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Cy Williams
Fred Williams
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 21, 1887 in Wadena, IN
School: University of Notre Dame
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1912. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1912
Final Game: September 22, 1930
Died: April 23, 1974 in Eagle River, WI
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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
1912 24 CHC NL 28 70 62 3 15 1 1 0 1 2 6 14 .242 .309 .290 .599 64 18 0 2 O
1913 25 CHC NL 49 167 156 17 35 3 3 4 32 5 5 26 .224 .262 .359 .621 76 56 3 3 O
1914 26 CHC NL 55 111 94 12 19 2 2 0 5 2 13 13 .202 .312 .266 .578 72 25 2 2 O
1915 27 CHC NL 151 566 518 59 133 22 6 13 64 15 10 26 49 .257 .305 .398 .703 112 206 10 12 *O
1916 28 CHC NL 118 484 405 55 113 19 9 12 66 6 51 64 .279 .372 .459 .831 144 186 9 19 *O
1917 29 CHC NL 138 539 468 53 113 22 4 5 42 8 38 78 .241 .308 .338 .646 92 158 7 26 *O
1918 30 PHI NL 94 398 351 49 97 14 1 6 39 10 27 30 .276 .337 .373 .710 110 131 5 15 *O
1919 31 PHI NL 109 481 435 54 121 21 1 9 39 9 30 43 .278 .335 .393 .728 112 171 7 9 *O
1920 32 PHI NL 148 643 590 88 192 36 10 15 72 18 12 32 45 .325 .364 .497 .861 141 293 4 17 *O
1921 33 PHI NL 146 603 562 67 180 28 6 18 75 5 15 30 32 .320 .357 .488 .844 115 274 2 9 *O
1922 34 PHI NL 151 676 584 98 180 30 6 26 92 11 14 74 49 .308 .392 .514 .905 125 300 6 12 *O
1923 35 PHI NL 136 604 535 98 157 22 3 41 114 11 10 59 57 .293 .371 .576 .947 136 308 7 3 *O
1924 36 PHI NL 148 636 558 101 183 31 11 24 93 7 12 67 49 .328 .403 .552 .955 142 308 3 8 *O MVP-22
1925 37 PHI NL 107 375 314 78 104 11 5 13 60 4 9 53 34 .331 .435 .522 .958 136 164 5 3 O
1926 38 PHI NL 107 384 336 63 116 13 4 18 53 2 38 35 .345 .418 .568 .986 155 191 4 6 O
1927 39 PHI NL 131 570 492 86 135 18 2 30 98 0 61 57 .274 .365 .502 .867 134 247 9 8 *O MVP-13
1928 40 PHI NL 99 303 238 31 61 9 0 12 37 0 54 34 .256 .400 .445 .845 115 106 3 8 O
1929 41 PHI NL 66 89 65 11 19 2 0 5 21 0 22 9 .292 .471 .554 1.025 147 36 0 2 O
1930 42 PHI NL 21 21 17 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 .471 .571 .588 1.160 174 10 0 0 /O
19 Seasons 2002 7720 6780 1024 1981 306 74 251 1005 115 82 690 721 .292 .365 .470 .835 125 3188 86 164
162 Game Avg. 162 625 549 83 160 25 6 20 81 9 56 58 .292 .365 .470 .835 125 258 7 13
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
PHI (13 yrs) 1463 5783 5077 825 1553 237 49 217 795 77 72 551 477 .306 .380 .500 .880 131 2539 55 100
CHC (6 yrs) 539 1937 1703 199 428 69 25 34 210 38 10 139 244 .251 .319 .381 .700 107 649 31 64

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1912 CHC NL 24 OF 22 39 36 3 0 0 1.000 1.77 .954 2.16 5-17-0
1913 CHC NL 25 OF 44 83 77 4 2 0 .976 1.84 .959 2.08 36-9-0
1914 CHC NL 26 OF 27 51 46 2 3 0 .941 1.78 .957 1.97 22-7-0
1915 CHC NL 27 OF 149 373 347 14 12 2 .968 2.42 .959 2.01 0-149-0
1916 CHC NL 28 OF 116 270 260 7 3 0 .989 2.30 .966 2.00 0-115-1
1917 CHC NL 29 OF 136 378 340 23 15 4 .960 2.67 .963 2.08 0-136-0
1918 PHI NL 30 OF 91 247 229 10 8 4 .968 2.63 .962 2.13 0-91-0
1919 PHI NL 31 OF 108 300 278 13 9 2 .970 2.69 .964 2.18 0-108-0
1920 PHI NL 32 OF 147 422 388 22 12 4 .972 2.79 .964 2.21 0-147-0
1921 PHI NL 33 OF 146 420 382 29 9 5 .979 2.82 .965 2.24 0-146-0
1922 PHI NL 34 OF 150 406 376 19 11 2 .973 2.63 .962 2.26 0-150-0
1923 PHI NL 35 OF 135 366 350 9 7 3 .981 2.66 .963 2.28 0-135-0
1924 PHI NL 36 OF 145 396 368 13 15 0 .962 2.63 .965 2.24 0-145-0 MVP-22
1925 PHI NL 37 OF 96 187 173 12 2 3 .989 1.93 .966 2.33 0-0-96
1926 PHI NL 38 OF 93 163 143 14 6 3 .963 1.69 .965 2.26 0-0-93
1927 PHI NL 39 OF 130 271 241 22 8 8 .970 2.02 .970 2.35 0-0-130 MVP-13
1928 PHI NL 40 OF 69 127 118 9 0 0 1.000 1.84 .971 2.31 20-9-40
1929 PHI NL 41 OF 11 29 27 1 1 0 .966 2.55 .972 2.38 1-9-1
1930 PHI NL 42 OF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 1.000 2.27 1-1-1
19 Seasons OF 1818 4529 4180 226 123 40 .973 2.42 .964 2.20 85-1374-362
19 Seasons TOT 1818 4529 4180 226 123 40 .973 2.42 .937 2.20 85-1374-362
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1949 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1950 BBWAA ( 5.4%)
1951 BBWAA ( 3.1%)
1952 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1953 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1954 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1955 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1956 BBWAA ( 5.7%)
1958 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1960 BBWAA ( 4.1%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1924 NL (22, 1%)
1927 NL (13, 8%)
0.09 Career Shares (926th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1920 NL  .325 (5th)
1924 NL  .328 (10th)
1926 NL  .345 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1916 NL  .372 (3rd)
1924 NL  .403 (5th)
1925 NL  .435 (3rd)
1926 NL  .418 (2nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1915 NL  .398 (10th)
1916 NL  .459 (3rd)
1920 NL  .497 (2nd)
1921 NL  .488 (8th)
1922 NL  .514 (5th)
1923 NL  .576 (3rd)
1924 NL  .552 (2nd)
1925 NL  .522 (10th)
1926 NL  .568 (1st)
1927 NL  .502 (8th)
Career  .470 (229th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1916 NL  .831 (1st)
1920 NL  .861 (3rd)
1922 NL  .905 (4th)
1923 NL  .947 (5th)
1924 NL  .955 (5th)
1925 NL  .958 (6th)
1926 NL  .986 (1st)
Career  .835 (212th)

Games Played s c a p y
1924 NL  148 (7th)
Career  2002 (216th)

At Bats s c a p y
1920 NL  590 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1922 NL  676 (9th)
1924 NL  636 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1920 NL  88 (7th)
1923 NL  98 (9th)
1924 NL  101 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1920 NL  192 (5th)
1924 NL  183 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1920 NL  293 (2nd)
1921 NL  274 (10th)
1922 NL  300 (4th)
1923 NL  308 (2nd)
1924 NL  308 (3rd)
1927 NL  247 (10th)
Career  3188 (213th)

Doubles s c a p y
1919 NL  21 (10th)
1920 NL  36 (2nd)
1922 NL  30 (10th)
1924 NL  31 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1915 NL  13 (2nd)
1916 NL  12 (1st)
1917 NL  5 (7th)
1918 NL  6 (2nd)
1919 NL  9 (3rd)
1920 NL  15 (1st)
1921 NL  18 (3rd)
1922 NL  26 (2nd)
1923 NL  41 (1st)
1924 NL  24 (3rd)
1926 NL  18 (3rd)
1927 NL  30 (1st)
Career  251 (192nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1916 NL  66 (10th)
1922 NL  92 (8th)
1923 NL  114 (2nd)
1924 NL  93 (8th)
1927 NL  98 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1922 NL  74 (6th)
1923 NL  59 (10th)
1924 NL  67 (4th)
1927 NL  61 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1916 NL  64 (8th)
1917 NL  78 (1st)
1919 NL  43 (7th)
1922 NL  49 (6th)
1923 NL  57 (4th)
1927 NL  57 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1916 NL  144 (6th)
1920 NL  141 (4th)
1922 NL  125 (9th)
1923 NL  136 (7th)
1924 NL  142 (6th)
1925 NL  136 (7th)
1926 NL  155 (1st)
1927 NL  134 (10th)
Career  125 (228th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1920 NL  103 (3rd)
1922 NL  112 (9th)
1923 NL  109 (7th)
1924 NL  119 (4th)
Career  1132 (232nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1916 NL  23 (8th)
1920 NL  30 (4th)
1922 NL  22 (8th)
1923 NL  26 (8th)
1924 NL  34 (5th)
1926 NL  26 (4th)
1927 NL  24 (9th)
Career  233 (198th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1916 NL  2.7 (8th)
1920 NL  3.2 (4th)
1922 NL  2.1 (8th)
1923 NL  2.5 (8th)
1924 NL  3.4 (5th)
1926 NL  2.6 (4th)
1927 NL  2.3 (9th)
Career  23.3 (200th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1916 NL  40 (10th)
1920 NL  61 (3rd)
1921 NL  52 (9th)
1922 NL  62 (4th)
1923 NL  66 (1st)
1924 NL  66 (3rd)
1927 NL  50 (10th)
Career  631 (240th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1920 NL  228 (9th)
1922 NL  260 (9th)
1924 NL  253 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1916 NL  .738 (6th)
1920 NL  .725 (4th)
1922 NL  .653 (10th)
1923 NL  .698 (7th)
1924 NL  .741 (6th)
1925 NL  .697 (9th)
1926 NL  .789 (1st)
Career  .661 (167th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1915 NL  10 (5th)
1916 NL  9 (3rd)
1917 NL  7 (6th)
1919 NL  7 (3rd)
1922 NL  6 (7th)
1923 NL  7 (5th)
1925 NL  5 (10th)
1927 NL  9 (1st)
Career  86 (113th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1917 NL  26 (4th)
Career  164 (136th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1922 NL  14 (8th)
Career  82 (195th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1915 NL  13.9 (4th)
1918 NL  7.5 (3rd)
1919 NL  9.0 (4th)
1920 NL  16.4 (1st)
1922 NL  15.5 (3rd)
1923 NL  17.3 (1st)
1924 NL  10.8 (7th)
Career  157.7 (148th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1915 NL  39.8 (3rd)
1916 NL  33.8 (1st)
1917 NL  93.6 (9th)
1918 NL  58.5 (2nd)
1919 NL  48.3 (1st)
1920 NL  39.3 (2nd)
1921 NL  31.2 (3rd)
1922 NL  22.5 (2nd)
1923 NL  13.0 (1st)
1924 NL  23.3 (4th)
1925 NL  24.2 (3rd)
1926 NL  18.7 (1st)
1927 NL  16.4 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1924 NL  born 1887-12-21 (7th)
1925 NL  born 1887-12-21 (6th)
1926 NL  born 1887-12-21 (4th)
1927 NL  born 1887-12-21 (5th)
1928 NL  born 1887-12-21 (3rd)
1929 NL  born 1887-12-21 (3rd)
1930 NL  born 1887-12-21 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 19 (113), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 143 (105), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 44 (424), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (273), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1912 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

December 26, 1917: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dode Paskert.

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Name and misspellings: Cy Fred wiliams willaims willams Williams

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