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Ken Williams

Kenneth Royal Williams

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: April 6, 1964 in Berkeley, CA
High School: Fort Pleasant HS (San Jose, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1986
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Tigers/BlueJays/Expos 1986-1991

Final Game: October 4, 1991
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Standard Fielding

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 CHW AL 22 OF 10 8 7 73.2 19 18 1 0 1 1.000 2 37 2.32 1.90 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 CHW AL 22 RF 5 4 4 41.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.40 2.20 .975 2.09 2.08
1986 CHW AL 22 CF 4 4 3 32.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 2 56 1.97 1.75 .986 2.84 2.80
1986 CHW AL 22 DH 1 0
1986 CHW AL 22 LF 1 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 720 27.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.20
1987 CHW AL 23 OF 115 107 97 956.2 314 303 5 6 2 .981 8 11 2.90 2.68 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 CHW AL 23 CF 111 105 95 928.2 309 297 6 6 3 .981 8 10 2.94 2.73 .986 2.70 2.68
1987 CHW AL 23 RF 4 2 2 28.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 34 2.57 2.00 .979 2.12 2.10
1988 CHW AL 24 OF 38 31 18 269.0 73 68 2 3 1 .959 -1 -4 2.34 1.84 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 CHW AL 24 3B 32 31 12 246.0 100 19 67 14 3 .860 0 2 3.15 2.69 .954 2.71 2.69
1988 CHW AL 24 RF 29 24 13 201.0 48 46 1 1 0 .979 -2 -13 2.10 1.62 .974 2.24 2.22
1988 CHW AL 24 CF 12 7 5 68.0 25 22 1 2 1 .920 1 23 3.04 1.92 .985 2.91 2.89
1988 CHW AL 24 DH 3 2
1989 DET AL 25 OF 87 71 53 605.2 195 180 11 4 3 .979 -0 -1 2.84 2.20 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 DET AL 25 CF 35 32 30 275.2 107 100 5 2 3 .981 -4 -17 3.43 3.00 .984 2.78 2.75
1989 DET AL 25 LF 28 23 11 179.0 43 37 5 1 0 .977 0 3 2.11 1.50 .977 2.16 2.14
1989 DET AL 25 RF 27 16 12 151.0 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 3 24 2.44 1.52 .979 2.33 2.30
1989 DET AL 25 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 9.70
1989 DET AL 25 DH 1 0
1990 TOT AL 26 OF 77 35 21 380.0 108 103 5 0 2 1.000 5 15 2.56 1.40 .981 2.39 2.36
1990 TOT AL 26 LF 32 5 3 82.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1 13 2.09 0.59 .978 2.18 2.16
1990 TOT AL 26 RF 27 16 10 158.0 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 1 8 1.99 1.30 .978 2.23 2.21
1990 TOT AL 26 CF 22 14 8 140.0 55 51 4 0 2 1.000 3 24 3.54 2.50 .985 2.74 2.71
1990 TOT AL 26 DH 14 3
1990 DET AL 26 OF 47 22 12 233.0 72 67 5 0 2 1.000 2 13 2.78 1.53 .981 2.39 2.36
1990 DET AL 26 RF 19 9 5 99.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -7 1.82 1.05 .978 2.23 2.21
1990 DET AL 26 LF 17 1 0 33.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 1.64 0.35 .978 2.18 2.16
1990 DET AL 26 CF 13 12 7 101.0 47 43 4 0 2 1.000 4 50 4.19 3.62 .985 2.74 2.71
1990 DET AL 26 DH 5 0
1990 TOR AL 26 OF 30 13 9 147.0 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 2 19 2.20 1.20 .981 2.39 2.36
1990 TOR AL 26 LF 15 4 3 49.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2 49 2.39 0.87 .978 2.19 2.16
1990 TOR AL 26 CF 9 2 1 39.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -43 1.85 0.89 .985 2.75 2.71
1990 TOR AL 26 DH 9 3
1990 TOR AL 26 RF 8 7 5 59.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2 35 2.29 1.88 .978 2.23 2.21
1991 TOT MLB 27 OF 33 24 18 222.0 64 58 4 2 0 .969 5 27 2.51 1.88 .983 2.31 2.30
1991 TOT MLB 27 RF 20 16 11 139.1 35 31 3 1 0 .971 2 17 2.20 1.70 .980 2.12 2.10
1991 TOT MLB 27 LF 10 6 6 60.2 22 20 1 1 0 .955 2 40 3.12 2.10 .983 2.18 2.17
1991 TOT MLB 27 CF 5 2 1 22.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 55 2.86 1.40 .986 2.62 2.62
1991 TOR AL 27 OF 9 7 5 70.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0 2 2.19 1.89 .983 2.37 2.37
1991 TOR AL 27 RF 8 7 5 63.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 2.14 1.88 .980 2.19 2.19
1991 TOR AL 27 DH 2 0
1991 TOR AL 27 CF 1 0 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 48 3.60 2.00 .990 2.70 2.80
1991 TOR AL 27 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1991 MON NL 27 OF 24 17 13 152.0 47 42 3 2 0 .957 5 39 2.66 1.88 .983 2.28 2.27
1991 MON NL 27 RF 12 9 6 76.1 20 17 2 1 0 .950 2 33 2.24 1.58 .980 2.06 2.05
1991 MON NL 27 LF 9 6 6 58.2 22 20 1 1 0 .955 2 41 3.22 2.33 .983 2.18 2.17
1991 MON NL 27 CF 4 2 1 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 56 2.65 1.25 .984 2.59 2.58
6 Seasons OF 360 276 214 2507.0 773 730 28 15 9 .981 19 9 2.72 2.11 .980 2.37 2.35
6 Seasons CF 189 164 142 1466.1 510 483 17 10 10 .980 10 9 3.07 2.65 .985 2.73 2.71
6 Seasons RF 112 78 52 718.2 178 170 6 2 0 .989 5 9 2.20 1.57 .977 2.22 2.21
4 Seasons LF 71 34 20 322.0 85 77 6 2 0 .976 4 13 2.32 1.17 .979 2.17 2.15
1 Season 3B 32 31 12 246.0 100 19 67 14 3 .860 0 2 3.15 2.69 .954 2.71 2.69
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 9.70
6 Seasons TOT 393 307 226 2754.0 873 749 95 29 12 .967 20 9 2.76 2.15 .977 2.40 2.40
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1986 CHW AL 22 RF 1 17 1 -0 1 0
1986 CHW AL 22 CF 2 56 0 0 0 1
1986 CHW AL 22 LF 0 720 0 0 0 0
1987 CHW AL 23 CF 8 10 8 1 6 0
1987 CHW AL 23 RF 1 34 1 0 1 0
1988 CHW AL 24 3B 0 2 1 3 -2 -1
1988 CHW AL 24 RF -2 -13 -3 -5 2 1
1988 CHW AL 24 CF 1 23 0 0 0 1
1989 DET AL 25 CF -4 -17 -5 -4 -1 1
1989 DET AL 25 LF 0 3 -0 -1 0 1
1989 DET AL 25 RF 3 24 4 5 -1 -1
1989 DET AL 25 1B
1990 DET AL 26 RF -1 -7 0 1 -0 -1
1990 DET AL 26 LF -1 -40 -1 -1 -0 0
1990 DET AL 26 CF 4 50 2 0 2 2
1990 TOR AL 26 LF 2 49 2 2 0 0
1990 TOR AL 26 CF -1 -43 -1 -2 0 0
1990 TOR AL 26 RF 2 35 2 1 1 0
1991 TOR AL 27 RF -0 -2 -1 -1 -0 1
1991 TOR AL 27 CF 0 48 0 0 0 0
1991 TOR AL 27 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MON NL 27 RF 2 33 1 0 1 1
1991 MON NL 27 LF 2 41 2 0 2 0
1991 MON NL 27 CF 1 56 1 0 1 0
6 Seasons CF 10 9 5 -4 9 5
6 Seasons RF 5 9 4 2 3 1
4 Seasons LF 4 13 3 -0 3 1
1 Season 3B 0 2 1 3 -2 -1
1 Season 1B
6 Seasons TOT 20 9 14 1 13 -1 7
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 CHW AL 22 15 8 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 10 1 1 5
1987 CHW AL 23 116 107 116 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 4 115 0 1 1
1988 CHW AL 24 73 64 73 69 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 12 29 41 3 4 3
1989 DET AL 25 94 71 94 88 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 35 27 90 1 10 4
1990 DET AL 26 57 22 57 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 13 19 49 5 11 13
1990 TOR AL 26 49 16 49 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 8 32 9 10 18
1991 MON NL 27 34 17 34 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 12 25 0 9 3
1991 TOR AL 27 13 7 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 10 2 1 4
6 Seasons 451 312 451 392 0 0 1 0 32 0 71 189 112 372 21 47 51
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 CHW AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 100.0% 0 1 33.3% 0 131 54% 68% 22% 10 60%
1987 CHW AL 23 6 0 4 2 2 6 0 1 2 2 71 34 1 45 7 0 7 3 0 11 2 2 30 19 1 164 65 39.6% 95 4 2.4% 2 4005 59% 82% 27% 543 55%
1988 CHW AL 24 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 3 0 17 8 47.1% 8 1 5.9% 0 291 54% 82% 47% 43 51%
1989 DET AL 25 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 3 0 20 11 1 23 2 1 4 2 0 13 3 1 14 7 2 74 25 33.8% 44 5 6.8% 0 1213 55% 82% 45% 191 53%
1990 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 5 3 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 6 4 1 20 9 45.0% 9 2 10.0% 2 438 68% 80% 42% 67 67%
1990 TOR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 159 63% 74% 47% 22 36%
1991 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 70 53% 80% 39% 5 100%
1991 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 16 56% 100% 56% 3 67%
6 Seasons 10 0 6 4 2 17 0 4 7 3 107 52 3 79 11 1 14 7 0 34 9 4 55 35 5 289 114 39.4% 163 13 4.5% 4 6323 59% 81% 33% 884 55%
MLB Averages 42.7% 1.9% 58% 80% 38% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 CHW AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 165 64% 79% 26% 18 61%
1987 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 112 38% 78% 32% 12 67%
1988 CHW AL 24 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 13 0 12 2 1 5 4 0 5 0 0 6 3 0 47 22 46.8% 24 1 2.1% 0 878 63% 80% 42% 104 45%
1989 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 3 0 5 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 22 8 36.4% 13 1 4.5% 0 632 65% 81% 42% 70 59%
1990 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.0% 8 0 0.0% 1 415 63% 80% 38% 37 54%
1990 TOR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 253 63% 73% 40% 26 58%
1991 MON NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 11 6 54.5% 4 1 9.1% 1 346 48% 78% 36% 30 60%
1991 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 3 1 11.1% 0 268 65% 75% 40% 23 65%
6 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 4 48 25 0 25 5 4 9 7 0 9 0 0 17 11 0 108 48 44.4% 56 4 3.7% 2 3069 61% 79% 39% 320 55%
MLB Averages 42.6% 2.7% 58% 80% 38% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 CHW AL 22 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 4 0% 100% 25% 2 50%
1989 DET AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 1 1 16 12 1 7 1 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 34 21 61.8% 12 1 2.9% 4 800 63% 76% 41% 88 47%
1990 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 134 50% 76% 35% 15 40%
1990 TOR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 197 62% 88% 51% 27 48%
1991 MON NL 27 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 254 57% 81% 42% 27 74%
1991 TOR AL 27 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 7 86% 71% 43% 0
4 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 3 1 2 20 16 1 8 2 0 7 5 0 1 0 0 9 9 0 45 32 71.1% 12 1 2.2% 5 1396 60% 79% 42% 159 51%
MLB Averages 60.7% 2.6% 58% 80% 38% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1988 CHW AL 24 1050 67% 83% 37% 103 82% 0 18 12 4 2 68 55 12 0 1 14 0 5 9 9 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
1 Season 1050 67% 83% 37% 103 82% 0 18 12 4 2 68 55 12 0 1 14 0 5 9 9 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 58% 80% 32% 88% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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%
1989 DET AL 25 3 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
1 Season 3 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
MLB Averages 58% 80% 32% 94% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 AL  6 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 AL  6 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 AL  8 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1987 AL  2.94 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 AL  2.73 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1987 AL  2.90 (3rd)
1989 AL  2.84 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1987 AL  2.68 (3rd)

             

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