Billy Williams
Billy Leo Williams (Sweet Swingin' Billy from Whistler)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 15, 1938 in Whistler, AL
High School: Whistler (Whistler, AL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1959
Final Game: October 2, 1976
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1987 (354/413 ballots).
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Standard Batting

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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
1959 21 CHC NL 18 34 33 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7 .152 .176 .212 .389 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 7
1960 22 CHC NL 12 52 47 4 13 0 2 2 7 0 0 5 12 .277 .346 .489 .836 127 23 1 0 0 0 0 7
1961 23 CHC NL 146 584 529 75 147 20 7 25 86 6 0 45 70 .278 .338 .484 .822 115 256 11 5 1 4 11 *79 RoY-1
1962 24 CHC NL 159 699 618 94 184 22 8 22 91 9 9 70 72 .298 .369 .466 .835 120 288 11 4 0 7 3 *7 AS
1963 25 CHC NL 161 687 612 87 175 36 9 25 95 7 6 68 78 .286 .358 .497 .854 138 304 12 2 2 3 9 *7
1964 26 CHC NL 162 709 645 100 201 39 2 33 98 10 7 59 84 .312 .370 .532 .901 147 343 11 2 0 3 8 *7/8 AS,MVP-18
1965 27 CHC NL 164 719 645 115 203 39 6 34 108 10 1 65 76 .315 .377 .552 .929 157 356 20 3 1 5 7 *978 AS,MVP-12
1966 28 CHC NL 162 727 648 100 179 23 5 29 91 6 3 69 61 .276 .347 .461 .808 122 299 12 4 0 6 16 *97
1967 29 CHC NL 162 712 634 92 176 21 12 28 84 6 3 68 67 .278 .346 .481 .828 130 305 13 2 2 6 8 *7/9
1968 30 CHC NL 163 699 642 91 185 30 8 30 98 4 1 48 53 .288 .336 .500 .836 142 321 13 2 0 7 10 *79 AS,MVP-8
1969 31 CHC NL 163 708 642 103 188 33 10 21 95 3 2 59 70 .293 .355 .474 .828 119 304 15 4 0 3 15 *79 MVP-23
1970 32 CHC NL 161 714 636 137 205 34 4 42 129 7 1 72 65 .322 .391 .586 .977 148 373 13 2 0 4 9 *79 MVP-2
1971 33 CHC NL 157 677 594 86 179 27 5 28 93 7 5 77 44 .301 .383 .505 .888 138 300 17 3 0 3 18 *7/9 MVP-21
1972 34 CHC NL 150 650 574 95 191 34 6 37 122 3 1 62 59 .333 .398 .606 1.005 172 348 14 6 0 8 20 *7/3 AS,MVP-2
1973 35 CHC NL 156 659 576 72 166 22 2 20 86 4 3 76 72 .288 .369 .438 .806 117 252 13 1 0 6 14 *73 AS,MVP-29
1974 36 CHC NL 117 474 404 55 113 22 0 16 68 4 5 67 44 .280 .382 .453 .835 131 183 9 1 0 2 12 37
1975 37 OAK AL 155 602 520 68 127 20 1 23 81 0 0 76 68 .244 .341 .419 .760 116 218 9 2 1 3 7 *D/3
1976 38 OAK AL 120 413 351 36 74 12 0 11 41 4 2 58 44 .211 .320 .339 .659 98 119 4 0 1 3 15 D/7
18 Seasons 2488 10519 9350 1410 2711 434 88 426 1475 90 49 1045 1046 .290 .361 .492 .853 133 4599 200 43 8 73 182
162 Game Avg. 162 685 609 92 177 28 6 28 96 6 3 68 68 .290 .361 .492 .853 133 299 13 3 1 5 12
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
CHC (16 yrs) 2213 9504 8479 1306 2510 402 87 392 1353 86 47 911 934 .296 .364 .503 .867 135 4262 187 41 6 67 160
OAK (2 yrs) 275 1015 871 104 201 32 1 34 122 4 2 134 112 .231 .333 .387 .720 109 337 13 2 2 6 22
NL (16 yrs) 2213 9504 8479 1306 2510 402 87 392 1353 86 47 911 934 .296 .364 .503 .867 135 4262 187 41 6 67 160
AL (2 yrs) 275 1015 871 104 201 32 1 34 122 4 2 134 112 .231 .333 .387 .720 109 337 13 2 2 6 22

Advanced Batting

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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
1959 21 CHC NL 34 30 1 0.9 104 .192 .152 .269 .176 .335 .212 .416 .389 .751 4 .047 -4.8 -0.5 .267 .091 .061
1960 22 CHC NL 52 35 8 6.2 98 .333 .277 .262 .346 .328 .489 .402 .836 .730 127 .652 1.4 0.1 .800 .319 .213 .0
1961 23 CHC NL 584 398 87 5.8 106 .279 .278 .271 .338 .338 .484 .422 .822 .760 115 .602 9.5 0.9 .794 .302 .206 9.7
1962 24 CHC NL 699 461 107 6.2 106 .305 .298 .275 .369 .342 .466 .417 .835 .759 120 .638 17.8 1.7 .797 .282 .168 12.8
1963 25 CHC NL 687 460 108 6.3 94 .293 .286 .261 .358 .323 .497 .390 .854 .713 138 .707 31.0 3.3 .824 .324 .211 10.9
1964 26 CHC NL 709 465 125 7.2 97 .316 .312 .268 .370 .326 .532 .398 .901 .724 147 .738 40.8 4.2 .881 .316 .220 15.3
1965 27 CHC NL 719 469 132 7.6 95 .313 .315 .260 .377 .324 .552 .394 .929 .718 157 .752 48.9 5.0 .935 .352 .237 15.5
1966 28 CHC NL 727 490 104 5.7 97 .266 .276 .266 .347 .325 .461 .400 .808 .725 122 .635 19.7 2.0 .775 .296 .185 9.9
1967 29 CHC NL 712 482 106 5.9 94 .272 .278 .264 .346 .327 .481 .387 .828 .714 130 .676 24.0 2.5 .797 .315 .203 9.9
1968 30 CHC NL 699 478 107 6.1 87 .274 .288 .260 .336 .319 .500 .366 .836 .685 142 .724 31.7 3.5 .794 .291 .212 7.1
1969 31 CHC NL 708 474 106 6.0 105 .301 .293 .274 .355 .346 .474 .406 .828 .752 119 .660 15.8 1.6 .781 .274 .181 5.3
1970 32 CHC NL 714 449 147 8.8 112 .306 .322 .280 .391 .354 .586 .427 .977 .781 148 .763 43.2 4.2 1.018 .387 .264 12.0
1971 33 CHC NL 677 440 112 6.9 102 .288 .301 .274 .383 .342 .505 .401 .888 .743 138 .721 31.5 3.3 .874 .337 .204 11.2
1972 34 CHC NL 650 406 137 9.1 100 .317 .333 .268 .398 .337 .606 .395 1.005 .733 172 .815 55.7 5.7 1.050 .385 .274 5.6
1973 35 CHC NL 659 432 94 5.9 102 .298 .288 .270 .369 .341 .438 .402 .806 .743 117 .640 14.9 1.5 .775 .283 .149 6.7
1974 36 CHC NL 474 307 71 6.2 97 .280 .280 .266 .382 .338 .453 .384 .835 .722 131 .668 18.7 1.9 .820 .337 .173 6.4
1975 37 OAK AL 602 406 78 5.2 91 .241 .244 .256 .341 .325 .419 .376 .760 .701 116 .582 12.1 1.2 .736 .321 .175 .0
1976 38 OAK AL 413 287 41 3.9 82 .211 .211 .250 .320 .314 .339 .353 .659 .666 98 .485 1.1 0.1 .633 .299 .128 5.9
18 Seasons 10519 6969 1671 6.5 98 .287 .290 .267 .361 .333 .492 .396 .853 .729 133 .688 413.2 42.2 .832 .318 .202 148.6
162 Game Avg. 685 454 109 6.5 98 .287 .290 .267 .361 .333 .492 .396 .853 .729 133 .688 27 3 .832 .318 .202 10
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHC (16 yrs) 9504 6276 1552 6.7 100 .293 .296 .268 .364 .334 .503 .399 .867 .734 135 .700 399.9 40.9 .847 .319 .207 141.1
OAK (2 yrs) 1015 693 119 4.6 87 .228 .231 .254 .333 .321 .387 .366 .720 .687 109 .546 13.3 1.3 .693 .312 .156 7.2
NL (16 yrs) 9504 6276 1552 6.7 100 .293 .296 .268 .364 .334 .503 .399 .867 .734 135 .700 399.9 40.9 .847 .319 .207 141.1
AL (2 yrs) 1015 693 119 4.6 87 .228 .231 .254 .333 .321 .387 .366 .720 .687 109 .546 13.3 1.3 .693 .312 .156 7.2

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
1975 37 OAK AL ALCS BOS L 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 CHC NL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 26 as LF 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 4 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CHC NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHC NL 34 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHC NL 35 as RF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (6 Appearances) 11 11 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .545 .818 6 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1959 21 CHC NL 34 0.0% 20.6% 2.9% 2.9% 20% 7.00 4.7 16.5 2.14 76%
1960 22 CHC NL 52 3.9% 23.1% 9.6% 7.7% 31% 2.40 3.9 23.5 6.7 1.33 63%
1961 23 CHC NL 584 4.3% 12.0% 7.7% 8.9% 35% 1.56 7.6 21.2 6.2 1.22 75%
1962 24 CHC NL 699 3.2% 10.3% 10.0% 7.4% 28% 1.03 8.6 28.1 6.8 1.21 76%
1963 25 CHC NL 687 3.6% 11.4% 9.9% 10.2% 40% 1.15 7.8 24.5 6.4 0.98 75%
1964 26 CHC NL 709 4.7% 11.9% 8.3% 10.4% 37% 1.42 7.7 19.5 6.6 1.03 75%
1965 27 CHC NL 719 4.7% 10.6% 9.0% 11.0% 39% 1.17 8.5 19.0 6.0 1.01 75%
1966 28 CHC NL 727 4.0% 8.4% 9.5% 7.8% 32% 0.88 10.6 22.3 7.1 1.18 78%
1967 29 CHC NL 712 3.9% 9.4% 9.6% 8.6% 35% 0.99 9.5 22.6 7.5 0.96 77%
1968 30 CHC NL 699 4.3% 7.6% 6.9% 9.7% 37% 1.10 12.1 21.4 6.6 1.06 81%
1969 31 CHC NL 708 3.0% 9.9% 8.3% 9.0% 34% 1.19 9.2 30.6 6.8 1.01 78%
1970 32 CHC NL 714 5.9% 9.1% 10.1% 11.2% 39% 0.90 9.8 15.1 4.9 1.08 75%
1971 33 CHC NL 677 4.1% 6.5% 11.4% 8.9% 34% 0.57 13.5 21.2 6.4 1.21 78%
1972 34 CHC NL 650 5.7% 9.1% 9.5% 11.9% 40% 0.95 9.7 15.5 4.7 0.88 75%
1973 35 CHC NL 659 3.0% 10.9% 11.5% 6.7% 27% 0.95 8.0 28.8 6.7 0.95 74%
1974 36 CHC NL 474 3.4% 9.3% 14.1% 8.0% 34% 0.66 9.2 25.3 5.9 0.90 73%
1975 37 OAK AL 602 3.8% 11.3% 12.6% 7.3% 35% 0.89 7.6 22.6 6.4 0.83 72%
1976 38 OAK AL 413 2.7% 10.7% 14.0% 5.6% 31% 0.76 8.0 31.9 8.6 0.85 72%
18 Seasons 10519 4.1% 9.9% 9.9% 9.0% 35% 1.00 8.9 21.9 6.3 1.03 76%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1959 21 CHC NL 1 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 22 CHC NL 1 0 13% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1961 23 CHC NL 3 0 29% 235 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 37% 23 16 7 10 8 2 13 4 8
1962 24 CHC NL 10 0 31% 275 9 9 50% 8 7 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 23 42% 40 24 15 13 10 3 19 4 12
1963 25 CHC NL 9 0 28% 246 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 25 41% 43 23 18 6 4 2 21 11 9
1964 26 CHC NL 6 0 29% 279 10 7 59% 8 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 7 12 58% 32 18 14 9 5 4 21 1 18
1965 27 CHC NL 9 0 34% 290 10 1 91% 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 27 49% 37 21 16 11 6 5 21 8 13
1966 28 CHC NL 10 0 32% 313 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 23 42% 42 32 10 9 6 3 16 1 15
1967 29 CHC NL 7 0 29% 260 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 22 58% 37 19 18 9 5 4 16 2 14
1968 30 CHC NL 2 0 30% 264 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 16 44% 40 25 13 5 2 3 18 5 12
1969 31 CHC NL 8 0 36% 276 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 22 55% 34 21 12 9 2 7 24 5 18
1970 32 CHC NL 4 0 40% 303 7 1 88% 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 21 56% 53 27 25 16 7 8 20 3 17
1971 33 CHC NL 6 0 25% 269 7 5 58% 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 20 51% 47 26 19 7 2 5 20 6 14
1972 34 CHC NL 13 0 26% 278 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 14 44% 37 26 11 5 2 2 21 6 15
1973 35 CHC NL 8 0 23% 270 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 14 39% 30 24 6 5 4 1 26 7 17
1974 36 CHC NL 7 0 24% 211 4 5 44% 2 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 12 39% 33 22 11 9 7 2 14 4 9
1975 37 OAK AL 7 0 25% 202 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 46% 19 15 4 5 3 2 20 6 14
1976 38 OAK AL 3 0 21% 119 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 46% 15 10 5 3 2 1 8 2 6
18 Seasons 114 0 29% 4115 90 49 65% 76 38 13 9 1 1 16 1 87 282 47% 564 351 204 132 75 55 298 75 211
MLB Averages
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

Situational Hitting*

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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
1959 21 CHC NL 34 94% 5 6 0 0 0 1.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 6 2 33% 17 2 12% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1960 22 CHC NL 52 75% 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 1 11% 3 2 67% 30 5 17% 3 2 67% 4 2 50% 0
1961 23 CHC NL 584 63% 147 13 6 0 1 1.00 25 2 19 19 6 17 8 1 1 1 100% 103 11 11% 56 15 27% 381 63 17% 41 16 39% 36 18 50% 0
1962 24 CHC NL 684 60% 184 0 0 0 0 22 0 2 16 5 11 10 0 0 0 143 11 8% 57 25 44% 392 72 18% 37 28 76% 40 21 53% 15
1963 25 CHC NL 687 71% 175 1 0 0 0 2.76 25 0 5 22 3 16 9 2 3 2 67% 136 12 9% 53 12 23% 413 71 17% 38 16 42% 49 16 33% 0
1964 26 CHC NL 709 66% 201 1 0 0 0 2.37 33 1 11 23 10 20 13 0 1 0 0% 156 11 7% 69 24 35% 430 69 16% 43 21 49% 40 15 38% 0
1965 27 CHC NL 712 67% 203 0 0 0 0 34 1 10 24 10 20 14 0 1 1 100% 166 20 12% 53 23 43% 426 77 18% 37 26 70% 62 28 45% 7
1966 28 CHC NL 705 74% 179 0 0 0 0 29 0 8 18 11 16 13 0 0 0 147 12 8% 66 23 35% 399 62 16% 44 24 55% 43 15 35% 22
1967 29 CHC NL 712 69% 176 0 0 0 0 28 0 3 19 9 12 16 0 2 2 100% 165 13 8% 56 21 38% 403 59 15% 37 23 62% 62 22 35% 0
1968 30 CHC NL 699 77% 185 0 0 0 0 30 1 8 22 8 16 14 1 0 0 181 13 7% 72 26 36% 405 71 18% 44 22 50% 51 22 43% 0
1969 31 CHC NL 708 75% 188 2 0 0 1 1.87 21 0 12 18 3 14 7 0 0 0 192 15 8% 69 18 26% 480 79 16% 49 24 49% 54 14 26% 0
1970 32 CHC NL 714 75% 205 1 0 0 0 4.21 42 1 15 36 6 28 14 0 0 0 193 13 7% 68 23 34% 472 90 19% 43 26 60% 40 16 40% 0
1971 33 CHC NL 677 73% 179 5 1 1 2 1.34 28 0 5 22 6 16 12 0 0 0 169 17 10% 56 17 30% 429 68 16% 33 17 52% 43 20 47% 0
1972 34 CHC NL 650 72% 191 2 1 0 2 2.37 37 1 9 30 7 24 13 0 0 0 145 14 10% 50 20 40% 391 89 23% 36 21 58% 58 20 34% 0
1973 35 CHC NL 659 66% 166 3 1 0 1 2.97 20 0 9 11 9 10 10 0 0 0 157 13 8% 42 15 36% 419 68 16% 34 20 59% 42 21 50% 0
1974 36 CHC NL 474 75% 113 10 2 0 1 2.02 16 1 13 14 2 10 6 0 0 0 106 9 8% 46 25 54% 331 58 18% 34 21 62% 38 20 53% 0
1975 37 OAK AL 602 71% 127 3 1 0 0 1.37 23 0 15 19 4 8 15 1 1 1 100% 109 9 8% 54 14 26% 373 58 16% 36 12 33% 39 13 33% 0
1976 38 OAK AL 413 82% 74 8 3 0 1 1.29 11 0 7 9 2 6 5 0 1 1 100% 66 4 6% 38 7 18% 256 32 13% 25 11 44% 25 6 24% 0
18 Seasons 10475 71% 2711 55 15 1 9 1.59 426 8 152 324 101 244 181 5 10 8 80% 2351 200 9% 914 312 34% 6447 1093 17% 617 332 54% 726 289 40% 44
MLB Averages
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

Cumulative Batting

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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
1959 21 18 34 33 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7 .152 .176 .212 .389 4 7 2 0 0 0 0
1960 22 30 86 80 4 18 0 3 2 9 0 0 6 19 .225 .279 .375 .654 76 30 3 0 0 0 0
1961 23 176 670 609 79 165 20 10 27 95 6 0 51 89 .271 .330 .470 .800 110 286 14 5 1 4 11
1962 24 335 1369 1227 173 349 42 18 49 186 15 9 121 161 .284 .350 .468 .818 115 574 25 9 1 11 14
1963 25 496 2056 1839 260 524 78 27 74 281 22 15 189 239 .285 .353 .477 .830 122 878 37 11 3 14 23
1964 26 658 2765 2484 360 725 117 29 107 379 32 22 248 323 .292 .357 .492 .849 129 1221 48 13 3 17 31
1965 27 822 3484 3129 475 928 156 35 141 487 42 23 313 399 .297 .361 .504 .865 134 1577 68 16 4 22 38
1966 28 984 4211 3777 575 1107 179 40 170 578 48 26 382 460 .293 .359 .497 .855 132 1876 80 20 4 28 54
1967 29 1146 4923 4411 667 1283 200 52 198 662 54 29 450 527 .291 .357 .494 .851 132 2181 93 22 6 34 62
1968 30 1309 5622 5053 758 1468 230 60 228 760 58 30 498 580 .291 .354 .495 .849 133 2502 106 24 6 41 72
1969 31 1472 6330 5695 861 1656 263 70 249 855 61 32 557 650 .291 .354 .493 .847 131 2806 121 28 6 44 87
1970 32 1633 7044 6331 998 1861 297 74 291 984 68 33 629 715 .294 .358 .502 .860 133 3179 134 30 6 48 96
1971 33 1790 7721 6925 1084 2040 324 79 319 1077 75 38 706 759 .295 .360 .502 .863 134 3479 151 33 6 51 114
1972 34 1940 8371 7499 1179 2231 358 85 356 1199 78 39 768 818 .298 .363 .510 .874 136 3827 165 39 6 59 134
1973 35 2096 9030 8075 1251 2397 380 87 376 1285 82 42 844 890 .297 .364 .505 .869 135 4079 178 40 6 65 148
1974 36 2213 9504 8479 1306 2510 402 87 392 1353 86 47 911 934 .296 .364 .503 .867 135 4262 187 41 6 67 160
1975 37 2368 10106 8999 1374 2637 422 88 415 1434 86 47 987 1002 .293 .363 .498 .861 134 4480 196 43 7 70 167
1976 38 2488 10519 9350 1410 2711 434 88 426 1475 90 49 1045 1046 .290 .361 .492 .853 133 4599 200 43 8 73 182

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1959 21 19 35 34 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 7 .147 .171 .206 .377 1 18
1960 22 13 55 50 4 14 0 2 2 7 0 5 13 .280 .345 .480 .825 8 12
1961 23 153 607 551 76 152 21 7 26 87 6 47 73 .276 .336 .481 .817 88 146
1962 24 159 692 613 89 179 21 8 21 87 9 68 72 .292 .363 .455 .818 102 159
1963 25 161 697 621 95 184 38 9 26 104 7 71 78 .296 .369 .512 .881 118 161
1964 26 162 717 651 106 207 40 2 34 104 10 61 84 .318 .377 .542 .919 133 162
1965 27 163 723 648 123 209 40 6 35 115 10 67 76 .323 .386 .565 .951 141 164
1966 28 162 739 657 107 188 24 5 30 98 6 72 61 .286 .357 .475 .832 112 162
1967 29 162 724 644 101 186 22 13 30 92 6 72 67 .289 .359 .503 .862 116 162
1968 30 162 719 657 109 203 33 9 33 117 4 53 53 .309 .359 .537 .896 127 163
1969 31 163 701 637 99 183 32 10 20 92 3 57 70 .287 .348 .463 .811 102 163
1970 32 161 694 621 120 190 32 4 39 113 6 67 65 .306 .373 .559 .932 129 161
1971 33 157 676 593 86 178 27 5 28 93 7 77 44 .300 .382 .504 .886 113 157
1972 34 157 682 602 102 202 36 6 39 131 3 66 62 .336 .402 .610 1.011 147 150
1973 35 156 660 577 72 167 22 2 20 86 4 76 72 .289 .370 .438 .808 94 156
1974 36 117 479 407 57 116 23 0 16 70 4 69 44 .285 .388 .459 .848 73 117
1975 37 156 625 536 77 141 22 1 26 91 0 84 68 .263 .363 .453 .817 88 155
1976 38 121 439 367 45 88 14 0 13 51 5 69 44 .240 .358 .384 .742 51 120
18 Seasons 2504 10664 9466 1468 2792 447 90 438 1540 90 1082 1053 .295 .367 .500 .867 1743 2488
162 Game Avg. 162 690 612 95 181 29 6 28 100 6 70 68 .295 .367 .500 .867 113 2488
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1962-2 *
1964 (LF)
1965 *
1968 *
1972 *
1973 (RF)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1961-NL-Rookie of the Year
1972-ML-Major League Player of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1964-NL-18-2%
1965-NL-12-8%
1968-NL-8-17%
1969-NL-23-2%
1970-NL-2-65%
1971-NL-21-3%
1972-NL-2-63%
1973-NL-29-1%
1.61 Career Shares (127th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1964 NL--.312--8th
1965 NL--.315--4th
1970 NL--.322--4th
1972 NL--.333--1st

On-Base% s c a p y
1964 NL--.370--8th
1965 NL--.377--8th
1971 NL--.383--10th
1972 NL--.398--2nd

Slugging % s c a p y
1963 NL--.497--7th
1964 NL--.532--7th
1965 NL--.552--3rd
1967 NL--.481--10th
1968 NL--.500--3rd
1970 NL--.586--4th
1971 NL--.505--6th
1972 NL--.606--1st
Career--.492--124th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 NL--.854--6th
1964 NL--.901--7th
1965 NL--.929--3rd
1968 NL--.836--8th
1970 NL--.977--5th
1971 NL--.888--5th
1972 NL--1.005--1st
Career--.853--155th

Games Played s c a p y
1963 NL--161--4th
1964 NL--162--2nd
1965 NL--164--1st
1966 NL--162--1st
1967 NL--162--2nd
1968 NL--163--1st
1969 NL--163--1st
1970 NL--161--1st
Career--2488--52nd

At Bats s c a p y
1964 NL--645--3rd
1965 NL--645--5th
1966 NL--648--4th
1967 NL--634--4th
1968 NL--642--6th
1969 NL--642--5th
1970 NL--636--5th
Career--9350--47th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1963 NL--687--10th
1964 NL--709--2nd
1965 NL--719--4th
1966 NL--727--1st
1967 NL--712--2nd
1968 NL--699--4th
1969 NL--708--6th
1970 NL--714--5th
Career--10519--47th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1964 NL--100--7th
1965 NL--115--4th
1966 NL--100--5th
1967 NL--92--7th
1968 NL--91--5th
1969 NL--103--7th
1970 NL--137--1st
1971 NL--86--10th
1972 NL--95--7th
Career--1410--85th

Hits s c a p y
1962 NL--184--10th
1964 NL--201--3rd
1965 NL--203--3rd
1966 NL--179--7th
1967 NL--176--9th
1968 NL--185--6th
1969 NL--188--5th
1970 NL--205--1st
1971 NL--179--9th
1972 NL--191--3rd
Career--2711--58th

Total Bases s c a p y
1962 NL--288--10th
1963 NL--304--8th
1964 NL--343--3rd
1965 NL--356--2nd
1966 NL--299--9th
1967 NL--305--4th
1968 NL--321--1st
1969 NL--304--6th
1970 NL--373--1st
1971 NL--300--5th
1972 NL--348--1st
Career--4599--36th

Doubles s c a p y
1963 NL--36--3rd
1964 NL--39--3rd
1965 NL--39--2nd
1968 NL--30--9th
1969 NL--33--3rd
1970 NL--34--8th
1972 NL--34--4th
Career--434--113th

Triples s c a p y
1963 NL--9--7th
1967 NL--12--2nd
1968 NL--8--5th
1969 NL--10--3rd
Career--88--221st

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 NL--25--8th
1964 NL--33--2nd
1965 NL--34--3rd
1966 NL--29--10th
1967 NL--28--6th
1968 NL--30--4th
1970 NL--42--2nd
1971 NL--28--8th
1972 NL--37--3rd
Career--426--40th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1963 NL--95--9th
1964 NL--98--7th
1965 NL--108--4th
1968 NL--98--2nd
1969 NL--95--8th
1970 NL--129--2nd
1971 NL--93--9th
1972 NL--122--2nd
Career--1475--52nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 NL--70--10th
1963 NL--68--6th
1966 NL--69--7th
1967 NL--68--8th
1971 NL--77--10th
Career--1045--92nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1046--204th

Singles s c a p y
1962 NL--132--8th
1964 NL--127--10th
1965 NL--124--9th
Career--1763--93rd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1963 NL--138--9th
1964 NL--147--8th
1965 NL--157--3rd
1968 NL--142--8th
1970 NL--148--7th
1972 NL--172--1st
Career--133--130th

Runs Created s c a p y
1962 NL--107--9th
1963 NL--108--7th
1964 NL--125--5th
1965 NL--132--2nd
1966 NL--104--10th
1967 NL--106--7th
1968 NL--107--3rd
1970 NL--147--1st
1971 NL--112--6th
1972 NL--137--1st
Career--1671--47th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1963 NL--31--7th
1964 NL--41--6th
1965 NL--49--2nd
1968 NL--32--8th
1970 NL--43--6th
1971 NL--32--8th
1972 NL--56--1st
Career--413--67th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1963 NL--3.3--7th
1964 NL--4.2--5th
1965 NL--5.0--2nd
1968 NL--3.5--8th
1970 NL--4.2--4th
1971 NL--3.3--8th
1972 NL--5.7--1st
Career--42.2--62nd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1963 NL--70--6th
1964 NL--74--4th
1965 NL--79--1st
1967 NL--61--7th
1968 NL--68--1st
1969 NL--64--6th
1970 NL--80--2nd
1971 NL--60--7th
1972 NL--77--1st
Career--948--46th

Times On Base s c a p y
1962 NL--258--7th
1963 NL--245--7th
1964 NL--262--4th
1965 NL--271--2nd
1966 NL--252--3rd
1967 NL--246--6th
1968 NL--235--7th
1969 NL--251--9th
1970 NL--279--4th
1971 NL--259--5th
1972 NL--259--3rd
Career--3799--57th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1963 NL--.707--8th
1964 NL--.738--8th
1965 NL--.752--4th
1968 NL--.724--7th
1970 NL--.763--5th
1971 NL--.721--5th
1972 NL--.815--1st
Career--.688--93rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 NL--5--6th
1972 NL--6--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1962 NL--7--5th
1966 NL--6--9th
1967 NL--6--7th
1968 NL--7--5th
1972 NL--8--5th
Career--73--115th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 NL--11--6th
1963 NL--9--10th
1966 NL--16--2nd
1969 NL--15--5th
1971 NL--18--5th
1972 NL--20--2nd
1973 NL--14--8th
1974 NL--12--10th
1976 AL--15--2nd
Career--182--22nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1965 NL--20--4th
Career--200--86th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1962 NL--9--3rd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1964 NL--15.3--6th
1965 NL--15.5--9th
Career--148.6--174th

AB per SO s c a p y
1968 NL--12.113--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1964 NL--19.545--4th
1965 NL--18.971--8th
1967 NL--22.643--10th
1968 NL--21.400--8th
1970 NL--15.143--7th
1972 NL--15.514--5th
1975 AL--22.609--10th
Career--21.948--171st

Outs Made s c a p y
1965 NL--469--10th
1966 NL--490--1st
1967 NL--482--3rd
1968 NL--478--6th
1969 NL--474--9th
Career--6969--49th

Oldest s c a p y
1976 AL--born 1938-06-15--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (174), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 168 (25), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 116 (121), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 48 (83), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Andre Dawson (886)
  2. Dave Parker (883)
  3. Luis Gonzalez (883)
  4. Dwight Evans (870)
  5. Harold Baines (864)
  6. Tony Perez (862) *
  7. Al Kaline (858) *
  8. Jim Rice (856) *
  9. Fred McGriff (851)
  10. Gary Sheffield (841)
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  1. Juan Encarnacion (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Juan Encarnacion (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Sam Chapman (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Vic Wertz (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Vernon Wells (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Raul Mondesi (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Reggie Smith (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Winfield (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Winfield (943) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave Winfield (931) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rafael Palmeiro (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Rice (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Rice (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jim Rice (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Andre Dawson (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Dave Winfield (918) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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