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Ken Williams
Kenneth Roy Williams
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 28, 1890 in Grants Pass, OR
High School: Fort Pleasant (San Jose, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1915
Final Game: August 10, 1929
Died: January 22, 1959 in Grants Pass, OR
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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
1915 25 CIN NL 71 243 219 22 53 10 4 0 16 4 3 15 20 .242 .297 .324 .621 86 71 2 7 O
1916 26 CIN NL 10 29 27 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 .111 .172 .111 .284 -11 3 0 0 O
1918 28 SLB AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 53 0 0 0
1919 29 SLB AL 65 266 227 32 68 10 5 6 35 7 26 25 .300 .376 .467 .843 134 106 2 11 O
1920 30 SLB AL 141 592 521 90 160 34 13 10 72 18 8 41 26 .307 .362 .480 .842 119 250 4 26 *O
1921 31 SLB AL 146 646 547 115 190 31 7 24 117 20 17 74 42 .347 .429 .561 .990 145 307 4 21 *O
1922 32 SLB AL 153 678 585 128 194 34 11 39 155 37 20 74 31 .332 .413 .627 1.040 164 367 7 12 *O
1923 33 SLB AL 147 646 555 106 198 37 12 29 91 18 17 79 32 .357 .439 .623 1.062 172 346 2 10 *O MVP-15
1924 34 SLB AL 114 479 398 78 129 21 4 18 84 20 11 69 17 .324 .425 .533 .958 140 212 1 11 *O MVP-22
1925 35 SLB AL 102 462 411 83 136 31 5 25 105 10 5 37 14 .331 .390 .613 1.003 146 252 3 11 O
1926 36 SLB AL 108 401 347 55 97 15 7 17 74 5 4 39 23 .280 .354 .510 .864 119 177 1 14 O/4
1927 37 SLB AL 131 496 423 70 136 23 6 17 74 9 7 57 30 .322 .403 .525 .928 136 222 1 15 *O
1928 38 BOS AL 133 515 462 59 140 25 1 8 67 4 9 37 15 .303 .356 .413 .769 105 191 1 15 *O
1929 39 BOS AL 74 161 139 21 48 14 2 3 21 1 5 15 7 .345 .409 .540 .949 145 75 0 7 O/3
14 Seasons 1397 5616 4862 860 1552 285 77 196 913 154 106 566 287 .319 .393 .530 .924 138 2579 28 160
162 Game Avg. 162 651 564 100 180 33 9 23 106 18 66 33 .319 .393 .530 .924 138 299 3 19
SLB (10 yrs) 1109 4668 4015 757 1308 236 70 185 808 144 89 497 240 .326 .403 .558 .961 144 2239 25 131
BOS (2 yrs) 207 676 601 80 188 39 3 11 88 5 14 52 22 .313 .369 .443 .811 114 266 1 22
CIN (2 yrs) 81 272 246 23 56 10 4 0 17 5 3 17 25 .228 .283 .301 .584 76 74 2 7
AL (12 yrs) 1316 5344 4616 837 1496 275 73 196 896 149 103 549 262 .324 .399 .543 .942 140 2505 26 153
NL (2 yrs) 81 272 246 23 56 10 4 0 17 5 3 17 25 .228 .283 .301 .584 76 74 2 7

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1915 CIN NL 25 OF 62 135 117 11 7 4 .948 2.06 .959 2.01 54-8-0
1916 CIN NL 26 OF 10 22 19 2 1 1 .955 2.10 .968 2.00 8-1-0
1919 SLB AL 29 OF 63 190 168 10 12 3 .937 2.83 .959 2.16 0-63-0
1920 SLB AL 30 OF 138 362 331 17 14 6 .961 2.52 .962 2.16 104-34-0
1921 SLB AL 31 OF 145 381 331 24 26 3 .932 2.45 .961 2.21 145-0-0
1922 SLB AL 32 OF 153 400 372 16 12 4 .970 2.54 .964 2.22 137-17-0
1923 SLB AL 33 OF 145 368 333 23 12 5 .967 2.46 .965 2.26 145-0-0 MVP-15
1924 SLB AL 34 OF 109 279 257 13 9 2 .968 2.48 .970 2.27 109-0-0 MVP-22
1925 SLB AL 35 OF 102 265 242 11 12 4 .955 2.48 .965 2.27 102-0-0
1926 SLB AL 36 OF 92 212 189 12 11 2 .948 2.18 .967 2.23 91-1-0
1926 SLB AL 36 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30
1927 SLB AL 37 OF 113 285 260 15 10 4 .965 2.43 .964 2.22 110-4-0
1928 BOS AL 38 OF 127 272 254 10 8 0 .971 2.08 .973 2.22 127-0-0
1929 BOS AL 39 OF 39 81 75 3 3 2 .963 2.00 .967 2.28 0-30-10
1929 BOS AL 39 1B 2 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 4.00 .988 9.75
13 Seasons OF 1298 3252 2948 167 137 40 .958 2.40 .965 2.21 1132-158-10
1 Season 1B 2 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 4.00 .988 9.75
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30
14 Seasons TOT 1301 3260 2956 167 137 41 .958 2.40 .923 2.23 1132-158-10

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1923 AL (15, 6%)
1924 AL (22, 2%)
0.08 Career Shares (957th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1921 AL  .347 (8th)
1922 AL  .332 (6th)
1923 AL  .357 (5th)
Career  .319 (56th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1921 AL  .429 (5th)
1922 AL  .413 (8th)
1923 AL  .439 (6th)
1924 AL  .425 (7th)
1927 AL  .403 (10th)
Career  .393 (82nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1920 AL  .480 (10th)
1921 AL  .561 (4th)
1922 AL  .627 (2nd)
1923 AL  .623 (3rd)
1924 AL  .533 (3rd)
1925 AL  .613 (1st)
1926 AL  .510 (8th)
1927 AL  .525 (5th)
Career  .530 (48th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1921 AL  .990 (4th)
1922 AL  1.040 (4th)
1923 AL  1.062 (4th)
1924 AL  .958 (3rd)
1925 AL  1.003 (6th)
1927 AL  .928 (6th)
Career  .924 (45th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1922 AL  678 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1921 AL  115 (6th)
1922 AL  128 (3rd)
1923 AL  106 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1921 AL  190 (9th)
1922 AL  194 (5th)
1923 AL  198 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1921 AL  307 (7th)
1922 AL  367 (1st)
1923 AL  346 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1922 AL  34 (8th)
1923 AL  37 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1920 AL  13 (9th)
1922 AL  11 (10th)
1923 AL  12 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1921 AL  24 (2nd)
1922 AL  39 (1st)
1923 AL  29 (2nd)
1924 AL  18 (4th)
1925 AL  25 (2nd)
1926 AL  17 (4th)
1927 AL  17 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1921 AL  117 (6th)
1922 AL  155 (1st)
1923 AL  91 (9th)
1925 AL  105 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1921 AL  74 (7th)
1922 AL  74 (5th)
1923 AL  79 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1920 AL  18 (8th)
1921 AL  20 (7th)
1922 AL  37 (2nd)
1923 AL  18 (5th)
1924 AL  20 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1921 AL  145 (5th)
1922 AL  164 (6th)
1923 AL  172 (4th)
1924 AL  140 (5th)
1925 AL  146 (8th)
1927 AL  136 (7th)
Career  138 (87th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1921 AL  126 (5th)
1922 AL  146 (2nd)
1923 AL  146 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1921 AL  39 (5th)
1922 AL  54 (4th)
1923 AL  58 (4th)
1924 AL  25 (8th)
1925 AL  26 (9th)
1927 AL  23 (10th)
Career  261 (158th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1921 AL  3.6 (5th)
1922 AL  5.1 (4th)
1923 AL  5.6 (4th)
1924 AL  2.4 (8th)
1925 AL  2.4 (9th)
1927 AL  2.2 (10th)
Career  24.6 (181st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1920 AL  57 (9th)
1921 AL  62 (8th)
1922 AL  84 (1st)
1923 AL  78 (3rd)
1925 AL  61 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1921 AL  268 (7th)
1922 AL  275 (2nd)
1923 AL  279 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1921 AL  .721 (6th)
1922 AL  .772 (6th)
1923 AL  .805 (4th)
1924 AL  .719 (5th)
1925 AL  .735 (7th)
1927 AL  .694 (8th)
Career  .698 (77th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1922 AL  7 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career  160 (144th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1921 AL  17 (2nd)
1922 AL  20 (1st)
1923 AL  17 (4th)
1928 AL  9 (8th)
Career  106 (92nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1920 AL  12.9 (4th)
1921 AL  21.8 (2nd)
1922 AL  38.0 (1st)
1923 AL  22.2 (2nd)
1924 AL  18.9 (1st)
1925 AL  14.3 (3rd)
1927 AL  11.8 (8th)
Career  172.5 (119th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1925 AL  29.4 (9th)
1928 AL  30.8 (6th)
Career  16.9 (176th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1920 AL  52.1 (10th)
1921 AL  22.8 (2nd)
1922 AL  15.0 (2nd)
1923 AL  19.1 (2nd)
1924 AL  22.1 (3rd)
1925 AL  16.4 (1st)
1926 AL  20.4 (2nd)
1927 AL  24.9 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1928 AL  born 1890-06-28 (9th)
1929 AL  born 1890-06-28 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 121 (158), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 68 (281), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 39 (165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 15, 1927: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the St. Louis Browns for $10,000.

January 29, 1930: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Boston Red Sox.

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