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

Born: July 14, 1948 in Newark, NJ
Drafted by the Milwaukee Braves in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1970
Final Game: September 25, 1977
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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
1970 21 ATL NL 10 24 19 4 7 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 4 .368 .417 .579 .996 158 11 1 0 0 2 0 /35
1971 22 ATL NL 145 550 497 64 129 14 1 33 87 0 1 42 80 .260 .324 .491 .815 123 244 11 7 0 4 5 253 RoY-1
1972 23 ATL NL 151 637 565 72 146 24 2 28 87 0 0 62 118 .258 .336 .457 .793 116 258 17 6 0 4 6 *253
1973 24 BAL AL 132 536 459 58 109 18 1 22 83 0 2 66 107 .237 .333 .425 .758 114 195 13 3 1 7 8 23/D
1974 25 BAL AL 118 471 413 47 105 16 0 14 52 0 2 40 79 .254 .327 .395 .722 110 163 10 7 6 5 3 23/D
1975 26 ATL NL 111 424 383 42 92 13 0 11 50 0 0 34 63 .240 .305 .360 .665 82 138 16 3 1 3 2 32
1976 27 TOT NL 122 415 374 35 84 13 2 17 55 0 0 33 65 .225 .286 .406 .692 91 152 16 1 2 5 4 32
1976 27 ATL NL 61 208 184 18 39 3 0 9 26 0 0 19 33 .212 .286 .375 .661 83 69 8 1 2 2 2 23
1976 27 MON NL 61 207 190 17 45 10 2 8 29 0 0 14 32 .237 .285 .437 .722 99 83 8 0 0 3 2 32
1977 28 OAK AL 100 374 348 39 84 13 0 13 38 2 0 18 58 .241 .288 .391 .678 86 136 19 5 2 1 3 D23
8 Seasons 889 3431 3058 361 756 115 6 138 457 2 5 298 574 .247 .318 .424 .742 106 1297 103 32 12 31 31
162 Game Avg. 162 625 557 66 138 21 1 25 83 0 1 54 105 .247 .318 .424 .742 106 236 19 6 2 6 6
ATL (5 yrs) 478 1843 1648 200 413 58 3 81 255 0 1 160 298 .251 .321 .437 .758 107 720 53 17 3 15 15
BAL (2 yrs) 250 1007 872 105 214 34 1 36 135 0 4 106 186 .245 .330 .411 .741 112 358 23 10 7 12 11
OAK (1 yr) 100 374 348 39 84 13 0 13 38 2 0 18 58 .241 .288 .391 .678 86 136 19 5 2 1 3
MON (1 yr) 61 207 190 17 45 10 2 8 29 0 0 14 32 .237 .285 .437 .722 99 83 8 0 0 3 2
NL (5 yrs) 539 2050 1838 217 458 68 5 89 284 0 1 174 330 .249 .317 .437 .754 106 803 61 17 3 18 17
AL (3 yrs) 350 1381 1220 144 298 47 1 49 173 2 4 124 244 .244 .319 .405 .723 105 494 42 15 9 13 14

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
1973 24 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 5 20 18 2 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 .278 .350 .556 .906 10 0 0 0 0 0
1974 25 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 7 26 24 2 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 4 .208 .269 .417 .686 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 7 26 24 2 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 4 .208 .269 .417 .686 10 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 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1971-NL-Rookie of the Year

Slugging % s c a p y
1971 NL--.491--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1972 NL--151--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1971 NL--33--5th
1972 NL--28--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1972 NL--118--8th
1973 AL--107--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 NL--7--3rd
1972 NL--6--5th
1974 AL--7--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 AL--7--2nd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL--8--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1972 NL--17--7th
1977 AL--19--9th

AB per HR s c a p y
1971 NL--15.061--4th
1972 NL--20.179--7th
1973 AL--20.864--8th
Career--22.159--179th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 12 (1273), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1516), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2116), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August 24, 1965: Drafted by the Milwaukee Braves in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft.

November 30, 1972: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Taylor Duncan to the Baltimore Orioles for Pat Dobson, Roric Harrison, Davey Johnson and Johnny Oates.

April 17, 1975: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with cash to the Atlanta Braves for Jimmy Freeman.

July 24, 1976: Purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Atlanta Braves.

March 28, 1977: Released by the Montreal Expos.

April 3, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

May 17, 1978: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

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