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Jimmy Williams

James Thomas Williams

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 20, 1876 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1899
Teams (by GP): Highlanders/Pirates/Browns/Orioles 1899-1909

Final Game: October 3, 1909
Died: January 16, 1965 in St. Petersburg, FL
Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
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Standard Batting

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
1899 22 PIT NL 153 693 621 126 220 28 27 9 116 26 60 49 .354 .416 .530 .946 158 329 6 6 *5
1900 23 PIT NL 106 455 416 73 110 15 11 5 68 18 32 27 .264 .323 .389 .712 96 162 4 3 *5/6
1901 24 BLA AL 130 568 501 113 159 26 21 7 96 21 56 36 .317 .388 .495 .883 139 248 2 9 *4
1902 25 BLA AL 125 545 498 83 156 27 21 8 83 14 36 46 .313 .361 .500 .861 133 249 1 10 *45/3
1903 26 NYY AL 132 554 502 60 134 30 12 3 82 9 39 54 .267 .326 .392 .718 109 197 5 8 *4
1904 27 NYY AL 146 612 559 62 147 31 7 2 74 14 38 65 .263 .314 .354 .669 107 198 4 11 *4
1905 28 NYY AL 129 533 470 54 107 20 8 6 62 14 50 46 .228 .306 .343 .648 97 161 3 10 *4
1906 29 NYY AL 139 571 501 61 139 25 7 3 77 8 44 51 .277 .342 .373 .715 115 187 5 21 *4
1907 30 NYY AL 139 551 504 53 136 17 11 2 63 14 35 49 .270 .319 .359 .678 109 181 1 11 *4
1908 31 SLB AL 148 619 539 63 127 20 7 4 53 7 55 70 .236 .310 .321 .631 105 173 3 22 *4
1909 32 SLB AL 110 415 374 32 73 3 6 0 22 6 29 34 .195 .257 .235 .492 60 88 2 10 *4
11 Yrs 1457 6116 5485 780 1508 242 138 49 796 151 474 527 .275 .337 .396 .733 115 2173 36 121
162 Game Avg. 162 680 610 87 168 27 15 5 89 17 53 59 .275 .337 .396 .733 115 242 4 13
NYY (7 yrs) 940 3934 3535 486 978 176 87 31 537 94 298 347 .277 .337 .402 .739 116 1421 21 80
PIT (2 yrs) 259 1148 1037 199 330 43 38 14 184 44 92 76 .318 .379 .473 .853 133 491 10 9
SLB (2 yrs) 258 1034 913 95 200 23 13 4 75 13 84 104 .219 .288 .286 .574 87 261 5 32
AL (9 yrs) 1198 4968 4448 581 1178 199 100 35 612 107 382 451 .265 .327 .378 .705 111 1682 26 112
NL (2 yrs) 259 1148 1037 199 330 43 38 14 184 44 92 76 .318 .379 .473 .853 133 491 10 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1899 22 PIT NL 153 693 48 -2 0 1 5 52 4.5 21 74 6.7 .530 .529 6.7 0.5 73 $ *5
1900 23 PIT NL 106 455 -4 -0 0 2 4 2 0.1 13 15 1.4 .502 .501 1.3 0.5 13 $ *5/6
1901 24 BLA AL 130 568 26 -1 0 -3 1 23 2.0 18 42 3.9 .516 .513 4.1 -0.2 44 $2,900 *4
1902 25 BLA AL 125 545 20 -1 0 -14 1 6 0.5 18 23 2.3 .504 .503 3.7 -1.3 37 $ *45/3
1903 26 NYY AL 132 554 6 -1 0 16 0 21 2.1 18 39 4.0 .518 .514 2.3 1.7 23 $ *4
1904 27 NYY AL 146 612 4 -1 0 10 0 13 1.5 20 33 3.5 .511 .510 2.3 1.2 23 $ *4
1905 28 NYY AL 129 533 -1 -1 0 -3 0 -5 -0.7 18 13 1.1 .496 .496 1.5 -0.4 16 $ *4
1906 29 NYY AL 139 571 8 -1 0 3 0 11 1.3 19 30 3.2 .509 .508 2.8 0.4 27 $ *4
1907 30 NYY AL 139 551 4 -1 0 -12 0 -9 -1.0 18 9 0.8 .492 .493 2.1 -1.4 21 $ *4
1908 31 SLB AL 148 619 4 -1 0 7 0 10 1.2 21 31 3.3 .508 .508 2.4 0.9 24 $ *4
1909 32 SLB AL 110 415 -14 -1 0 -1 0 -15 -2.1 14 -1 -0.7 .482 .488 -0.4 -0.2 -0 $ *4
11 Seasons 1457 6116 100 -9 0 6 11 108 9.5 199 307 29.5 .507 .506 28.8 1.7 301 $2,900
NYY (7 yrs) 940 3934 66 -5 0 -3 2 60 5.7 130 190 18.8 .507 .505 18.8 -0.0 193 $2,900
PIT (2 yrs) 259 1148 44 -2 0 3 9 54 4.6 34 88 8.1 .519 .515 8.0 1.0 85 $
SLB (2 yrs) 258 1034 -10 -1 0 6 0 -6 -0.8 35 29 2.6 .497 .498 2.0 0.7 23 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1899 22 PIT NL 693 407 135 8.6 100 .375 .354 .290 .416 .353 .530 .378 .946 .730 158 .779 48.0 4.7 1.050 .314 .176 13.4
1900 23 PIT NL 455 309 51 4.3 98 .273 .264 .287 .323 .348 .389 .378 .712 .726 96 .504 -4.0 -0.4 .706 .245 .125 7.8
1901 24 BLA AL 568 351 96 7.2 101 .332 .317 .290 .388 .347 .495 .390 .883 .737 139 .716 26.2 2.6 .956 .331 .178 10.5
1902 25 BLA AL 545 352 90 6.8 100 .333 .313 .288 .361 .345 .500 .388 .861 .733 133 .700 19.9 2.0 .877 .287 .187 10.2
1903 26 NYY AL 554 376 63 4.4 87 .294 .267 .270 .326 .320 .392 .365 .718 .685 109 .597 6.4 0.7 .679 .221 .125 4.5
1904 27 NYY AL 612 423 61 3.8 77 .295 .263 .257 .314 .309 .354 .337 .669 .647 107 .586 5.0 0.6 .617 .184 .091 3.5
1905 28 NYY AL 533 373 49 3.5 80 .242 .228 .260 .306 .321 .343 .339 .648 .659 97 .554 -1.4 -0.2 .628 .251 .115 8.4
1906 29 NYY AL 571 383 63 4.4 82 .304 .277 .267 .342 .324 .373 .342 .715 .666 115 .636 9.9 1.2 .674 .200 .096 4.4
1907 30 NYY AL 551 379 57 4.0 77 .296 .270 .263 .319 .319 .359 .328 .678 .648 109 .614 4.2 0.5 .628 .187 .089 3.5
1908 31 SLB AL 619 434 53 3.3 69 .265 .236 .246 .310 .303 .321 .313 .631 .616 105 .550 4.1 0.5 .578 .200 .085 5.1
1909 32 SLB AL 415 311 22 1.9 68 .215 .195 .245 .257 .304 .235 .310 .492 .614 60 .293 -16.9 -2.1 .415 .134 .040 .0
11 Yrs 6116 4098 740 4.8 86 .297 .275 .270 .337 .327 .396 .352 .733 .679 115 .628 101.4 10.2 .713 .235 .121 74.0
162 Game Avg. 680 456 82 4.8 86 .297 .275 .270 .337 .327 .396 .352 .733 .679 115 .628 11 1 .713 .235 .121 8
NYY (7 yrs) 3934 2637 479 4.8 86 .300 .277 .270 .337 .326 .402 .355 .739 .682 116 .638 70.2 7.4 .717 .236 .125 46.6
PIT (2 yrs) 1148 716 186 6.7 99 .334 .318 .289 .379 .351 .473 .378 .853 .729 133 .696 44.0 4.3 .901 .286 .155 21.2
SLB (2 yrs) 1034 745 75 2.7 69 .243 .219 .245 .288 .303 .286 .312 .574 .615 87 .453 -12.8 -1.6 .509 .173 .067 6.1
AL (9 yrs) 4968 3382 554 4.4 83 .288 .265 .265 .327 .322 .378 .346 .705 .668 111 .608 57.4 5.8 .672 .223 .113 52.7
NL (2 yrs) 1148 716 186 6.7 99 .334 .318 .289 .379 .351 .473 .378 .853 .729 133 .696 44.0 4.3 .901 .286 .155 21.2

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1899 22 153 693 621 126 220 28 27 9 116 26 60 49 .354 .416 .530 .946 158 329 6 6
1900 23 259 1148 1037 199 330 43 38 14 184 44 92 76 .318 .379 .473 .853 133 491 10 9
1901 24 389 1716 1538 312 489 69 59 21 280 65 148 112 .318 .382 .480 .863 135 739 12 18
1902 25 514 2261 2036 395 645 96 80 29 363 79 184 158 .317 .377 .485 .862 135 988 13 28
1903 26 646 2815 2538 455 779 126 92 32 445 88 223 212 .307 .367 .467 .834 130 1185 18 36
1904 27 792 3427 3097 517 926 157 99 34 519 102 261 277 .299 .358 .447 .804 126 1383 22 47
1905 28 921 3960 3567 571 1033 177 107 40 581 116 311 323 .290 .351 .433 .784 123 1544 25 57
1906 29 1060 4531 4068 632 1172 202 114 43 658 124 355 374 .288 .350 .426 .775 122 1731 30 78
1907 30 1199 5082 4572 685 1308 219 125 45 721 138 390 423 .286 .346 .418 .764 120 1912 31 89
1908 31 1347 5701 5111 748 1435 239 132 49 774 145 445 493 .281 .342 .408 .750 119 2085 34 111
1909 32 1457 6116 5485 780 1508 242 138 49 796 151 474 527 .275 .337 .396 .733 115 2173 36 121

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1899 22 161 699 630 112 208 26 26 9 103 25 57 52 .330 .391 .497 .888 120 153
1900 23 121 504 464 71 115 16 12 5 66 19 33 31 .248 .303 .366 .670 50 106
1901 24 154 636 566 105 162 26 21 7 89 21 57 43 .286 .354 .443 .797 89 130
1902 25 147 623 571 86 170 29 23 9 86 15 39 54 .298 .344 .476 .820 93 125
1903 26 154 648 587 71 158 35 14 4 97 11 46 63 .269 .329 .397 .726 75 132
1904 27 151 652 593 76 168 35 8 2 91 16 43 67 .283 .337 .379 .716 75 146
1905 28 136 569 500 62 118 22 9 7 71 15 55 48 .236 .315 .358 .673 56 129
1906 29 147 616 539 71 156 28 8 3 90 9 49 54 .289 .355 .388 .743 73 139
1907 30 146 592 540 62 153 19 12 2 74 16 39 52 .283 .333 .374 .707 67 139
1908 31 154 674 581 84 153 24 8 5 71 8 66 73 .263 .343 .358 .701 71 148
1909 32 115 457 407 47 92 4 8 0 32 8 37 36 .226 .295 .275 .570 32 110
11 Yrs 1586 6670 5978 847 1653 264 149 53 870 163 521 573 .277 .339 .397 .736 801 1457
162 Game Avg. 162 681 611 87 169 27 15 5 89 17 53 59 .277 .339 .397 .736 82 1457

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1899 NL  6.7 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1899 NL  6.7 (3rd)
1901 AL  3.9 (9th)
1903 AL  4.0 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1899 NL  6.7 (3rd)
1901 AL  4.1 (5th)
1902 AL  3.7 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1903 AL  1.7 (4th)
1904 AL  1.2 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1899 NL  .354 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1899 NL  .416 (8th)
1901 AL  .388 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1899 NL  .530 (3rd)
1901 AL  .495 (4th)
1902 AL  .500 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1899 NL  .946 (4th)
1901 AL  .883 (5th)
1902 AL  .861 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1899 NL  153 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1899 NL  621 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1899 NL  693 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1899 NL  126 (5th)
1901 AL  113 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1899 NL  220 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1899 NL  329 (3rd)
1901 AL  248 (5th)
1902 AL  249 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1899 NL  28 (6th)
1903 AL  30 (10th)
1904 AL  31 (4th)
1906 AL  25 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1899 NL  27 (1st)
1901 AL  21 (1st)
1902 AL  21 (1st)
1903 AL  12 (10th)
1907 AL  11 (5th)
Career  138 (66th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1899 NL  9 (3rd)
1901 AL  7 (7th)
1902 AL  8 (7th)
1905 AL  6 (3rd)
1906 AL  3 (8th)
1908 AL  4 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1899 NL  116 (3rd)
1901 AL  96 (5th)
1902 AL  83 (10th)
1903 AL  82 (7th)
1904 AL  74 (7th)
1906 AL  77 (4th)
1907 AL  63 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1901 AL  56 (8th)
1905 AL  50 (9th)
1908 AL  55 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1899 NL  49 (4th)
1902 AL  46 (6th)
1908 AL  70 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1899 NL  156 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1899 NL  158 (4th)
1901 AL  140 (6th)
1902 AL  133 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1899 NL  135 (2nd)
1901 AL  96 (5th)
1902 AL  90 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1899 NL  48 (4th)
1901 AL  27 (7th)
1902 AL  19 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1899 NL  4.7 (4th)
1901 AL  2.7 (7th)
1902 AL  2.0 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1899 NL  64 (4th)
1901 AL  54 (4th)
1902 AL  56 (6th)
1903 AL  45 (9th)
1906 AL  35 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1899 NL  286 (5th)
1901 AL  217 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1899 NL  .779 (4th)
1901 AL  .716 (5th)
1902 AL  .700 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1899 NL  13.4 (5th)
1901 AL  10.5 (6th)
1902 AL  10.2 (6th)
1905 AL  8.4 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1899 NL  69.0 (5th)
1901 AL  71.6 (7th)
1902 AL  62.3 (9th)
1905 AL  78.3 (2nd)
1908 AL  134.8 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1908 AL  434 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 95 (239), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 27 (657), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (772), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Heinie Zimmerman (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bobby Wallace (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bobby Wallace (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bobby Wallace (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bobby Wallace (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobby Wallace (942) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bobby Wallace (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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