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Dick Williams
Richard Hirschfeld Williams
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 7, 1929 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1951
Final Game: October 1, 1964
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Manager in 2008.
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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
1951 22 BRO NL 23 64 60 5 12 3 1 1 5 0 0 4 10 .200 .250 .333 .583 54 20 0 0 0 O
1952 23 BRO NL 36 71 68 13 21 4 1 0 11 0 0 2 10 .309 .329 .397 .726 99 27 4 0 1 O/35
1953 24 BRO NL 30 60 55 4 12 2 0 2 5 0 0 3 10 .218 .271 .364 .635 62 20 1 1 1 O
1954 25 BRO NL 16 37 34 5 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .147 .189 .235 .424 9 8 1 0 0 1 7/8
1956 27 TOT 94 397 360 45 103 18 4 11 37 5 5 30 41 .286 .341 .450 .791 115 162 10 0 7 0 1 8934/75
1956 27 BRO NL 7 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 49 2 0 0 0 0 0
1956 27 BAL AL 87 390 353 45 101 18 4 11 37 5 5 30 40 .286 .342 .453 .795 116 160 10 0 7 0 1 8934/75
1957 28 TOT AL 114 404 372 49 97 17 2 7 34 3 5 26 40 .261 .310 .374 .684 89 139 13 1 4 1 3 8573/9
1957 28 BAL AL 47 184 167 16 39 10 2 1 17 0 1 14 21 .234 .293 .335 .628 77 56 6 0 3 0 3 5783/9
1957 28 CLE AL 67 220 205 33 58 7 0 6 17 3 4 12 19 .283 .324 .405 .729 99 83 7 1 1 1 0 857
1958 29 BAL AL 128 462 409 36 113 17 0 4 32 0 6 37 47 .276 .336 .347 .683 94 142 17 2 10 4 4 58739/4
1959 30 KCA AL 130 538 488 72 130 33 1 16 75 4 1 28 60 .266 .309 .436 .746 101 213 13 5 11 6 1 537/948
1960 31 KCA AL 127 466 420 47 121 31 0 12 65 0 0 39 68 .288 .346 .448 .794 114 188 16 1 1 5 3 537
1961 32 BAL AL 103 340 310 37 64 15 2 8 24 0 4 20 38 .206 .251 .345 .596 61 107 7 0 5 5 0 73/589
1962 33 BAL AL 82 197 178 20 44 7 1 1 18 0 0 14 26 .247 .303 .315 .617 71 56 8 1 2 2 0 37/95
1963 34 BOS AL 79 152 136 15 35 8 0 2 12 0 0 15 25 .257 .329 .360 .689 91 49 3 0 0 1 0 53/7
1964 35 BOS AL 61 77 69 10 11 2 0 5 11 0 0 7 10 .159 .247 .406 .653 75 28 4 1 0 0 0 35/7
13 Seasons 1023 3265 2959 358 768 157 12 70 331 12 21 227 392 .260 .312 .392 .704 92 1159 97 12 42 25 12
162 Game Avg. 162 517 469 57 122 25 2 11 52 2 3 36 62 .260 .312 .392 .704 92 184 15 2 7
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
BRO (5 yrs) 112 239 224 27 52 9 2 4 23 0 0 11 38 .232 .270 .344 .614 62 77 6 1 2 1 0
BAL (5 yrs) 447 1573 1417 154 361 67 9 25 128 5 16 115 172 .255 .310 .368 .678 88 521 48 3 27 11 8
BOS (2 yrs) 140 229 205 25 46 10 0 7 23 0 0 22 35 .224 .301 .376 .677 86 77 7 1 0 1 0
KCA (2 yrs) 257 1004 908 119 251 64 1 28 140 4 1 67 128 .276 .327 .442 .768 107 401 29 6 12 11 4
CLE (1 yr) 67 220 205 33 58 7 0 6 17 3 4 12 19 .283 .324 .405 .729 99 83 7 1 1 1 0
AL (9 yrs) 911 3026 2735 331 716 148 10 66 308 12 21 216 354 .262 .316 .396 .711 95 1082 91 11 40 24 12
NL (5 yrs) 112 239 224 27 52 9 2 4 23 0 0 11 38 .232 .270 .344 .614 62 77 6 1 2 1 0

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
1953 24 BRO NL WS NYY L 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1951 BRO NL 22 OF 15 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.47 .982 2.23 15-0-0
1952 BRO NL 23 OF 25 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 1.68 .981 2.10 19-6-0
1952 BRO NL 23 1B 1 11 10 1 0 2 1.000 11.00 .991 9.20
1952 BRO NL 23 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.90
1953 BRO NL 24 OF 24 26 24 0 2 0 .923 1.00 .981 2.11 17-2-9
1954 BRO NL 25 OF 14 7 75.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.6 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0 1.44 0.86 .975 2.36 2.18
1954 BRO NL 25 LF 13 5 60.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -24.0 -1.2 -0.7 -0.5 0 1.50 0.77 .970 2.22 1.98
1954 BRO NL 25 CF 2 2 15.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 88.0 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 3.60 3.00 .983 2.82 2.65
1956 BAL AL 27 OF 81 79 648.1 209 205 2 2 0 .990 -0.2 -0.4 1.8 0.6 1.3 -2 2.87 2.56 .979 2.34 2.04
1956 BAL AL 27 CF 66 66 527.1 172 170 1 1 0 .994 0.5 1.1 3.5 2.1 1.5 -3 2.92 2.59 .984 2.79 2.50
1956 BAL AL 27 RF 19 10 87.0 27 24 1 2 0 .926 -1.4 -19.3 -1.4 -1.5 0.1 0 2.59 1.32 .974 2.09 1.80
1956 BAL AL 27 1B 10 3 36.0 43 36 7 0 4 1.000 0.8 26.7 0.8 -0.1 0.9 0 10.75 4.30 .991 9.43 7.99
1956 BAL AL 27 2B 10 0 22.0 10 4 5 1 0 .900 0.3 16.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 3.68 0.90 .980 5.44 4.74
1956 BAL AL 27 LF 9 3 34.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 24.7 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1 2.38 1.00 .978 2.09 1.69
1956 BAL AL 27 3B 4 3 30.0 8 4 3 1 0 .875 -1.2 -48.0 -1.2 -1.0 -0.2 0 2.10 1.75 .950 3.21 2.78
1957 TOT AL 28 OF 63 50 430.2 124 118 4 2 2 .984 -3.3 -9.2 -2.3 -1.5 -1.0 -1 2.55 1.94 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 TOT AL 28 CF 36 35 276.0 86 82 2 2 1 .977 -5.4 -23.5 -3.4 -3.7 0.3 -2 2.74 2.33 .983 2.72 2.40
1957 TOT AL 28 3B 34 30 294.1 108 44 58 6 6 .944 -0.2 -0.8 -0.2 1.5 -1.7 0 3.12 3.00 .952 3.23 2.77
1957 TOT AL 28 LF 32 15 153.2 40 39 1 0 1 1.000 2.2 17.2 1.2 2.3 -1.3 1 2.34 1.25 .980 2.10 1.70
1957 BAL AL 28 OF 26 19 164.0 49 46 3 0 2 1.000 -1.6 -11.7 -1.6 -1.5 -0.2 0 2.69 1.88 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 BAL AL 28 3B 15 12 130.1 51 21 28 2 1 .961 1.3 12.0 1.3 0.2 1.1 0 3.38 3.27 .951 3.23 2.77
1957 BAL AL 28 LF 15 5 55.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -6.5 -0.3 0.7 -1.1 0 1.80 0.73 .982 2.09 1.70
1957 BAL AL 28 CF 14 14 108.0 34 33 1 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -13.3 -1.2 -2.1 0.9 0 2.83 2.43 .982 2.72 2.40
1957 BAL AL 28 1B 12 8 85.0 92 82 10 0 12 1.000 -0.9 -12.7 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 0 9.74 7.67 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 BAL AL 28 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1957 CLE AL 28 OF 37 31 266.2 75 72 1 2 0 .973 -1.7 -7.7 -0.7 0.0 -0.8 -1 2.46 1.97 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 CLE AL 28 CF 22 21 168.0 52 49 1 2 0 .962 -4.2 -30.0 -2.2 -1.6 -0.6 -2 2.68 2.27 .983 2.72 2.40
1957 CLE AL 28 3B 19 18 164.0 57 23 30 4 5 .930 -1.5 -11.0 -1.5 1.3 -2.8 0 2.91 2.79 .953 3.23 2.77
1957 CLE AL 28 LF 17 10 98.2 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.5 30.4 1.5 1.6 -0.2 1 2.65 1.71 .979 2.10 1.70
1958 BAL AL 29 OF 70 54 480.0 153 147 6 0 1 1.000 2.4 6.0 4.4 0.4 4.0 -2 2.87 2.19 .982 2.27 1.94
1958 BAL AL 29 3B 45 26 237.0 86 32 47 7 5 .919 -4.8 -24.3 -4.8 -3.0 -1.8 0 3.00 1.76 .952 3.11 2.59
1958 BAL AL 29 CF 41 37 300.0 100 97 2 1 1 .990 -2.0 -8.0 0.0 -2.2 2.2 -2 2.97 2.41 .985 2.68 2.29
1958 BAL AL 29 LF 34 5 95.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.7 21.5 1.7 0.8 0.9 0 2.37 0.74 .980 2.09 1.62
1958 BAL AL 29 1B 26 22 193.0 182 175 6 1 21 .995 1.7 10.6 1.7 0.8 0.9 0 8.44 6.96 .991 9.60 8.47
1958 BAL AL 29 RF 15 12 85.0 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.7 38.1 2.7 1.8 0.9 0 2.75 1.73 .981 1.99 1.69
1958 BAL AL 29 2B 7 0 17.2 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -40.8 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 3.57 1.00 .971 5.25 4.69
1959 KCA AL 30 3B 80 77 651.0 258 83 164 11 10 .957 2.7 5.0 2.7 -3.1 5.7 0 3.41 3.09 .952 3.21 2.72
1959 KCA AL 30 1B 32 28 249.0 251 233 16 2 32 .992 2.8 13.5 2.8 -0.1 2.9 0 9.00 7.78 .990 9.84 8.27
1959 KCA AL 30 OF 23 15 155.2 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -13.9 -1.8 -1.3 -0.5 0 1.79 1.35 .981 2.22 1.96
1959 KCA AL 30 LF 14 7 76.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 6.3 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0 2.01 1.21 .982 2.06 1.68
1959 KCA AL 30 RF 8 6 61.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -21.4 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 1.31 1.13 .978 1.90 1.64
1959 KCA AL 30 2B 3 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 6.75 1.00 .967 5.40 4.73
1959 KCA AL 30 CF 2 2 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -73.3 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 2.50 2.50 .980 2.70 2.45
1960 KCA AL 31 3B 57 53 480.2 182 62 111 9 13 .951 4.4 11.0 4.4 0.2 4.3 0 3.24 3.04 .952 3.14 2.72
1960 KCA AL 31 1B 34 28 238.0 266 247 17 2 15 .992 0.9 4.5 0.9 0.8 0.1 0 9.98 7.76 .991 9.58 8.04
1960 KCA AL 31 LF 25 24 202.0 66 64 2 0 0 1.000 5.7 33.9 4.7 2.7 2.0 1 2.94 2.64 .983 2.14 1.67
1960 KCA AL 31 OF 25 24 202.0 70 67 3 0 0 1.000 5.7 33.9 4.7 2.7 2.0 1 3.12 2.80 .981 2.25 1.95
1961 BAL AL 32 LF 75 63 519.1 93 87 3 3 1 .968 -3.7 -8.5 -4.7 -0.5 -4.2 1 1.56 1.20 .969 2.00 1.62
1961 BAL AL 32 OF 75 64 532.0 93 86 4 3 1 .968 -4.2 -9.5 -5.2 -0.5 -4.7 1 1.52 1.20 .977 2.25 1.98
1961 BAL AL 32 1B 20 11 109.2 135 123 12 0 10 1.000 1.1 12.0 1.1 -0.2 1.3 0 11.08 6.75 .990 9.45 8.29
1961 BAL AL 32 3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.30 2.80
1961 BAL AL 32 CF 2 0 5.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -148.2 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 1.59 0.50 1.000 2.54 2.25
1961 BAL AL 32 RF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 34.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.80
1962 BAL AL 33 OF 29 25 189.2 46 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 6.3 1.0 -1.2 2.2 0 2.18 1.59 .980 2.19 1.92
1962 BAL AL 33 1B 21 12 139.1 147 134 13 0 13 1.000 1.4 12.1 1.4 -0.5 1.9 0 9.50 7.00 .990 9.44 8.76
1962 BAL AL 33 LF 21 17 141.2 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 3.4 0.4 -0.3 0.7 0 1.84 1.38 .976 2.01 1.61
1962 BAL AL 33 RF 9 8 48.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 15.0 0.6 -0.9 1.5 0 2.62 1.56 .979 2.01 1.71
1962 BAL AL 33 3B 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.00 0.00 3.04 2.80
1963 BOS AL 34 3B 17 13 123.0 42 16 25 1 1 .976 1.0 9.8 1.0 1.8 -0.9 0 3.00 2.41 .945 3.02 2.85
1963 BOS AL 34 1B 11 5 57.0 49 46 3 0 3 1.000 -1.0 -21.1 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 0 7.74 4.45 .990 9.47 8.59
1963 BOS AL 34 LF 7 4 44.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -38.2 -1.4 -0.1 -1.3 0 0.61 0.43 .967 1.90 1.57
1963 BOS AL 34 OF 7 4 44.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -38.2 -1.4 -0.1 -1.3 0 0.41 0.29 1.000 2.17 1.91
1964 BOS AL 35 1B 21 0 37.0 35 31 4 0 2 1.000 0.9 29.2 0.9 1.2 -0.3 0 8.51 1.67 .991 9.44 8.12
1964 BOS AL 35 3B 13 5 67.2 25 7 17 1 4 .960 0.1 1.8 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 3.19 1.85 .956 3.03 2.76
1964 BOS AL 35 LF 5 3 37.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 45.4 1.4 1.6 -0.2 0 2.92 2.40 .975 1.80 1.46
1964 BOS AL 35 OF 5 3 37.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 45.4 1.4 1.6 -0.2 0 2.92 2.40 .983 2.04 1.80
13 Seasons OF 456 325 2794.1 842 812 21 9 4 .989 -0.5 -0.2 2.5 1.1 1.3 -3 2.68 1.83 .980 2.27 2.00 286-157-62
10 Seasons 3B 257 207 1894.2 710 248 426 36 39 .949 1.6 1.0 1.6 -3.9 5.4 0 3.20 2.62 .952 3.16 2.72
10 Seasons (incomplete) LF 235 146 1362.2 304 294 7 3 2 .990 6.2 5.5 2.2 5.6 -3.6 4 1.99 1.28 .976 2.05 1.66
10 Seasons 1B 188 117 1144.0 1211 1117 89 5 114 .996 7.7 8.1 7.7 0.8 6.9 0 9.49 6.41 .991 9.60 8.31
6 Seasons (incomplete) CF 149 142 1142.0 370 360 6 4 2 .989 -7.6 -8.0 -0.6 -2.7 2.2 -7 2.88 2.46 .984 2.74 2.42
6 Seasons (incomplete) RF 53 37 289.2 77 73 2 2 0 .974 0.9 3.7 0.9 -1.8 2.7 0 2.33 1.42 .978 2.00 1.73
3 Seasons 2B 20 0 43.2 20 11 8 1 0 .950 -0.6 -16.5 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 3.92 0.95 .975 5.36 4.72
13 Seasons TOT 921 649 5876.2 2783 2188 544 51 157 .982 8.2 1.7 11.2 -2.3 13.3 -3 0 4.18 2.97 .959 4.01 3.55 286-157-62
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
1959 AL--33--4th
1960 AL--31--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1958 AL--10--6th
1959 AL--11--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1959 AL--6--7th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1958 AL--17--8th
1959 AL--13--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL--5--9th
1958 AL--6--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 4 (1827), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1921), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

June 25, 1956: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

June 13, 1957: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Busby.

April 1, 1958: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Bud Daley and Gene Woodling to the Baltimore Orioles for Larry Doby and Don Ferrarese.

October 2, 1958: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Chico Carrasquel.

April 12, 1961: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Dick Hall to the Baltimore Orioles for Chuck Essegian and Jerry Walker.

October 12, 1962: Purchased by the Houston Colt .45's from the Baltimore Orioles.

December 10, 1962: Traded by the Houston Colt .45's to the Boston Red Sox for Carroll Hardy.

October 14, 1964: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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