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Billy Goodman
William Dale Goodman
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 22, 1926 in Concord, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1947
Final Game: September 30, 1962
Died: October 1, 1984 in Sarasota, FL
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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 21 BOS AL 12 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 18 2 0 0 0 /O
1948 22 BOS AL 127 527 445 65 138 27 2 1 66 5 3 74 44 .310 .414 .387 .801 109 172 18 5 3 *3/45 MVP-27,RoY-4
1949 23 BOS AL 122 509 443 54 132 23 3 0 56 2 0 58 21 .298 .382 .363 .745 92 161 14 2 6 *3 AS
1950 24 BOS AL 110 485 424 91 150 25 3 4 68 2 4 52 25 .354 .427 .455 .882 117 193 8 2 7 O53/46 MVP-2
1951 25 BOS AL 141 638 546 92 162 34 4 0 50 7 4 79 37 .297 .388 .374 .761 99 204 12 2 11 34O/5 MVP-18
1952 26 BOS AL 138 579 513 79 157 27 3 4 56 8 2 48 23 .306 .370 .394 .764 106 202 7 4 14 *43/5O MVP-16
1953 27 BOS AL 128 581 514 73 161 33 5 2 41 1 4 57 11 .313 .384 .409 .793 110 210 2 2 8 *43 AS,MVP-21
1954 28 BOS AL 127 552 489 71 148 25 4 1 36 3 3 51 15 .303 .370 .376 .746 97 184 10 2 9 1 4375 MVP-19
1955 29 BOS AL 149 715 599 100 176 31 2 0 52 5 5 99 44 .294 .394 .352 .747 96 211 13 3 10 4 1 *4/37
1956 30 BOS AL 105 448 399 61 117 22 8 2 38 0 3 40 22 .293 .356 .404 .760 92 161 3 0 7 2 1 4
1957 31 TOT AL 91 316 279 37 82 11 3 3 33 0 2 23 19 .294 .351 .387 .738 108 108 11 3 8 3 1 5/34967
1957 31 BOS AL 18 18 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .063 .167 .125 .292 -21 2 0 0 0 0 0
1957 31 BAL AL 73 298 263 36 81 10 3 3 33 0 2 21 18 .308 .362 .403 .765 116 106 11 3 8 3 1 5/34967
1958 32 CHW AL 116 471 425 41 127 15 5 0 40 1 0 37 21 .299 .355 .358 .712 98 152 10 2 3 4 1 *5/346
1959 33 CHW AL 104 291 268 21 67 14 1 1 28 3 0 19 20 .250 .304 .321 .625 73 86 4 2 2 0 0 5/4
1960 34 CHW AL 30 89 77 5 18 4 0 0 6 0 0 12 8 .234 .337 .286 .623 71 22 2 0 0 0 1 5/4
1961 35 CHW AL 41 59 51 4 13 4 0 1 10 0 0 7 6 .255 .339 .392 .731 96 20 1 0 0 1 0 /534
1962 36 HOU NL 82 174 161 12 41 4 1 0 10 0 0 12 11 .255 .306 .292 .598 67 47 6 0 1 0 2 45/3
16 Seasons 1623 6446 5644 807 1691 299 44 19 591 37 30 669 329 .300 .376 .378 .754 99 2135 121 29 89 15 7
162 Game Avg. 162 643 563 81 169 30 4 2 59 4 3 67 33 .300 .376 .378 .754 99 213 12 3 9
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
BOS (11 yrs) 1177 5064 4399 688 1344 248 34 14 464 33 28 561 245 .306 .386 .387 .773 101 1702 87 22 75 7 2
CHW (4 yrs) 291 910 821 71 225 37 6 2 84 4 0 75 55 .274 .336 .341 .677 87 280 17 4 5 5 2
HOU (1 yr) 82 174 161 12 41 4 1 0 10 0 0 12 11 .255 .306 .292 .598 67 47 6 0 1 0 2
BAL (1 yr) 73 298 263 36 81 10 3 3 33 0 2 21 18 .308 .362 .403 .765 116 106 11 3 8 3 1
AL (15 yrs) 1541 6272 5483 795 1650 295 43 19 581 37 30 657 318 .301 .378 .381 .759 100 2088 115 29 88 15 5
NL (1 yr) 82 174 161 12 41 4 1 0 10 0 0 12 11 .255 .306 .292 .598 67 47 6 0 1 0 2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 33 CHW AL WS LAD L 5 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .231 .286 .231 .516 3 0 1 0 0 0
1 WS 5 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .231 .286 .231 .516 3 0 1 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 BOS AL 21 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 2.40 0-0-1
1948 BOS AL 22 1B 117 1178 1101 69 8 118 .993 10.00 .991 8.55 MVP-27,RoY-4
1948 BOS AL 22 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 MVP-27,RoY-4
1948 BOS AL 22 3B 2 5 0 4 1 2 .800 2.00 .960 2.95 MVP-27,RoY-4
1949 BOS AL 23 1B 117 1157 1069 79 9 148 .992 9.81 .989 8.55 AS
1950 BOS AL 24 OF 45 107 104 2 1 1 .991 2.36 .979 2.34 45-0-0 MVP-2
1950 BOS AL 24 3B 27 93 29 58 6 4 .935 3.22 .961 3.04 MVP-2
1950 BOS AL 24 1B 21 206 193 12 1 15 .995 9.76 .989 8.51 MVP-2
1950 BOS AL 24 2B 5 30 16 13 1 7 .967 5.80 .977 5.40 MVP-2
1950 BOS AL 24 SS 1 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00 .967 4.70 MVP-2
1951 BOS AL 25 1B 62 586 554 29 3 61 .995 9.40 .990 8.49 MVP-18
1951 BOS AL 25 2B 44 255 117 129 9 32 .965 5.59 .978 5.35 MVP-18
1951 BOS AL 25 OF 38 81 70 9 2 2 .975 2.08 .977 2.23 2-0-36 MVP-18
1951 BOS AL 25 3B 1 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00 .950 2.90 MVP-18
1952 BOS AL 26 2B 103 640 284 340 16 95 .975 6.06 .978 5.13 MVP-16
1952 BOS AL 26 1B 23 204 184 17 3 17 .985 8.74 .988 8.88 MVP-16
1952 BOS AL 26 3B 5 14 3 10 1 0 .929 2.60 .957 2.98 MVP-16
1952 BOS AL 26 OF 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .975 2.17 4-0-0 MVP-16
1953 BOS AL 27 2B 112 588 267 306 15 88 .974 5.12 .979 5.13 AS,MVP-21
1953 BOS AL 27 1B 20 170 151 13 6 18 .965 8.20 .989 8.85 AS,MVP-21
1954 BOS AL 28 2B 72 68 621.2 389 173 208 8 59 .979 6.0 11.6 6.0 0.8 5.2 0 5.52 5.29 .976 5.37 4.84 MVP-19
1954 BOS AL 28 1B 27 22 202.2 214 195 16 3 26 .986 -0.7 -4.1 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 0 9.37 7.81 .990 9.60 8.00 MVP-19
1954 BOS AL 28 LF 13 12 101.0 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -1.8 -21.4 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 -1 1.34 1.15 .975 2.26 1.93 MVP-19
1954 BOS AL 28 OF 13 12 101.0 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -1.8 -21.4 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 -1 1.34 1.15 .981 2.39 2.17 MVP-19
1954 BOS AL 28 3B 12 12 97.0 36 11 23 2 5 .944 -1.6 -19.8 -1.6 0.4 -2.0 0 3.15 2.83 .958 3.48 3.07 MVP-19
1955 BOS AL 29 2B 143 143 1260.1 744 348 373 23 93 .969 -4.2 -4.0 -2.2 0.3 -2.5 -2 5.15 5.04 .976 5.37 4.87
1955 BOS AL 29 1B 5 5 43.0 53 47 5 1 3 .981 0.5 14.0 0.5 0.7 -0.2 0 10.88 10.40 .991 9.63 8.16
1955 BOS AL 29 LF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 1.80
1955 BOS AL 29 OF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.10
1956 BOS AL 30 2B 95 95 787.0 498 215 266 17 69 .966 6.6 10.1 7.6 -0.8 8.4 -1 5.50 5.06 .973 5.44 4.74
1957 BAL AL 31 3B 54 49 415.1 153 54 93 6 9 .961 -2.6 -7.5 -2.6 -2.7 0.0 0 3.19 2.72 .950 3.23 2.77
1957 BAL AL 31 OF 9 6 54.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -0.5 -11.1 0.5 0.0 0.5 -1 1.50 1.00 .980 2.23 1.97
1957 BAL AL 31 1B 8 7 57.0 61 56 3 2 7 .967 -0.9 -18.9 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 9.32 7.38 .992 9.66 8.36
1957 BAL AL 31 2B 5 4 38.0 28 14 12 2 4 .929 -0.9 -28.4 -0.9 -0.3 -0.7 0 6.16 5.20 .982 5.40 4.84
1957 BAL AL 31 RF 5 3 32.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 22.5 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 1.12 0.80 .975 1.94 1.68
1957 BAL AL 31 SS 5 0 11.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -65.5 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0 2.45 0.60 .967 5.07 4.44
1957 BAL AL 31 LF 4 3 22.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -1.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -1 2.05 1.25 .983 2.09 1.70
1958 CHW AL 32 3B 111 108 855.1 284 67 204 13 16 .954 1.0 1.4 2.0 0.2 1.7 -1 2.85 2.44 .951 3.11 2.59
1958 CHW AL 32 1B 3 3 16.0 21 19 2 0 2 1.000 0.3 22.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 11.81 7.00 .990 9.62 8.47
1958 CHW AL 32 2B 1 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 72.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 7.20 4.00 .975 5.22 4.70
1958 CHW AL 32 SS 1 0 6.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 100.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 4.50 3.00 .967 4.95 4.20
1959 CHW AL 33 3B 74 67 496.0 202 57 135 10 10 .950 8.7 21.0 8.7 6.0 2.7 0 3.48 2.59 .952 3.21 2.72
1959 CHW AL 33 2B 3 0 17.2 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 0.6 40.8 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 4.58 3.00 .978 5.30 4.73
1960 CHW AL 34 3B 20 16 116.0 56 17 38 1 2 .982 3.5 36.2 3.5 3.0 0.5 0 4.27 2.75 .950 3.14 2.72
1960 CHW AL 34 2B 7 5 43.0 23 9 14 0 5 1.000 0.3 8.4 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 4.81 3.29 .978 5.46 4.66
1961 CHW AL 35 3B 7 5 48.2 18 4 13 1 1 .944 -0.7 -17.3 -0.7 0.8 -1.5 0 3.14 2.43 .950 3.18 2.79
1961 CHW AL 35 1B 2 0 2.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 45.0 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 20.25 3.00 .983 9.45 8.30
1961 CHW AL 35 2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 5.10 4.70
1962 HOU NL 36 2B 31 15 147.0 72 25 45 2 6 .972 -1.4 -11.4 -1.4 -2.6 1.1 0 4.29 2.26 .974 5.30 4.68
1962 HOU NL 36 3B 17 10 99.0 40 11 22 7 2 .825 -0.7 -8.5 -0.7 -1.0 0.2 0 3.00 1.94 .955 2.95 2.56
1962 HOU NL 36 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -720.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 8.10 8.00
14 Seasons 2B 624 330 2922.2 3282 1475 1714 93 459 .972 7.4 3.0 10.4 -1.8 12.0 -3 9.82 5.11 .977 5.39 4.96
12 Seasons 1B 406 37 321.2 3856 3575 245 36 415 .991 -0.9 -3.4 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 0 106.88 9.41 .990 9.61 8.52
11 Seasons 3B 330 267 2127.1 905 254 603 48 52 .947 7.6 4.3 8.6 6.7 1.6 -1 3.63 2.60 .953 3.17 2.72
7 Seasons OF 111 18 155.0 220 203 12 5 3 .977 -2.3 -17.8 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -2 12.48 1.94 .978 2.33 2.24 69-0-42
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 18 15 123.0 22 19 1 2 0 .909 -2.9 -28.3 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 -2 1.46 1.11 .977 2.23 1.87
3 Seasons SS 7 0 17.0 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -7.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 6.35 1.71 .967 5.03 4.44
1 Season (incomplete) RF 5 3 32.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 22.5 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 1.12 0.80 .975 1.94 1.68
16 Seasons TOT 1478 652 5543.2 8275 5511 2582 182 930 .978 11.7 2.5 17.7 5.1 12.1 -2 -4 13.14 5.48 .958 4.69 5.23 69-0-42
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1949 *
1953 (2B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1948-AL-27-1%
1950-AL-2-54%
1951-AL-18-6%
1952-AL-16-5%
1953-AL-21-1%
1954-AL-19-2%
0.69 Career Shares (329th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1950 AL--.354--1st
1952 AL--.306--6th
1953 AL--.313--3rd
1954 AL--.303--8th
1955 AL--.294--10th
Career--.300--207th

On-Base% s c a p y
1948 AL--.414--4th
1950 AL--.427--5th
1951 AL--.388--10th
1955 AL--.394--4th
Career--.376--199th

Games Played s c a p y
1955 AL--149--9th

At Bats s c a p y
1955 AL--599--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1955 AL--715--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1951 AL--92--8th
1955 AL--100--6th

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL--162--8th
1953 AL--161--8th
1955 AL--176--6th

Doubles s c a p y
1951 AL--34--4th
1952 AL--27--9th
1953 AL--33--4th
1954 AL--25--10th
1955 AL--31--3rd

Triples s c a p y
1956 AL--8--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1951 AL--79--8th
1955 AL--99--2nd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1952 AL--8--10th

Singles s c a p y
1951 AL--124--6th
1952 AL--123--6th
1953 AL--121--10th
1954 AL--118--7th
1955 AL--143--2nd

Times On Base s c a p y
1951 AL--243--8th
1955 AL--278--3rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1950 AL--.671--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL--5--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1951 AL--11--7th
1952 AL--14--6th
1954 AL--9--10th
1955 AL--10--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 AL--18--8th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1955 AL--5--10th

AB per SO s c a p y
1949 AL--21.095--6th
1952 AL--22.304--3rd
1953 AL--46.727--1st
1954 AL--32.600--4th
1955 AL--13.614--6th
Career--17.160--165th

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 AL--455--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (436), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 54 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (583), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (514), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Sent from Atlanta (Southern Association) to the Boston Red Sox in an unknown transaction.

June 14, 1957: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Fornieles.

December 3, 1957: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Tito Francona and Ray Moore to the Chicago White Sox for Larry Doby, Jack Harshman, Russ Heman and Jim Marshall.

May 15, 1962: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

May 15, 1962: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Colt .45's.

October 16, 1962: Released by the Houston Colt .45's.

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