 35 117 475 404 113 75 22 0 16 68 55 .280 .255 .383 .453 67 12 44 1 2 1 1974 CHI:N
1975 OAK:A D,3 36 155 602 520 127 83 20 1 23 81 68 .244 .258 .343 .419 76 7 68 1 3 2 1975 OAK:A
1976 OAK:A D,7 37 120 413 351 74 51 12 0 11 41 36 .211 .256 .323 .339 58 15 44 1 3 0 1976 OAK:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1959 CHI:N 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 7 - - - - - 2 - 1959 CHI:N
1960 CHI:N 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 23 35 13 12 0 1.08 1 10 1960 CHI:N
1961 CHI:N 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 .04 .00 .30 .62 8 1 0 2 256 398 181 124 43 1.46 11 108 1961 CHI:N
1962 CHI:N 23 9 9 1 0 0 1 .08 .01 .38 .63 7 0 0 0 288 462 244 152 55 1.61 12 154 1962 CHI:N
1963 CHI:N 24 7 6 1 0 0 0 .07 .01 .42 .43 13 2 0 0 304 460 219 175 73 1.25 12 147 1963 CHI:N
1964 CHI:N 25 10 7 2 2 0 0 .07 .04 .41 .86 19 1 0 1 343 465 208 167 43 1.25 11 164 1964 CHI:N
1965 CHI:N 26 10 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 356 - - - - - 20 - 1965 CHI:N
1966 CHI:N 27 6 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 299 - - - - - 12 - 1966 CHI:N
1967 CHI:N 28 6 3 1 0 0 0 .04 .01 .46 .88 15 0 0 0 305 482 198 188 15 1.05 13 174 1967 CHI:N
1968 CHI:N 29 4 1 1 0 0 0 .03 .01 .32 .67 16 1 0 1 321 478 216 182 31 1.19 13 191 1968 CHI:N
1969 CHI:N 30 3 2 1 0 0 0 .02 .01 .35 .75 13 0 0 0 304 475 198 193 16 1.03 16 198 1969 CHI:N
1970 CHI:N 31 7 1 1 1 0 0 .03 .02 .45 .85 18 0 0 1 373 450 197 172 14 1.15 14 203 1970 CHI:N
1971 CHI:N 32 7 5 3 2 0 0 .04 .05 .40 .70 18 0 0 0 300 441 216 164 46 1.32 18 180 1971 CHI:N
1972 CHI:N 33 3 1 0 1 0 0 .02 .01 .30 .71 15 0 0 1 348 406 193 163 51 1.18 14 163 1972 CHI:N
1973 CHI:N 34 4 3 0 1 0 0 .03 .01 .20 .65 13 0 0 0 252 432 188 164 70 1.15 13 172 1973 CHI:N
1974 CHI:N 35 4 5 1 1 1 0 .05 .02 .30 .64 9 0 0 1 183 308 145 126 45 1.15 9 120 1974 CHI:N
1975 OAK:A 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .21 .70 5 1 0 0 218 406 149 162 18 .92 9 129 1975 OAK:A
1976 OAK:A 37 4 2 1 1 0 0 .05 .04 .33 .75 3 0 0 0 119 287 113 99 32 1.14 4 83 1976 OAK:A
PINCH HITTING DESIGNATED HITTING
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1959 CHI:N 20 6 0 0 0 0 - - .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1960 CHI:N 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1961 CHI:N 22 13 6 1 0 0 0 1 .462 .538 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1962 CHI:N 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1963 CHI:N 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1964 CHI:N 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1965 CHI:N 26 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 .000 - .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1966 CHI:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 .000 - .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1967 CHI:N 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1968 CHI:N 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1969 CHI:N 30 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1970 CHI:N 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1971 CHI:N 32 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .800 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1972 CHI:N 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1973 CHI:N 34 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .333 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1974 CHI:N 35 10 2 1 0 0 2 3 .200 .300 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1975 OAK:A 36 6 2 1 0 0 2 0 .333 .500 500 122 19 1 22 72 67 .244 .418
1976 OAK:A 37 13 3 1 0 0 5 1 .231 .308 342 71 11 0 11 54 43 .208 .336
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1959 CHI:N 20 19 2 0 0 0 0 5 .105 .105 14 3 0 1 0 1 2 .214 .357 1959 CHI:N
1960 CHI:N 21 18 6 0 0 0 1 5 .333 .333 29 7 0 2 2 4 8 .241 .586 1960 CHI:N
1961 CHI:N 22 281 89 14 3 17 23 34 .317 .569 248 58 6 4 8 22 36 .234 .387 1961 CHI:N
1962 CHI:N 23 303 95 14 3 12 34 30 .314 .498 315 89 8 5 10 36 42 .283 .435 1962 CHI:N
1963 CHI:N 24 292 85 13 3 16 39 35 .291 .521 320 90 23 6 9 29 43 .281 .475 1963 CHI:N
1964 CHI:N 25 312 103 19 1 20 37 30 .330 .590 333 98 20 1 13 22 54 .294 .477 1964 CHI:N
1965 CHI:N 26 317 96 17 2 20 33 36 .303 .558 328 107 22 4 14 32 40 .326 .546 1965 CHI:N
1966 CHI:N 27 329 81 9 2 16 34 32 .246 .432 319 98 14 3 13 35 29 .307 .492 1966 CHI:N
1967 CHI:N 28 325 76 8 3 12 30 31 .234 .388 309 100 13 9 16 38 36 .324 .579 1967 CHI:N
1968 CHI:N 29 315 100 18 5 16 25 23 .317 .559 327 85 12 3 14 23 30 .260 .443 1968 CHI:N
1969 CHI:N 30 326 109 21 8 14 29 28 .334 .577 316 79 12 2 7 30 42 .250 .367 1969 CHI:N
1970 CHI:N 31 321 115 11 3 28 36 24 .358 .673 315 90 23 1 14 36 41 .286 .498 1970 CHI:N
1971 CHI:N 32 300 104 18 2 16 43 20 .347 .580 294 75 9 3 12 34 24 .255 .429 1971 CHI:N
1972 CHI:N 33 291 108 17 5 24 33 25 .371 .711 283 83 17 1 13 29 34 .293 .498 1972 CHI:N
1973 CHI:N 34 282 84 12 2 10 42 34 .298 .461 294 82 10 0 10 34 38 .279 .415 1973 CHI:N
1974 CHI:N 35 221 61 11 0 10 33 22 .276 .462 183 52 11 0 6 34 22 .284 .443 1974 CHI:N
1975 OAK:A 36 254 58 8 1 8 39 32 .228 .362 266 69 12 0 15 37 36 .259 .474 1975 OAK:A
1976 OAK:A 37 169 41 9 0 6 25 18 .243 .402 182 33 3 0 5 33 26 .181 .280 1976 OAK:A
Bats: L AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1959 CHI:N 20 - - 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 - 0 - - - - 1959 CHI:N
1960 CHI:N 21 13 3 0 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 34 10 0 2 2 5 9 .294 .588 1960 CHI:N
1961 CHI:N 22 200 52 6 2 6 13 34 .260 .400 329 95 14 5 19 32 36 .289 .535 1961 CHI:N
1962 CHI:N 23 256 67 8 2 5 22 40 .262 .367 362 117 14 6 17 48 32 .323 .536 1962 CHI:N
1963 CHI:N 24 173 51 10 1 3 24 28 .295 .416 439 124 26 8 22 44 50 .282 .528 1963 CHI:N
1964 CHI:N 25 224 68 16 0 10 15 40 .304 .509 421 133 23 2 23 44 44 .316 .544 1964 CHI:N
1965 CHI:N 26 214 74 13 5 10 21 34 .346 .593 431 129 26 1 24 44 42 .299 .531 1965 CHI:N
1966 CHI:N 27 176 54 6 2 11 11 23 .307 .551 472 125 17 3 18 58 38 .265 .428 1966 CHI:N
1967 CHI:N 28 192 53 6 5 9 25 26 .276 .500 442 123 15 7 19 43 41 .278 .473 1967 CHI:N
1968 CHI:N 29 156 49 4 1 8 6 19 .314 .506 486 136 26 7 22 42 34 .280 .498 1968 CHI:N
1969 CHI:N 30 162 52 6 3 3 15 17 .321 .451 480 136 27 7 18 44 53 .283 .481 1969 CHI:N
1970 CHI:N 31 169 52 7 1 6 6 20 .308 .467 467 153 27 3 36 66 45 .328 .630 1970 CHI:N
1971 CHI:N 32 159 49 9 1 6 21 16 .308 .491 435 130 18 4 22 56 28 .299 .510 1971 CHI:N
1972 CHI:N 33 160 49 8 2 7 18 22 .306 .513 414 142 26 4 30 44 37 .343 .643 1972 CHI:N
1973 CHI:N 34 200 54 6 1 9 24 29 .270 .445 376 112 16 1 11 52 43 .298 .434 1973 CHI:N
1974 CHI:N 35 100 28 6 0 2 17 19 .280 .400 304 85 16 0 14 50 25 .280 .470 1974 CHI:N
1975 OAK:A 36 153 36 5 0 4 16 26 .235 .346 367 91 15 1 19 60 42 .248 .450 1975 OAK:A
1976 OAK:A 37 70 14 3 0 2 5 12 .200 .329 281 60 9 0 9 53 32 .214 .342 1976 OAK:A
FIELDING STATS - FIRST BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1972 CHI:N 33 1.000 .992 5 5 43.0 43 2 0 0 5
1973 CHI:N 34 .990 .992 19 19 159.3 171 18 2 0 14
1974 CHI:N 35 .986 .991 65 64 557.0 569 47 9 0 48
1975 OAK:A 36 .969 .990 7 5 36.0 28 3 1 0 5
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1960 CHI:N 21 .964 .978 12 12 109.7 27 0 1 1 0
1961 CHI:N 22 .955 .977 111 111 974.3 184 6 9 2 2
1962 CHI:N 23 .966 .974 159 159 1412.3 271 17 10 0 4
1963 CHI:N 24 .987 .977 160 160 1439.0 298 13 4 0 2
1964 CHI:N 25 .949 .973 162 159 1427.0 230 14 13 1 0
1967 CHI:N 28 .989 .976 160 158 1418.0 269 3 3 0 1
1968 CHI:N 29 .962 .975 138 120 1102.3 176 2 7 0 0
1969 CHI:N 30 .965 .973 151 130 1198.0 208 11 8 1 2
1970 CHI:N 31 .992 .976 154 149 1302.3 244 13 2 0 1
1971 CHI:N 32 .979 .979 151 148 1306.7 273 8 6 0 3
1972 CHI:N 33 .984 .978 144 142 1254.7 231 9 4 1 0
1973 CHI:N 34 .985 .977 138 132 1136.0 247 14 4 0 1
1974 CHI:N 35 .973 .979 43 41 343.3 69 4 2 0 2
1976 OAK:A 37 .000 .981 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - CENTER FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1964 CHI:N 25 1.000 .973 2 2 9.0 1 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - RIGHT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1961 CHI:N 22 .949 .977 26 22 205.0 36 1 2 2 1
1967 CHI:N 28 1.000 .976 6 3 26.0 4 0 0 0 0
1968 CHI:N 29 .977 .975 47 43 345.0 83 2 2 0 0
1969 CHI:N 30 .917 .973 30 29 205.0 41 3 4 0 0
1970 CHI:N 31 .941 .976 10 10 79.7 16 0 1 0 0
1971 CHI:N 32 .875 .979 4 4 36.0 7 0 1 0 0
FIELDING STATS - OUTFIELD POSITIONS COMBINED (BREAKOUTS UNAVAILABLE)
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1959 CHI:N 20 1.000 .977 10 - - 18 0 0 0 0
1965 CHI:N 26 .968 .975 164 - - 296 10 10 - 2
1966 CHI:N 27 .976 .974 162 - - 319 9 8 - 3
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 231 416 145 956 2,037 608 2,166 1,492 3,445
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Williams - Historical Batting Stastistics
Billy Williams - Pinch Hitting Statistics, Designated Hitting Statistics
Billy Williams - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Billy Williams - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - First Base
Fielding Statistics - Left Field
Fielding Statistics - Center Field
Billy Williams - Fielding Statistics - Right Field
Billy Williams - Fielding Statistics - Outfield Combined
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching