Davey Williams
David Carlous Williams
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 2, 1927 in Dallas, TX
High School: Sunset (Dallas, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1949
Final Game: July 30, 1955
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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
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 138 605 540 70 137 26 3 13 55 2 3 48 63 .254 .324 .385 .709 95 208 6 8 9 *4
1953 25 NYG NL 112 390 340 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 67 80 3 2 2 1 2 4
6 Seasons 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

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
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 605 421 65 4.1 98 .267 .254 .263 .324 .336 .385 .391 .709 .727 95 .498 -3.8 -0.4 .638 .219 .131 3.5
1953 25 NYG NL 390 253 46 4.8 112 .308 .297 .278 .382 .349 .368 .433 .750 .782 94 .498 -1.0 -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 .772 56 .281 -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 67 .349 -12.4 -1.2 .511 .134 .073 .0
6 Seasons 1993 1406 196 3.7 106 .259 .252 .270 .320 .343 .351 .415 .672 .757 78 .406 -56.6 -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 .406 -56.6 -5.6 .582 .188 .099 3

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
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 Seasons (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

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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
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*

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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
1949 21 NYG NL 58 1.7% 6.9% 12.1% 5.2% 25% 0.57 12.5 50.0 10.0 78%
1951 23 NYG NL 70 2.9% 11.4% 7.1% 4.3% 18% 1.60 8.0 32.0 8.0 77%
1952 24 NYG NL 605 2.2% 10.4% 7.9% 6.9% 31% 1.31 8.6 41.5 9.8 77%
1953 25 NYG NL 390 0.8% 4.9% 11.3% 4.1% 16% 0.43 17.9 113.3 10.0 82%
1954 26 NYG NL 601 1.5% 5.5% 7.2% 5.0% 25% 0.77 16.5 60.4 11.8 1.04 84%
1955 27 NYG NL 269 1.5% 6.3% 6.3% 3.4% 15% 1.00 14.5 61.8 16.5 0.96 84%
6 Seasons 1993 1.6% 7.2% 8.2% 5.2% 23% 0.88 12.4 55.8 11.0 1.02 81%
MLB Averages

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
1954 26 NYG NL 10 0 35% 223 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% 99 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 17% 17 15 2 1 1 0 5 2 2
6 Seasons 15 0 34% 322 6 12 33% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 17 42% 42 30 12 2 2 0 28 8 18
MLB Averages

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
1954 26 NYG NL 555 33% 121 1 0 0 0 0.51 9 0 10 8 0 8 0 0 5 5 100% 99 15 15% 40 12 30% 302 39 13% 24 8 33% 35 9 26% 46
1955 27 NYG NL 206 35% 62 9 3 0 0 2.01 4 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 2 2 100% 29 3 10% 10 5 50% 97 10 10% 5 3 60% 5 2 40% 63
6 Seasons 761 34% 450 10 3 0 0 1.86 32 0 14 10 1 11 0 0 7 21 300% 128 33 26% 50 17 34% 399 49 12% 29 11 38% 40 11 28% 109
MLB Averages

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
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 24 181 733 654 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

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1949 21 14 58 51 7 12 1 1 1 5 0 7 4 .235 .328 .353 .681 6 13
1951 23 31 71 66 17 17 1 0 2 8 1 5 8 .258 .310 .364 .673 7 30
1952 24 144 627 567 77 146 28 3 14 60 2 51 66 .257 .329 .392 .720 71 138
1953 25 116 389 344 47 96 10 2 3 31 2 42 20 .279 .362 .346 .708 43 112
1954 26 149 622 569 66 124 18 3 9 46 1 44 35 .218 .278 .308 .586 48 142
1955 27 86 280 259 25 64 4 1 4 15 0 18 18 .247 .300 .317 .617 24 82
6 Seasons 540 2047 1856 239 459 62 10 33 165 6 167 151 .247 .315 .345 .660 199 517
162 Game Avg. 162 614 557 72 138 19 3 10 50 2 50 45 .247 .315 .345 .660 60 517

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 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
1953 *

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

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Larvell Blanks (956)
  6. Fred Manrique (955)
  7. Billy Moran (952)
  8. Chuck Schilling (952)
  9. Alex Arias (951)
  10. Ken Aspromonte (950)
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  2. Bump Wills (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Carlos Febles (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ken Boswell (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: David Carlous Davey davy wiliams willaims willams Williams

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