Earl Williams
Earl Craig Williams Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 14, 1948 in Newark, NJ
High School: Montclair (Montclair, NJ)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Braves in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft (August Legion). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1970
Final Game: September 25, 1977
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1970 ATL NL 21 1B 4 2 22.0 21 20 1 0 1 1.000 0.8 43.6 0.8 0.2 0.6 0 8.59 5.25 .990 9.70 8.38
1970 ATL NL 21 3B 3 2 21.0 10 3 7 0 3 1.000 -0.7 -40.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 4.29 3.33 .940 2.91 2.57
1971 ATL NL 22 C 72 71 626.0 418 375 35 8 4 .981 -6.0 -11.5 -6 5.89 5.69 .988 6.34 5.63 15 24 49 17 26% RoY-1
1971 ATL NL 22 3B 42 37 327.1 110 27 74 9 9 .918 -1.1 -4.0 -1.1 -0.9 -0.2 0 2.78 2.40 .951 2.80 2.32 RoY-1
1971 ATL NL 22 1B 31 19 186.1 203 194 8 1 25 .995 -1.6 -10.3 -1.6 -0.2 -1.4 0 9.76 6.52 .992 9.88 8.58 RoY-1
1972 ATL NL 23 C 116 113 986.0 646 584 49 13 7 .980 -17.0 -20.7 -17 5.78 5.46 .987 6.61 5.87 28 49 78 26 25%
1972 ATL NL 23 3B 21 21 177.0 56 16 30 10 1 .821 -5.7 -38.6 -5.7 -3.9 -1.8 0 2.34 2.19 .952 2.87 2.55
1972 ATL NL 23 1B 20 15 140.2 148 140 8 0 10 1.000 0.5 4.3 0.5 -0.7 1.2 0 9.47 7.40 .992 9.73 8.42
1973 BAL AL 24 C 95 86 769.0 446 407 33 6 5 .987 4.0 6.2 4 5.15 4.63 .985 6.05 5.29 4 27 38 33 46%
1973 BAL AL 24 1B 42 39 339.1 347 326 19 2 36 .994 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2 2.1 0 9.15 8.21 .992 9.86 8.27
1973 BAL AL 24 DH 2
1974 BAL AL 25 C 75 70 617.0 347 308 33 6 5 .983 -2.0 -3.9 -2 4.97 4.55 .983 5.89 5.01 11 17 45 28 38%
1974 BAL AL 25 1B 47 43 392.1 418 399 17 2 39 .995 -1.5 -4.6 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 0 9.54 8.85 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 BAL AL 25 DH 1
1975 ATL NL 26 1B 90 89 780.1 904 844 50 10 77 .989 -5.1 -7.8 -5.1 -1.0 -4.1 0 10.31 9.93 .990 9.97 8.52
1975 ATL NL 26 C 11 10 82.1 60 52 6 2 3 .967 -3.0 -43.7 -3 6.34 5.27 .985 6.02 5.24 5 4 14 4 22%
1976 TOT NL 27 1B 64 58 478.1 554 497 49 8 46 .986 1.4 3.5 1.4 4.3 -2.9 0 10.27 8.53 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 TOT NL 27 C 51 40 378.1 234 218 15 1 4 .996 -8.0 -25.4 -8 5.54 4.57 .986 5.96 5.16 6 21 37 5 12%
1976 ATL NL 27 C 38 34 307.1 189 178 10 1 0 .995 -5.0 -19.5 -5 5.51 4.95 .986 5.96 5.16 5 12 26 3 10%
1976 ATL NL 27 1B 17 14 122.0 128 120 8 0 9 1.000 -0.8 -7.9 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 0 9.44 7.53 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 MON NL 27 1B 47 44 356.1 426 377 41 8 37 .981 2.2 7.4 2.2 3.7 -1.5 0 10.56 8.89 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 MON NL 27 C 13 6 71.0 45 40 5 0 4 1.000 -3.0 -50.7 -3 5.70 3.46 .987 5.96 5.16 1 9 11 2 15%
1977 OAK AL 28 DH 45
1977 OAK AL 28 C 36 33 269.0 188 165 21 2 2 .989 2.0 8.9 2 6.22 5.17 .986 6.01 5.06 2 10 26 20 43%
1977 OAK AL 28 1B 29 12 135.2 146 140 5 1 12 .993 -0.3 -2.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 9.62 5.00 .990 10.02 8.79
7 Seasons C 456 423 3727.2 2339 2109 192 38 30 .984 -30.0 -9.7 -30 5.56 5.05 .986 6.21 5.41 71 152 287 133 32%
8 Seasons 1B 327 277 2475.0 2741 2560 157 24 246 .991 -5.9 -2.9 -5.9 0.1 -6.0 0 9.88 8.31 .991 9.89 8.45
3 Seasons 3B 66 60 525.1 176 46 111 19 13 .892 -7.5 -17.1 -7.5 -4.8 -2.7 0 2.69 2.38 .951 2.83 2.40
3 Seasons DH 48
8 Seasons TOT 849 760 6728.0 5256 4715 460 81 289 .985 -43.4 -7.7 -13.4 -4.7 -8.7 0 -30 6.92 6.10 .972 7.30 6.35 71 152 287 133 32%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 ATL NL 21 10 4 10 10 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 ATL NL 22 145 127 145 145 0 72 31 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1972 ATL NL 23 151 149 151 151 0 116 20 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 BAL AL 24 132 127 132 128 0 93 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
1974 BAL AL 25 118 113 118 116 0 75 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1975 ATL NL 26 111 99 111 100 0 11 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1976 ATL NL 27 61 48 61 54 0 38 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1976 MON NL 27 61 50 61 54 0 14 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1977 OAK AL 28 100 90 100 54 0 36 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 7 0
8 Seasons 889 807 889 812 0 455 330 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 47 68 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1971 ATL NL 22 2653 3.50 4.10 19 100% 1 0 357 15 2 9 330 34 4 0 0 5 7 0 5 2 0 4 0 0 0 3 100%
1972 ATL NL 23 4407 4.24 4.72 43 95% 2 0 580 26 3 21 530 41 9 0 0 8 13 0 5 8 1 7 0 0 1 4 100%
1973 BAL AL 24 3250 3.20 3.55 15 100% 0 0 386 13 3 5 365 33 2 0 0 4 6 0 0 6 0 4 0 1 1 1 100%
1974 BAL AL 25 2684 3.50 4.14 20 90% 0 0 312 15 5 10 281 34 4 0 0 4 6 0 2 4 0 5 0 1 1 1 0%
1975 ATL NL 26 392 3.29 4.28 2 50% 0 0 53 0 0 3 49 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 27 1364 3.43 3.98 15 100% 0 0 177 12 2 4 158 10 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1976 MON NL 27 353 5.70 5.70 2 100% 0 0 41 2 2 6 31 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0
1977 OAK AL 28 1221 4.05 4.68 7 100% 2 0 165 2 2 6 154 23 4 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 100%
7 Seasons 16324 3.70 4.22 123 96% 5 0 2071 85 19 64 1898 186 27 1 0 26 37 0 15 22 1 30 0 3 7 11 91%
MLB Averages 3.65 4.14 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1971 ATL NL 22 14 24 919 49 17 17 26% 43 16 4 1 2 0 1 0 104 19 1.52 1.16
1972 ATL NL 23 28 49 1527 78 26 21 25% 70 22 8 2 0 2 0 0 195 32 1.17 1.08
1973 BAL AL 24 6 27 1084 38 33 25 46% 34 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 87 40 1.33 1.16
1974 BAL AL 25 11 17 924 45 28 23 38% 38 25 7 2 0 1 0 0 92 37 1.33 1.24
1975 ATL NL 26 5 4 140 14 4 3 22% 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 4 1.57 1.16
1976 ATL NL 27 5 12 519 26 3 3 10% 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 47 3 1.21 1.60
1976 MON NL 27 1 9 123 11 2 2 15% 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 3 1.26 1.42
1977 OAK AL 28 2 10 426 26 20 17 43% 24 13 1 2 1 5 1 1 55 23 1.11 1.17
7 Seasons 72 152 5662 287 133 111 32% 257 118 27 7 3 8 2 1 632 161 1.30 1.18
MLB Averages 36% 1.28 1.25

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 ATL NL 21 73 63% 70% 18% 4 100% 0 11 0 9 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1971 ATL NL 22 848 68% 79% 25% 36 97% 0 193 13 176 4 14 9 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 25 1 0 0 23 1 2 0 2 0
1972 ATL NL 23 576 60% 81% 28% 27 100% 0 129 4 123 2 16 8 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 9 2 1 0 1 1 100%
1973 BAL AL 24 1408 67% 82% 27% 60 90% 0 348 15 331 3 27 20 8 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 38 2 0 0 35 3 3 1 2 3 67%
1974 BAL AL 25 1641 69% 81% 26% 63 97% 0 398 17 374 7 32 16 7 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 40 1 2 0 38 3 2 0 2 2 100%
1975 ATL NL 26 3618 58% 81% 28% 184 93% 0 831 38 785 8 87 51 37 7 2 0 10 0 10 0 7 77 2 1 1 72 3 5 1 4 9 89%
1976 MON NL 27 1615 56% 80% 26% 121 88% 0 375 30 339 6 41 41 28 5 3 1 8 1 6 1 6 37 1 1 0 32 3 5 3 2 7 86%
1976 ATL NL 27 556 47% 76% 26% 29 93% 0 117 7 109 1 10 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 OAK AL 28 637 62% 81% 23% 33 91% 0 145 9 134 1 17 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 1 0 0 12 1 1 1 0 2 0%
8 Seasons 10972 61% 80% 27% 557 93% 0 2547 133 2380 34 247 161 100 29 7 6 24 2 21 1 17 250 8 5 1 231 16 19 6 13 25 80%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 ATL NL 21 64 72% 59% 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 ATL NL 22 1363 59% 80% 26% 106 88% 1 26 23 1 2 71 56 11 1 3 8 0 8 0 5 8 6 0 7 1 1 0 4 50%
1972 ATL NL 23 821 57% 83% 26% 57 82% 0 16 13 2 1 32 25 7 0 1 10 0 9 1 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 2248 59% 80% 25% 163 86% 1 42 36 3 3 103 81 18 1 4 18 0 17 1 14 9 7 0 8 1 1 0 4 50%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 67%

* 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.

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Name and misspellings: Earl Craig (Jr.) Earl wiliams willaims willams Williams

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