Kenny Williams
Kenneth Royal Williams
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: April 6, 1964 in Berkeley, CA
High School: Fort Pleasant (San Jose, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1986
Final Game: October 4, 1991
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Standard Batting

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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
1986 22 CHW AL 15 33 31 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 11 .129 .182 .226 .408 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 /98D7
1987 23 CHW AL 116 414 391 48 110 18 2 11 50 21 10 10 83 .281 .314 .422 .736 91 165 5 9 3 1 0 *8/9
1988 24 CHW AL 73 243 220 18 35 4 2 8 28 6 5 10 64 .159 .221 .305 .525 46 67 2 8 3 2 0 598/D
1989 25 DET AL 94 285 258 29 53 5 1 6 23 9 4 18 63 .205 .269 .302 .571 63 78 6 5 2 2 0 879/3D
1990 26 TOT AL 106 169 155 23 25 8 1 0 13 9 4 10 42 .161 .219 .226 .445 23 35 1 2 0 2 0 798D
1990 26 DET AL 57 88 83 10 11 2 0 0 5 2 2 3 24 .133 .170 .157 .327 -8 13 0 1 0 1 0 978/D
1990 26 TOR AL 49 81 72 13 14 6 1 0 8 7 2 7 18 .194 .272 .306 .577 58 22 1 1 0 1 0 7/8D9
1991 27 TOT MLB 47 109 99 16 25 7 2 1 4 3 1 7 27 .253 .312 .394 .706 96 39 2 2 0 1 0 97/8D
1991 27 TOR AL 13 35 29 5 6 2 0 1 3 1 0 4 5 .207 .314 .379 .694 89 11 1 1 0 1 0 /9D87
1991 27 MON NL 34 74 70 11 19 5 2 0 1 2 1 3 22 .271 .311 .400 .711 100 28 1 1 0 0 0 9/78
6 Seasons 451 1253 1154 136 252 42 8 27 119 49 25 56 290 .218 .269 .339 .608 66 391 17 27 8 8 0
162 Game Avg. 162 450 415 49 91 15 3 10 43 18 9 20 104 .218 .269 .339 .608 66 140 6 10 3 3 0
CHW (3 yrs) 204 690 642 68 149 22 4 20 79 28 16 21 158 .232 .275 .372 .647 72 239 8 18 6 3 0
DET (2 yrs) 151 373 341 39 64 7 1 6 28 11 6 21 87 .188 .245 .267 .512 45 91 6 6 2 3 0
TOR (2 yrs) 62 116 101 18 20 8 1 1 11 8 2 11 23 .198 .284 .327 .611 67 33 2 2 0 2 0
MON (1 yr) 34 74 70 11 19 5 2 0 1 2 1 3 22 .271 .311 .400 .711 100 28 1 1 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 417 1179 1084 125 233 37 6 27 118 47 24 53 268 .215 .266 .335 .601 64 363 16 26 8 8 0
NL (1 yr) 34 74 70 11 19 5 2 0 1 2 1 3 22 .271 .311 .400 .711 100 28 1 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1986 22 CHW AL 33 29 1 0.9 104 .158 .129 .266 .182 .335 .226 .415 .408 .750 9 .049 -4.2 -0.4 .310 .129 .097 1.0
1987 23 CHW AL 414 300 50 4.4 108 .332 .281 .269 .314 .337 .422 .431 .736 .768 91 .449 -6.7 -0.6 .659 .194 .141 14.4
1988 24 CHW AL 243 197 15 2.0 94 .180 .159 .259 .221 .324 .305 .391 .525 .715 46 .196 -17.2 -1.8 .448 .195 .145 6.9
1989 25 DET AL 285 219 21 2.6 92 .246 .205 .258 .269 .323 .302 .380 .571 .703 63 .276 -13.3 -1.4 .493 .186 .097 7.2
1990 26 TOT AL 169 137 9 1.8 97 .217 .161 .263 .219 .332 .226 .393 .445 .725 23 .157 -16.3 -1.7 .385 .161 .065 .0
1990 26 DET AL 88 75 2 0.7 95 .183 .133 .260 .170 .329 .157 .389 .327 .718 -8 .035 -12.2 -1.2 .230 .060 .024 .0
1990 26 TOR AL 81 62 7 3.0 99 .255 .194 .266 .272 .335 .306 .398 .577 .733 58 .336 -4.1 -0.4 .574 .278 .111 .0
1991 27 TOT MLB 109 78 13 4.5 95 .333 .253 .259 .312 .327 .394 .389 .706 .717 96 .518 -0.6 -0.1 .649 .232 .141 1.5
1991 27 TOR AL 35 25 4 4.3 100 .208 .207 .265 .314 .334 .379 .402 .694 .736 89 .475 -0.3 -0.0 .708 .345 .172 1.0
1991 27 MON NL 74 53 9 4.6 93 .396 .271 .256 .311 .324 .400 .384 .711 .708 100 .539 -0.3 -0.0 .623 .186 .129 .0
6 Seasons 1253 960 109 3.0 99 .266 .218 .263 .269 .330 .339 .403 .608 .733 66 .322 -58.2 -5.9 .528 .190 .120 34.8
162 Game Avg. 450 345 39 3.0 99 .266 .218 .263 .269 .330 .339 .403 .608 .733 66 .322 -58.2 -5.9 .528 .190 .120 13
CHW (3 yrs) 690 526 66 3.4 103 .276 .232 .265 .275 .333 .372 .416 .647 .749 72 .345 -28.0 -2.8 .561 .192 .140 23.3
DET (2 yrs) 373 294 23 2.1 92 .231 .188 .259 .245 .324 .267 .382 .512 .707 45 .208 -25.6 -2.6 .426 .155 .079 7.8
TOR (2 yrs) 116 87 11 3.4 100 .241 .198 .266 .284 .335 .327 .399 .611 .734 67 .379 -4.4 -0.5 .612 .297 .129 1.8
MON (1 yr) 74 53 9 4.6 93 .396 .271 .256 .311 .324 .400 .384 .711 .708 100 .539 -0.3 -0.0 .623 .186 .129 .0
AL (6 yrs) 1179 907 100 2.9 100 .258 .215 .263 .266 .330 .335 .404 .601 .734 64 .307 -58.0 -5.9 .522 .190 .120 34.3
NL (1 yr) 74 53 9 4.6 93 .396 .271 .256 .311 .324 .400 .384 .711 .708 100 .539 -0.3 -0.0 .623 .186 .129 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1986 22 CHW AL 33 3.0% 33.3% 3.0% 3.0% 25% 11.00 2.8 31.0 31.0 0.31 58%
1987 23 CHW AL 414 2.7% 20.1% 2.4% 7.5% 28% 8.30 4.7 35.5 7.8 1.03 72%
1988 24 CHW AL 243 3.3% 26.3% 4.1% 5.8% 40% 6.40 3.4 27.5 7.9 0.53 0.69 62% 16% 18.2% 56%
1989 25 DET AL 285 2.1% 22.1% 6.3% 4.2% 23% 3.50 4.1 43.0 11.2 0.64 0.88 67% 20% 7.2% 28%
1990 26 TOT AL 169 0.0% 24.9% 5.9% 5.3% 36% 4.20 3.7 11.9 0.82 0.89 68% 22% 0.0% 27%
1990 26 DET AL 88 0.0% 27.3% 3.4% 2.3% 18% 8.00 3.5 16.6 0.97 0.96 68% 18% 0.0% 30%
1990 26 TOR AL 81 0.0% 22.2% 8.6% 8.6% 50% 2.57 4.0 9.0 0.69 0.83 68% 25% 0.0% 25%
1991 27 TOT MLB 109 0.9% 24.8% 6.4% 9.2% 40% 3.86 3.7 99.0 24.8 0.69 0.92 66% 22% 3.2% 26%
1991 27 TOR AL 35 2.9% 14.3% 11.4% 8.6% 50% 1.25 5.8 29.0 9.7 0.56 0.82 69% 28% 8.3% 25%
1991 27 MON NL 74 0.0% 29.7% 4.1% 9.5% 37% 7.33 3.2 70.0 0.77 1.00 65% 19% 0.0% 27%
6 Seasons 1253 2.2% 23.1% 4.5% 6.2% 31% 5.18 4.0 42.7 9.7 0.65 0.86 67% 19% 7.4% 37%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1986 22 CHW AL 0 0 20% 8 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 23 CHW AL 6 0 31% 124 21 10 68% 15 9 6 1 0 0 2 1 6 18 34% 20 13 6 4 3 1 11 6 5
1988 24 CHW AL 5 0 22% 60 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 55% 4 3 1 3 2 1 4 0 4
1989 25 DET AL 2 0 33% 86 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 8 38% 13 10 3 4 3 1 12 4 7
1990 26 TOT AL 3 0 62% 73 9 4 69% 8 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 65% 9 3 5 1 0 1 7 2 5
1990 26 DET AL 2 0 67% 29 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1990 26 TOR AL 1 0 59% 44 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 73% 5 0 4 1 0 1 5 2 3
1991 27 TOT MLB 0 0 46% 40 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 69% 6 1 5 2 1 1 5 1 3
1991 27 TOR AL 0 0 40% 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 80% 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
1991 27 MON NL 0 0 48% 29 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 63% 2 0 2 2 1 1 4 1 2
6 Seasons 16 0 35% 391 49 25 66% 42 21 7 4 0 0 7 3 18 34 47% 52 30 20 14 9 5 39 13 24
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1986 22 CHW AL 33 88% 4 1 0 0 0 0.25 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 12 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1987 23 CHW AL 414 40% 110 1 0 0 0 0.39 11 0 8 3 8 4 7 0 7 3 43% 82 5 6% 34 12 35% 258 42 16% 20 10 50% 22 7 32% 0
1988 24 CHW AL 243 42% 35 0 0 2 1 0 1 0.78 8 0 8 5 3 3 5 0 3 3 100% 47 2 4% 23 6 26% 146 21 14% 19 7 37% 14 7 50% 0
1989 25 DET AL 285 50% 53 8 0 10 1 0 0 1.08 6 0 3 3 3 3 3 0 6 2 33% 54 6 11% 29 7 24% 165 18 11% 9 3 33% 15 6 40% 0
1990 26 TOT AL 169 73% 25 3 0 16 2 0 0 1.12 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 30 1 3% 16 4 25% 104 14 13% 11 7 64% 13 5 38% 0
1990 26 DET AL 88 76% 11 2 0 9 1 0 0 0.63 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 11 0 0% 7 1 14% 56 6 11% 6 3 50% 7 2 29% 0
1990 26 TOR AL 81 70% 14 1 0 7 1 0 0 1.75 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 19 1 5% 9 3 33% 48 8 17% 5 4 80% 6 3 50% 0
1991 27 TOT MLB 109 74% 25 8 1 10 2 0 0 0.92 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 2 12% 10 2 20% 58 3 5% 12 3 25% 3 1 33% 0
1991 27 TOR AL 35 77% 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.73 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 25 2 8% 5 2 40% 1 0 0% 0
1991 27 MON NL 74 73% 19 6 1 9 2 0 0 0.94 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 6 1 17% 33 1 3% 7 1 14% 2 1 50% 0
6 Seasons 1253 51% 252 19 1 40 6 0 1 1.00 27 0 24 11 16 11 16 0 18 8 44% 236 17 7% 113 31 27% 743 98 13% 71 30 42% 69 26 38% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 24 CHW AL 239 849 3.55 568 67% 13% 27% 32% 28% 87% 0% 58% 69% 51% 2% 5 1 7% 16 10 6% 14 11 13% 4 0 0
1989 25 DET AL 272 990 3.64 628 63% 20% 25% 25% 30% 80% 0% 51% 69% 43% 5% 13 0 11% 30 12 8% 23 12 28% 13 0 0
1990 26 TOT AL 163 603 3.70 388 64% 22% 20% 29% 29% 77% 0% 50% 74% 38% 4% 7 0 14% 23 15 6% 10 6 33% 6 0 1
1990 26 DET AL 83 292 3.52 198 68% 20% 19% 31% 29% 79% 0% 54% 75% 41% 2% 2 0 11% 9 6 4% 3 1 27% 5 0 1
1990 26 TOR AL 80 311 3.89 190 61% 25% 21% 26% 29% 75% 0% 46% 73% 35% 6% 5 0 18% 14 9 9% 7 5 41% 1 0 0
1991 27 TOT MLB 109 408 3.74 274 67% 14% 31% 28% 27% 86% 0% 58% 64% 46% 4% 4 1 8% 9 5 7% 8 7 15% 0 0 0
1991 27 TOR AL 35 133 3.80 84 63% 13% 26% 31% 30% 87% 0% 55% 70% 49% 9% 3 1 14% 5 2 11% 4 4 20% 0 0 0
1991 27 MON NL 74 275 3.72 190 69% 14% 34% 27% 25% 86% 0% 59% 61% 45% 1% 1 0 5% 4 3 5% 4 3 14% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 783 2850 3.64 1858 65% 17% 26% 28% 29% 83% 0% 54% 69% 45% 4% 29 2 10% 78 42 7% 55 36 22% 23 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1986 22 15 33 31 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 11 .129 .182 .226 .408 9 7 1 1 0 0 0
1987 23 131 447 422 50 114 18 2 12 51 22 11 11 94 .270 .304 .408 .712 85 172 6 10 3 1 0
1988 24 204 690 642 68 149 22 4 20 79 28 16 21 158 .232 .275 .372 .647 72 239 8 18 6 3 0
1989 25 298 975 900 97 202 27 5 26 102 37 20 39 221 .224 .273 .352 .625 69 317 14 23 8 5 0
1990 26 404 1144 1055 120 227 35 6 26 115 46 24 49 263 .215 .265 .334 .599 63 352 15 25 8 7 0
1991 27 451 1253 1154 136 252 42 8 27 119 49 25 56 290 .218 .269 .339 .608 66 391 17 27 8 8 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1986 22 15 33 31 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 11 .129 .182 .226 .408 1 15
1987 23 116 408 388 45 107 18 2 11 47 20 10 83 .276 .309 .418 .726 47 116
1988 24 73 246 224 20 39 4 2 9 31 7 11 64 .174 .240 .330 .570 16 73
1989 25 94 292 264 33 59 6 1 7 26 10 20 63 .223 .291 .333 .624 24 94
1990 26 106 173 158 23 28 9 1 0 13 10 11 42 .177 .237 .247 .484 9 106
1991 27 47 112 101 17 27 8 2 1 4 3 8 27 .267 .330 .416 .746 13 47
6 Seasons 451 1264 1166 140 264 45 8 29 122 51 61 290 .226 .280 .353 .633 110 451
162 Game Avg. 162 454 419 50 95 16 3 10 44 18 22 104 .226 .280 .353 .633 40 451

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1987 AL--9--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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