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Eddie Williams

Edward Laquan Williams

Positions: First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Tigers/WhiteSox/Indians/Pirates/... 1986-1998

Final Game: May 27, 1998
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1986 21 CLE AL 5 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1987 22 CLE AL 22 75 64 9 11 4 0 1 4 0 0 9 19 .172 .280 .281 .561 50 18 2 1 0 1 0 5
1988 23 CLE AL 10 23 21 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .190 .227 .190 .418 18 4 1 1 1 0 0 5
1989 24 CHW AL 66 229 201 25 55 8 0 3 10 1 2 18 31 .274 .341 .358 .699 101 72 4 4 3 3 3 5
1990 25 SDP NL 14 47 42 5 12 3 0 3 4 0 1 5 6 .286 .362 .571 .933 152 24 1 0 0 0 2 5
1994 29 SDP NL 49 196 175 32 58 11 1 11 42 0 1 15 26 .331 .392 .594 .986 156 104 10 3 2 1 1 3/5
1995 30 SDP NL 97 325 296 35 77 11 1 12 47 0 0 23 47 .260 .320 .426 .746 98 126 21 4 0 2 0 3
1996 31 DET AL 77 236 215 22 43 5 0 6 26 0 2 18 50 .200 .267 .307 .574 45 66 8 2 0 1 0 D/359
1997 32 TOT NL 38 111 96 12 23 5 0 3 12 1 0 11 25 .240 .327 .385 .713 85 37 2 2 1 1 2 3
1997 32 LAD NL 8 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 10 1 0 0 0 0 1
1997 32 PIT NL 30 103 89 12 22 5 0 3 11 1 0 10 24 .247 .333 .404 .738 90 36 2 2 1 1 1 3
1998 33 SDP NL 17 31 28 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .143 .194 .143 .336 -6 4 1 0 0 1 0 /3
10 Seasons 395 1280 1145 146 288 47 2 39 150 2 6 101 216 .252 .319 .398 .717 90 456 50 17 7 10 8
162 Game Avg. 162 525 470 60 118 19 1 16 62 1 2 41 89 .252 .319 .398 .717 90 187 21 7 3 4 3
SDP (4 yrs) 177 599 541 73 151 25 2 26 96 0 2 45 85 .279 .340 .477 .817 116 258 33 7 2 4 3
CLE (3 yrs) 37 105 92 14 16 4 0 1 6 0 0 9 25 .174 .260 .250 .510 38 23 3 2 1 1 0
PIT (1 yr) 30 103 89 12 22 5 0 3 11 1 0 10 24 .247 .333 .404 .738 90 36 2 2 1 1 1
LAD (1 yr) 8 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 10 1 0 0 0 0 1
DET (1 yr) 77 236 215 22 43 5 0 6 26 0 2 18 50 .200 .267 .307 .574 45 66 8 2 0 1 0
CHW (1 yr) 66 229 201 25 55 8 0 3 10 1 2 18 31 .274 .341 .358 .699 101 72 4 4 3 3 3
NL (5 yrs) 215 710 637 85 174 30 2 29 108 1 2 56 110 .273 .338 .463 .801 111 295 35 9 3 5 5
AL (5 yrs) 180 570 508 61 114 17 0 10 42 1 4 45 106 .224 .295 .317 .612 65 161 15 8 4 5 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1986 21 CLE AL 7 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /7
1987 22 CLE AL 75 -5 0 0 0 1 0 2 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $62,500 5
1988 23 CLE AL 23 -2 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0.2 -1 -0.1 0.3 $ 5
1989 24 CHW AL 229 1 -2 1 0 -0 0 7 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 5
1990 25 SDP NL 47 3 -1 0 0 -4 0 1 -1 -0.1 3 0.3 -0.4 $ 5
1994 29 SDP NL 196 13 0 -1 -1 -7 -3 6 7 0.7 14 1.4 -0.7 $140,000 3/5
1995 30 SDP NL 325 -1 -1 0 -4 -5 -5 9 -7 -0.7 -2 -0.2 -0.5 $230,000 3
1996 31 DET AL 237 -18 -1 0 -1 2 -5 8 -15 -1.3 -17 -1.6 0.3 $350,000 D/359
1997 32 LAD NL 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
1997 32 PIT NL 103 -1 0 1 -1 -4 -1 3 -3 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $250,000 3
1998 33 SDP NL 31 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /3
10 Seasons 1281 -16 -5 1 -7 -14 -14 38 -18 -1.6 -3 -0.2 -1.4 $1,032,500
SDP (4 yrs) 599 11 -2 -1 -5 -16 -8 17 -4 -0.4 12 1.2 -1.6 $370,000
CLE (3 yrs) 105 -8 0 0 0 3 0 3 -2 -0.2 -5 -0.5 0.3 $62,500
PIT (1 yr) 103 -1 0 1 -1 -4 -1 3 -3 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $250,000
LAD (1 yr) 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
DET (1 yr) 237 -18 -1 0 -1 2 -5 8 -15 -1.3 -17 -1.6 0.3 $350,000
CHW (1 yr) 229 1 -2 1 0 -0 0 7 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 CLE AL 21 LF 4 0 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -135 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.22
1986 CLE AL 21 OF 4 0 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -135 0.00 0.00 2.36 2.38
1987 CLE AL 22 3B 22 18 16 163.0 55 17 37 1 6 .982 1 7 2.98 2.45 .952 2.77 2.74
1988 CLE AL 23 3B 10 7 5 66.0 21 3 18 0 0 1.000 3 53 2.86 2.10 .954 2.71 2.69
1989 CHW AL 24 3B 65 61 53 538.2 176 37 123 16 21 .909 -0 -0 2.67 2.46 .943 2.73 2.70
1990 SDP NL 25 3B 13 12 9 103.0 29 5 21 3 2 .897 -4 -48 2.27 2.00 .947 2.73 2.71
1994 SDP NL 29 1B 46 45 29 372.2 417 383 29 5 28 .988 -7 -23 9.95 8.96 .992 9.73 9.67
1994 SDP NL 29 3B 1 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1995 SDP NL 30 1B 81 77 47 608.2 627 571 49 7 53 .989 -5 -10 9.17 7.65 .993 9.70 9.66
1996 DET AL 31 DH 49 49
1996 DET AL 31 1B 7 2 2 26.0 23 22 1 0 7 1.000 0 9 7.96 3.29 .992 9.24 9.19
1996 DET AL 31 3B 3 0 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 60 1.50 0.33 .960 2.55 2.53
1996 DET AL 31 OF 2 2 0 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2 190 2.25 1.50 .983 2.40 2.35
1996 DET AL 31 RF 2 2 0 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2 190 2.25 1.50 .980 2.17 2.15
1997 PIT NL 32 1B 26 23 14 187.2 212 201 9 2 18 .991 -4 -24 10.07 8.08 .993 9.52 9.45
1998 SDP NL 33 1B 7 6 2 43.0 50 47 3 0 3 1.000 0 6 10.47 7.14 .993 9.46 9.41
5 Seasons 1B 167 153 94 1238.0 1329 1224 91 14 109 .989 -15 -15 9.56 7.87 .993 9.66 9.60
6 Seasons 3B 114 98 83 881.2 282 62 200 20 29 .929 -0 -0 2.67 2.30 .946 2.73 2.70
2 Seasons OF 6 2 0 20.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 60 1.35 0.50 .983 2.39 2.37
1 Season LF 4 0 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -135 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.22
1 Season RF 2 2 0 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2 190 2.25 1.50 .980 2.17 2.15
10 Seasons TOT 287 253 177 2139.2 1614 1289 291 34 138 .979 -14 -8 6.65 5.51 .985 6.74 6.71
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1995 NL  21 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1995 NL  7 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1988 AL  3 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198722Cleveland Indians$62,5001987 USA Today survey
199429San Diego Padres$140,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199530San Diego Padres$230,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199631Detroit Tigers$350,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $25,000 earned bonus
199732Pittsburgh Pirates$250,0001997 postseason AP survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,032,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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