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Bernie Williams

Bernard Williams

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 8, 1948 in Alameda, CA
High School: Saint Elizabeth HS (Oakland, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1970
Teams (by GP): Giants/Padres 1970-1974

Final Game: May 12, 1974
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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
1970 21 SFG NL 7 18 16 2 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 .313 .389 .438 .826 123 7 1 0 0 0 0 /7
1971 22 SFG NL 35 86 73 8 13 1 0 1 5 1 1 12 24 .178 .294 .233 .527 52 17 1 0 1 0 2 7/9
1972 23 SFG NL 46 75 68 12 13 3 1 3 9 0 0 7 22 .191 .267 .397 .664 85 27 2 0 0 0 0 7/89
1974 25 SDP NL 14 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267 -23 2 0 0 0 0 0 /87
4 Yrs 102 194 172 23 33 6 1 4 15 2 2 21 53 .192 .280 .308 .588 66 53 4 0 1 0 2
162 Game Avg. 162 308 273 37 52 10 2 6 24 3 3 33 84 .192 .280 .308 .588 66 84 6 0 2 0 3
SFG (3 yrs) 88 179 157 22 31 6 1 4 15 2 2 21 47 .197 .292 .325 .617 74 51 4 0 1 0 2
SDP (1 yr) 14 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267 -23 2 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1970 21 SFG NL 7 18 1 -0 -0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 2 0.2 .515 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /7
1971 22 SFG NL 35 86 -4 -0 0 -4 -1 -10 -1.1 2 -7 -0.9 .468 .493 -0.4 -0.6 -4 $ 7/9
1972 23 SFG NL 46 75 -0 -0 -0 1 -1 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.0 0.1 1 $ 7/89
1974 25 SDP NL 14 15 -1 -0 0 -1 -0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .479 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ /87
4 Seasons 102 194 -4 -1 0 -4 -2 -12 -1.3 6 -6 -0.8 .487 .498 -0.4 -0.6 -2 $
SFG (3 yrs) 88 179 -4 -1 0 -2 -2 -9 -1.0 5 -4 -0.5 .488 .498 -0.3 -0.5 -2 $
SDP (1 yr) 14 15 -1 -0 0 -1 -0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .479 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1970 21 SFG NL 18 13 2 4.1 103 .333 .313 .266 .389 .338 .438 .406 .826 .745 123 .447 0.6 0.1 .692 .250 .125 .0
1971 22 SFG NL 86 63 6 2.6 92 .250 .178 .259 .294 .325 .233 .379 .527 .703 52 .300 -4.4 -0.5 .468 .219 .055 1.0
1972 23 SFG NL 75 57 7 3.3 93 .233 .191 .259 .267 .327 .397 .382 .664 .710 85 .409 -1.7 -0.2 .596 .309 .206 .0
1974 25 SDP NL 15 13 0 0.0 90 .222 .133 .256 .133 .328 .133 .371 .267 .698 -23 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .154 .000 .000
4 Yrs 194 146 15 2.8 93 .252 .192 .259 .280 .327 .308 .382 .588 .709 66 .326 -7.9 -0.8 .510 .238 .116 2.7
162 Game Avg. 308 232 24 2.8 93 .252 .192 .259 .280 .327 .308 .382 .588 .709 66 .326 -7.9 -0.8 .510 .238 .116 4
SFG (3 yrs) 179 133 15 3.0 93 .255 .197 .259 .292 .327 .325 .383 .617 .710 74 .364 -5.4 -0.6 .545 .261 .127 2.7
SDP (1 yr) 15 13 0 0.0 90 .222 .133 .256 .133 .328 .133 .371 .267 .698 -23 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .154 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1970 21 SFG NL 18 0.0% 5.6% 11.1% 11.1% 40% 0.50 16.0 16.0 1.50 83%
1971 22 SFG NL 86 1.2% 27.9% 14.0% 2.3% 15% 2.00 3.0 73.0 14.6 0.64 56%
1972 23 SFG NL 75 4.0% 29.3% 9.3% 9.3% 54% 3.14 3.1 22.7 7.6 0.65 57%
1974 25 SDP NL 15 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 0.67 60%
4 Yrs 194 2.1% 27.3% 10.8% 5.7% 33% 2.52 3.2 43.0 11.5 0.71 59%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.2% 8.7% 6.0% 27% 1.62 6.3 44.7 9.0 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1970 21 SFG NL 0.6 0.1 21 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 1.17 0.1 -0.3 -2.1 -0.2 1.08 0.4 1.05 1
1971 22 SFG NL -4.4 -0.5 89 -0.8 1.2 -2.0 1.24 -0.5 -0.2 -5.9 -0.6 1.03 -4.8 0.75 9
1972 23 SFG NL -1.7 -0.2 75 -0.3 1.3 -1.6 1.07 0.2 -0.4 3.3 0.3 0.87 3.1 1.09 17
1974 25 SDP NL -2.5 -0.3 15 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .46 -0.1 0.1 -1.0 -0.1 1.00 -1.1 0.43 9
4 Yrs -7.9 -0.8 200 -1.3 2.9 -4.2 1.11 -0.3 -0.8 -5.7 -0.6 0.97 -2.3 0.84 36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1970 21 SFG NL 1 0 29% 11 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1971 22 SFG NL 1 0 29% 27 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30% 6 5 1 0 0 0 4 1 2
1972 23 SFG NL 2 0 53% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 6 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 0
1974 25 SDP NL 2 0 50% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
4 Yrs 6 0 38% 85 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 40% 17 11 6 1 0 1 7 3 3

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1970 21 SFG NL 18 17% 5 1 0 0 0 1.05 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 17 1 6% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1971 22 SFG NL 86 36% 13 9 1 0 1 0.75 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 19 1 5% 6 0 0% 63 4 6% 7 3 43% 1 1 100% 0
1972 23 SFG NL 75 37% 13 17 4 2 4 1.09 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 14 2 14% 4 1 25% 36 6 17% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1974 25 SDP NL 15 80% 2 9 1 0 0 0.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 194 38% 33 36 6 2 5 0.84 4 0 4 1 3 1 3 0 1 1 100% 41 4 10% 14 1 7% 123 11 9% 11 3 27% 3 3 100% 0
MLB Averages 55% 74% 11% 31% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 21 7 18 16 2 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 .313 .389 .438 .826 123 7 1 0 0 0 0
1971 22 42 104 89 10 18 3 0 1 6 2 2 14 25 .202 .311 .270 .580 65 24 2 0 1 0 2
1972 23 88 179 157 22 31 6 1 4 15 2 2 21 47 .197 .292 .325 .617 74 51 4 0 1 0 2
1973 24 88 179 157 22 31 6 1 4 15 2 2 21 47 .197 .292 .325 .617 74 51 4 0 1 0 2
1974 25 102 194 172 23 33 6 1 4 15 2 2 21 53 .192 .280 .308 .588 66 53 4 0 1 0 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1970 21 7 18 16 2 5 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 .313 .389 .438 .826 3 7
1971 22 35 88 74 10 14 1 0 1 6 1 13 24 .189 .310 .243 .554 6 35
1972 23 48 79 71 14 14 3 1 3 10 0 8 23 .197 .278 .394 .673 8 46
1974 25 14 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
4 Yrs 104 200 176 26 33 6 1 4 17 2 23 54 .188 .281 .301 .583 17 102
162 Game Avg. 162 312 274 41 51 9 2 6 26 3 36 84 .188 .281 .301 .583 26 102

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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