Eddie Williams
Edward Laquan Williams
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 1, 1964 in Shreveport, LA
High School: Herbert Hoover (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed July 11, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1986
Final Game: May 27, 1998
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 CLE AL 21 LF 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 -135.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.78
1986 CLE AL 21 OF 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 -135.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0.00 0.00 2.36 2.05
1987 CLE AL 22 3B 22 18 163.0 55 17 37 1 6 .982 0.9 6.6 0.9 3.7 -2.7 0 2.98 2.45 .951 2.77 2.31
1988 CLE AL 23 3B 10 7 66.0 21 3 18 0 0 1.000 2.9 52.7 2.9 2.1 0.9 0 2.86 2.10 .952 2.71 2.36
1989 CHW AL 24 3B 65 61 538.2 176 37 123 16 21 .909 -0.1 -0.2 -2.1 -3.5 1.4 2 2.67 2.46 .945 2.73 2.34
1990 SDP NL 25 3B 13 12 103.0 29 5 21 3 2 .897 -4.1 -47.8 -4.1 -1.4 -2.7 0 2.27 2.00 .948 2.73 2.31
1994 SDP NL 29 1B 46 45 372.2 417 383 29 5 28 .988 -7.0 -22.5 -7.0 -4.0 -3.0 0 9.95 8.96 .992 9.73 8.11
1994 SDP NL 29 3B 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1995 SDP NL 30 1B 81 77 608.2 626 571 48 7 53 .989 -5.1 -10.1 -5.1 -0.6 -4.5 0 9.15 7.64 .993 9.70 8.36
1996 DET AL 31 DH 52
1996 DET AL 31 1B 7 2 26.0 23 22 1 0 7 1.000 0.2 9.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 7.96 3.29 .991 9.24 7.91
1996 DET AL 31 3B 3 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 60.0 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 1.50 0.33 1.000 2.55 2.17
1996 DET AL 31 OF 2 2 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.9 190.0 1.9 0.0 1.9 0 2.25 1.50 .967 2.40 2.00
1996 DET AL 31 RF 2 2 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.9 190.0 1.9 0.0 1.9 0 2.25 1.50 .967 2.17 1.70
1997 PIT NL 32 1B 26 23 187.2 211 201 8 2 18 .991 -3.7 -23.7 -3.7 -2.0 -1.7 0 10.02 8.04 .993 9.52 8.16
1998 SDP NL 33 1B 7 6 43.0 50 47 3 0 3 1.000 0.2 5.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 10.47 7.14 .992 9.46 8.01
5 Seasons 1B 167 153 1238.0 1327 1224 89 14 109 .989 -15.4 -14.9 -15.4 -6.3 -9.1 0 9.55 7.86 .993 9.66 8.23
6 Seasons 3B 114 98 881.2 282 62 200 20 29 .929 -0.1 -0.1 -2.1 1.4 -3.3 2 2.67 2.30 .947 2.73 2.33
1 Season DH 52
2 Seasons OF 6 2 20.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 60.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 1.35 0.50 .967 2.39 2.03
1 Season LF 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 -135.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.78
1 Season RF 2 2 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.9 190.0 1.9 0.0 1.9 0 2.25 1.50 .967 2.17 1.70
10 Seasons TOT 287 253 2139.2 1612 1289 289 34 138 .979 -14.5 -8.1 -16.5 -4.9 -11.4 0 2 6.64 5.50 .964 6.74 5.75

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
1986 CLE AL 21 5 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 2 0
1987 CLE AL 22 22 18 22 22 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1988 CLE AL 23 10 7 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 CHW AL 24 66 61 66 65 0 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 SDP NL 25 14 12 14 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1994 SDP NL 29 49 45 49 46 0 0 46 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 SDP NL 30 97 77 97 81 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1996 DET AL 31 77 53 77 12 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 49 18 0
1997 PIT NL 32 30 23 30 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1997 LAD NL 32 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1998 SDP NL 33 17 6 17 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
10 Seasons 395 302 395 286 0 0 167 0 114 0 4 0 2 6 49 68 3
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 -- 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%
1994 SDP NL 29 1690 54% 74% 36% 80 88% 2 383 12 361 10 30 27 21 4 1 0 5 1 2 2 3 28 1 1 0 26 2 2 0 2 7 71%
1995 SDP NL 30 2726 56% 71% 31% 117 91% 4 571 23 529 21 40 49 36 5 0 2 7 5 1 1 2 53 2 1 0 48 3 5 1 4 11 91%
1996 DET AL 31 130 45% 66% 23% 3 100% 0 22 1 21 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0
1997 PIT NL 32 861 58% 74% 35% 36 81% 0 202 6 193 3 16 8 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 18 1 1 0 16 2 1 0 1 4 50%
1998 SDP NL 33 192 56% 74% 32% 15 80% 0 47 4 41 2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 5599 55% 72% 33% 251 88% 6 1225 46 1145 36 92 88 64 12 1 2 14 6 5 3 7 109 4 4 0 99 8 9 2 7 22 77%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 93% 86%

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%
1987 CLE AL 22 787 46% 78% 26% 52 94% 0 18 14 0 4 37 29 6 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 6 5 0 6 0 0 0 1 0%
1988 CLE AL 23 278 40% 81% 34% 21 95% 0 3 3 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1989 CHW AL 24 2492 55% 78% 30% 180 83% 2 37 27 3 7 124 84 37 0 1 16 0 10 6 13 21 20 0 21 0 0 0 6 33%
1990 SDP NL 25 448 58% 80% 33% 32 78% 0 4 3 0 1 22 17 4 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1994 SDP NL 29 20 65% 90% 15% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 DET AL 31 29 62% 69% 34% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 4054 53% 79% 30% 286 86% 2 62 47 3 12 201 143 52 0 4 20 0 13 7 17 29 27 0 29 0 0 0 10 40%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 86% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 CLE AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 58% 73% 16% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 58% 73% 16% 0
MLB Averages 59.6% 2.5% 56% 76% 37% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1996 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 50% 70% 37% 3 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 50% 70% 37% 3 100%
MLB Averages 44.4% 2.5% 56% 76% 37% 53%

* 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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