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Davey Williams

David Carlous Williams

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 2, 1927 in Dallas, TX
High School: Sunset HS (Dallas, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1949
Team: Giants 1949-1955

Final Game: July 31, 1955
Died: August 17, 2009 in Farmer's Branch, TX
Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
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All-Star

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
1949 21 NYG NL 13 58 50 7 12 1 1 1 5 0 7 4 .240 .333 .360 .693 86 18 0 0 1 4
1951 23 NYG NL 30 70 64 17 17 1 0 2 8 1 1 5 8 .266 .319 .375 .694 85 24 3 0 1 4
1952 24 NYG NL 138 604 540 70 137 26 3 13 55 2 3 48 63 .254 .324 .385 .709 95 208 6 8 9 *4
1953 25 NYG NL 112 391 340 51 101 11 2 3 34 2 5 44 19 .297 .382 .368 .750 94 125 6 3 3 4 AS
1954 26 NYG NL 142 601 544 65 121 18 3 9 46 1 1 43 33 .222 .284 .316 .600 56 172 15 5 5 4 *4
1955 27 NYG NL 82 269 247 25 62 4 1 4 15 0 2 17 17 .251 .303 .324 .627 66 80 3 2 2 1 2 4
6 Yrs 517 1993 1785 235 450 61 10 32 163 6 12 164 144 .252 .320 .351 .672 78 627 33 18 21 5 2
162 Game Avg. 162 624 559 74 141 19 3 10 51 2 51 45 .252 .320 .351 .672 78 196 10 6 7

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
1949 21 NYG NL 13 58 -1 -1 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .492 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $ 4
1951 23 NYG NL 30 70 -1 2 -0 1 1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .506 .501 0.3 0.2 3 $ 4
1952 24 NYG NL 138 604 -3 1 1 5 6 9 0.9 20 30 3.0 .507 .506 2.5 1.2 24 $ *4
1953 25 NYG NL 112 391 -2 -1 0 1 4 2 0.1 13 15 1.4 .502 .501 1.4 0.4 14 $ 4 AS
1954 26 NYG NL 142 601 -33 2 0 10 6 -16 -1.8 20 4 0.2 .488 .489 -0.7 1.5 -6 $ *4
1955 27 NYG NL 82 269 -10 -2 -0 -3 2 -13 -1.5 9 -4 -0.6 .484 .492 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ 4
6 Seasons 517 1993 -50 0 0 13 19 -18 -2.1 67 50 4.5 .497 .498 3.5 3.1 36 $

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
1949 21 NYG NL 58 39 6 4.1 104 .244 .240 .270 .333 .344 .360 .405 .693 .749 86 .452 -1.0 -0.1 .658 .260 .120 .0
1951 23 NYG NL 70 52 7 3.6 104 .278 .266 .269 .319 .343 .375 .407 .694 .750 85 .400 -1.5 -0.2 .569 .188 .109 1.3
1952 24 NYG NL 604 421 65 4.1 98 .267 .254 .263 .324 .336 .385 .391 .709 .727 95 .498 -3.9 -0.4 .638 .219 .131 3.5
1953 25 NYG NL 391 253 46 4.8 113 .308 .297 .278 .382 .349 .368 .433 .750 .782 94 .498 -1.1 -0.1 .676 .191 .071 2.4
1954 26 NYG NL 601 448 48 2.9 110 .221 .222 .275 .284 .347 .316 .426 .600 .773 56 .282 -36.7 -3.6 .501 .173 .094 1.8
1955 27 NYG NL 269 193 24 3.3 106 .256 .251 .267 .303 .338 .324 .422 .627 .760 66 .349 -12.5 -1.2 .511 .134 .073 .0
6 Yrs 1993 1406 196 3.7 106 .259 .252 .270 .320 .343 .351 .415 .672 .757 78 .407 -56.7 -5.6 .582 .188 .099 10.1
162 Game Avg. 624 441 61 3.7 106 .259 .252 .270 .320 .343 .351 .415 .672 .757 78 .407 -56.7 -5.6 .582 .188 .099 3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1951 23 NYG NL WS NYY L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 26 NYG NL WS CLE W 4 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .000 .154 .000 .154 0 0 0 2 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 6 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 2 0 0
2 WS 6 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 2 0 0

All-Star Batting

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
1953 NYG NL 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1949 21 NYG NL 58 1.7% 6.9% 12.1% 5.2% 25% 0.57 12.5 50.0 10.0 1.00 78%
1951 23 NYG NL 70 2.9% 11.4% 7.1% 4.3% 18% 1.60 8.0 32.0 8.0 0.68 77%
1952 24 NYG NL 604 2.2% 10.4% 8.0% 7.0% 31% 1.31 8.6 41.5 9.8 0.64 77%
1953 25 NYG NL 391 0.8% 4.9% 11.3% 4.1% 16% 0.43 17.9 113.3 10.0 0.69 81%
1954 26 NYG NL 601 1.5% 5.5% 7.2% 5.0% 25% 0.77 16.5 60.4 11.8 1.01 84%
1955 27 NYG NL 269 1.5% 6.3% 6.3% 3.4% 15% 1.00 14.5 61.8 16.5 0.95 84%
6 Yrs 1993 1.6% 7.2% 8.2% 5.2% 23% 0.88 12.4 55.8 11.0 0.81 81%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.4% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.07 8.5 43.5 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1949 21 NYG NL -1.1 -0.1 33 0.4 1.0 -0.6 1.08 0.1 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.90 1.4 0
1951 23 NYG NL -1.5 -0.2 76 -0.4 1.1 -1.5 1.03 -0.0 -0.4 0.5 0.0 0.99 -1.3 2.01 3
1952 24 NYG NL -3.9 -0.4 535 -0.6 8.1 -8.6 .92 -0.2 -0.4 4.7 0.5 0.93 -0.8 0
1953 25 NYG NL -1.1 -0.1 395 -0.0 6.4 -6.4 .95 0.4 -0.4 4.8 0.4 0.94 4.1 1.77 9
1954 26 NYG NL -36.7 -3.6 579 -3.7 7.1 -10.8 .99 -2.6 -1.2 -24.9 -2.4 0.92 -28.1 0.47 1
1955 27 NYG NL -12.5 -1.2 227 -0.6 3.9 -4.5 1.09 -0.8 0.3 -7.7 -0.8 0.90 -8.2 1.97 12
6 Yrs -56.8 -5.6 1845 -4.8 27.6 -32.4 .98 -3.0 -1.9 -21.7 -2.1 0.93 -32.9 1.84 25

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
1949 21 NYG NL 0 0 33% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 50% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
1951 23 NYG NL 1 0 75% 45 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 71% 12 4 8 0 0 0 5 1 4
1952 24 NYG NL 6 0 32% 194 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 10 10 43% 32 17 12 8 4 4 16 8 8
1953 25 NYG NL 3 0 33% 197 2 5 29% 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 52% 25 13 12 5 3 2 14 5 9
1954 26 NYG NL 10 0 35% 225 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 53% 25 15 10 1 1 0 23 6 16
1955 27 NYG NL 5 0 27% 103 0 2 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 17% 17 15 2 1 1 0 5 2 2
6 Yrs 25 0 34% 776 6 12 33% 4 14 1 0 1 1 2 0 33 37 47% 111 64 44 16 9 6 64 22 40

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
1949 21 NYG NL 58 42% 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0% 0 0 13 3 23% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1951 23 NYG NL 70 30% 17 3 0 0 1 2.01 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 10 3 30% 3 1 33% 36 6 17% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1952 24 NYG NL 604 25% 137 0 0 0 0 13 0 10 8 3 6 7 0 11 9 82% 74 6 8% 25 12 48% 254 36 14% 19 11 58% 15 10 67% 0
1953 25 NYG NL 391 33% 101 9 3 0 0 1.77 3 0 8 3 0 2 1 0 4 3 75% 58 6 10% 26 8 31% 202 32 16% 19 8 42% 7 3 43% 0
1954 26 NYG NL 601 32% 121 1 0 0 0 0.47 9 0 10 9 0 9 0 0 5 5 100% 102 15 15% 42 12 29% 310 40 13% 25 8 32% 15 7 47% 0
1955 27 NYG NL 269 38% 62 12 4 0 0 1.97 4 0 4 2 1 4 0 0 2 2 100% 31 3 10% 11 5 45% 107 11 10% 6 4 67% 6 5 83% 0
6 Yrs 1993 31% 450 25 7 0 1 1.84 32 1 37 25 4 22 10 0 23 21 91% 276 33 12% 107 38 36% 922 128 14% 72 33 46% 44 26 59% 0
MLB Averages 50% 90% 12% 32% 14% 51% 55%

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
1949 21 13 58 50 7 12 1 1 1 5 0 7 4 .240 .333 .360 .693 86 18 0 0 1
1950 22 13 58 50 7 12 1 1 1 5 0 7 4 .240 .333 .360 .693 86 18 0 0 1
1951 23 43 128 114 24 29 2 1 3 13 1 1 12 12 .254 .325 .368 .694 86 42 3 0 2
1952 24 181 732 654 94 166 28 4 16 68 3 4 60 75 .254 .324 .382 .706 93 250 9 8 11
1953 25 293 1123 994 145 267 39 6 19 102 5 9 104 94 .269 .344 .377 .722 94 375 15 11 14
1954 26 435 1724 1538 210 388 57 9 28 148 6 10 147 127 .252 .323 .356 .679 80 547 30 16 19 4
1955 27 517 1993 1785 235 450 61 10 32 163 6 12 164 144 .252 .320 .351 .672 78 627 33 18 21 5 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
1949 21 14 59 51 7 12 1 1 1 5 0 7 4 .235 .328 .353 .681 6 13
1951 23 31 73 67 18 18 1 0 2 9 1 5 8 .269 .319 .373 .693 8 30
1952 24 144 639 569 77 148 28 3 14 61 2 52 66 .260 .332 .394 .725 72 138
1953 25 116 396 347 48 99 11 2 3 32 2 43 20 .285 .369 .354 .723 45 112
1954 26 149 627 569 65 124 18 3 9 46 1 44 35 .218 .278 .308 .586 48 142
1955 27 86 282 259 25 64 4 1 4 15 0 18 18 .247 .300 .317 .617 24 82
6 Yrs 540 2076 1862 240 465 63 10 33 168 6 169 151 .250 .318 .347 .665 203 517
162 Game Avg. 162 623 559 72 140 19 3 10 50 2 51 45 .250 .318 .347 .665 61 517

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1953 *

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1952 NL  1.2 (9th)
1954 NL  1.5 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 NL  8 (4th)
1954 NL  5 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1953 NL  5 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1954 NL  16.5 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1954 NL  448 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1949 NL  born 1927-11-02 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1280), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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