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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 CHW AL 22 OF 10 8 73.2 19 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.3 37.5 1.3 1.4 -0.1 1 2.32 1.90 .979 2.39 2.06
1986 CHW AL 22 RF 5 4 41.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 17.4 0.6 0.7 -0.1 0 2.40 2.20 .973 2.11 1.80
1986 CHW AL 22 CF 4 4 32.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.5 56.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 1 1.97 1.75 .986 2.84 2.48
1986 CHW AL 22 DH 1
1986 CHW AL 22 LF 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 720.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.80
1987 CHW AL 23 OF 115 107 956.2 314 303 5 6 2 .981 8.4 10.5 8.4 7.2 1.3 0 2.90 2.68 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 CHW AL 23 CF 111 105 928.2 309 297 6 6 3 .981 7.6 9.8 7.6 6.4 1.3 0 2.94 2.73 .986 2.70 2.34
1987 CHW AL 23 RF 4 2 28.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 34.3 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .975 2.12 1.75
1988 CHW AL 24 OF 38 31 269.0 73 68 2 3 1 .959 -0.9 -4.0 -2.9 2.0 -4.8 2 2.34 1.84 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 CHW AL 24 3B 32 31 246.0 100 19 67 14 3 .860 0.4 2.0 1.4 -2.0 3.4 -1 3.15 2.69 .959 2.71 2.36
1988 CHW AL 24 RF 29 24 201.0 48 46 1 1 0 .979 -2.2 -13.1 -3.2 1.7 -4.8 1 2.10 1.62 .973 2.24 1.89
1988 CHW AL 24 CF 12 7 68.0 25 22 1 2 1 .920 1.3 22.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 1 3.04 1.92 .984 2.91 2.52
1988 CHW AL 24 DH 3
1989 DET AL 25 OF 87 71 605.2 195 180 11 4 3 .979 -0.3 -0.6 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 1 2.84 2.20 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 DET AL 25 CF 35 32 275.2 107 100 5 2 3 .981 -3.8 -16.5 -4.8 -1.1 -3.7 1 3.43 3.00 .984 2.78 2.46
1989 DET AL 25 LF 28 23 179.0 43 37 5 1 0 .977 0.5 3.4 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 1 2.11 1.50 .977 2.16 1.83
1989 DET AL 25 RF 27 16 151.0 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 3.0 23.8 4.0 -0.7 4.7 -1 2.44 1.52 .978 2.33 1.90
1989 DET AL 25 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.40
1989 DET AL 25 DH 1
1990 TOT AL 26 OF 77 35 380.0 108 103 5 0 2 1.000 4.8 15.2 3.8 2.4 1.4 1 2.56 1.40 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 TOT AL 26 LF 32 5 82.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 13.2 0.9 0.2 0.7 0 2.09 0.59 .979 2.18 1.74
1990 TOT AL 26 RF 27 16 158.0 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 1.1 8.4 2.1 0.1 2.0 -1 1.99 1.30 .980 2.23 1.81
1990 TOT AL 26 CF 22 14 140.0 55 51 4 0 2 1.000 2.8 24.0 0.8 2.1 -1.3 2 3.54 2.50 .985 2.74 2.42
1990 TOT AL 26 DH 15
1990 DET AL 26 OF 47 22 233.0 72 67 5 0 2 1.000 2.5 12.9 1.5 1.3 0.2 1 2.78 1.53 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 DET AL 26 RF 19 9 99.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -7.3 0.4 -0.5 0.9 -1 1.82 1.05 .980 2.23 1.81
1990 DET AL 26 LF 17 1 33.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -40.0 -1.1 -0.2 -0.9 0 1.64 0.35 .983 2.18 1.74
1990 DET AL 26 CF 13 12 101.0 47 43 4 0 2 1.000 4.2 49.9 2.2 2.0 0.2 2 4.19 3.62 .985 2.74 2.42
1990 DET AL 26 DH 6
1990 TOR AL 26 OF 30 13 147.0 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.3 18.8 2.3 1.1 1.2 0 2.20 1.20 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 TOR AL 26 LF 15 4 49.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 49.0 2.0 0.4 1.6 0 2.39 0.87 .977 2.19 1.74
1990 TOR AL 26 CF 9 2 39.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -43.1 -1.4 0.1 -1.5 0 1.85 0.89 .988 2.75 2.42
1990 TOR AL 26 DH 9
1990 TOR AL 26 RF 8 7 59.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.7 34.6 1.7 0.6 1.1 0 2.29 1.88 .980 2.23 1.81
1991 TOT MLB 27 OF 33 24 222.0 64 58 4 2 0 .969 5.0 27.0 3.0 3.1 -0.1 2 2.51 1.88 .983 2.31 1.92
1991 TOT MLB 27 RF 20 16 139.1 35 31 3 1 0 .971 2.0 17.2 0.0 0.1 -0.1 2 2.20 1.70 .980 2.12 1.69
1991 TOT MLB 27 LF 10 6 60.2 22 20 1 1 0 .955 2.0 39.6 2.0 2.0 0.0 0 3.12 2.10 .982 2.18 1.67
1991 TOT MLB 27 CF 5 2 22.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 54.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 2.86 1.40 .986 2.62 2.18
1991 TOR AL 27 OF 9 7 70.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.7 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 1 2.19 1.89 .982 2.37 2.03
1991 TOR AL 27 RF 8 7 63.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.9 -1.1 -0.5 -0.6 1 2.14 1.88 .980 2.19 1.76
1991 TOR AL 27 DH 2
1991 TOR AL 27 CF 1 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
1991 TOR AL 27 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1991 MON NL 27 OF 24 17 152.0 47 42 3 2 0 .957 4.9 38.7 3.9 3.4 0.5 1 2.66 1.88 .983 2.28 1.88
1991 MON NL 27 RF 12 9 76.1 20 17 2 1 0 .950 2.1 33.0 1.1 0.6 0.5 1 2.24 1.58 .980 2.06 1.65
1991 MON NL 27 LF 9 6 58.2 22 20 1 1 0 .955 2.0 40.9 2.0 2.0 0.0 0 3.22 2.33 .982 2.18 1.67
1991 MON NL 27 CF 4 2 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 56.5 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 2.65 1.25 .980 2.59 2.12
6 Seasons OF 360 276 2507.0 773 730 28 15 9 .981 19.3 9.2 12.3 14.8 -2.3 7 2.72 2.11 .980 2.37 2.05
6 Seasons CF 189 164 1466.1 510 483 17 10 10 .980 10.4 8.5 5.4 9.2 -3.7 5 3.07 2.65 .985 2.73 2.38
6 Seasons RF 112 78 718.2 178 170 6 2 0 .989 5.3 8.8 4.3 2.7 1.7 1 2.20 1.57 .977 2.22 1.83
4 Seasons LF 71 34 322.0 85 77 6 2 0 .976 3.6 13.4 2.6 2.9 -0.3 1 2.32 1.17 .979 2.17 1.77
1 Season 3B 32 31 246.0 100 19 67 14 3 .860 0.4 2.0 1.4 -2.0 3.4 -1 3.15 2.69 .959 2.71 2.36
5 Seasons DH 22
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.40
6 Seasons TOT 393 307 2754.0 873 749 95 29 12 .967 19.7 8.6 13.7 12.8 1.1 7 -1 2.76 2.15 .945 2.40 2.09
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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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 0 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 38 2 4 3
1989 DET AL 25 94 71 94 88 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 35 27 87 0 10 4
1990 DET AL 26 57 22 57 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 13 19 47 0 11 13
1990 TOR AL 26 49 16 49 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 8 30 3 10 18
1991 MON NL 27 34 17 34 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 12 24 0 9 3
1991 TOR AL 27 13 7 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 9 0 1 4
6 Seasons 451 312 451 392 0 0 1 0 32 0 71 189 112 360 5 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 136 52% 65% 21% 10 60%
1987 CHW AL 23 6 0 4 2 2 6 0 1 2 2 52 27 1 45 7 0 7 3 0 11 2 2 25 15 1 140 54 38.6% 82 4 2.9% 2 4140 57% 79% 26% 543 55%
1988 CHW AL 24 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 3 0 16 8 50.0% 7 1 6.3% 0 300 52% 80% 45% 43 51%
1989 DET AL 25 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 3 0 11 7 1 23 2 1 4 2 0 13 3 1 9 6 2 60 20 33.3% 35 5 8.3% 0 1272 52% 79% 43% 191 53%
1990 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 4 3 0 17 7 41.2% 9 1 5.9% 3 458 65% 76% 40% 67 67%
1990 TOR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 164 61% 72% 46% 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 78 47% 72% 35% 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 17 53% 94% 53% 3 67%
6 Seasons 10 0 6 4 2 17 0 4 7 3 76 39 3 79 11 1 14 7 0 34 9 4 43 29 3 246 95 38.6% 140 11 4.5% 6 6565 57% 78% 32% 884 55%
MLB Averages 41.3% 1.7% 56% 77% 36% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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% 0 173 61% 76% 25% 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% 0 113 38% 77% 32% 12 67%
1988 CHW AL 24 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 8 0 12 2 1 5 4 0 5 0 0 4 3 0 37 17 45.9% 19 1 2.7% 0 911 61% 77% 40% 104 45%
1989 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 3 0 5 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 19 7 36.8% 11 1 5.3% 0 647 63% 79% 41% 70 59%
1990 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 435 60% 76% 36% 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% 0 259 62% 71% 39% 26 58%
1991 MON NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 9 5 55.6% 3 1 11.1% 1 362 46% 74% 35% 30 60%
1991 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 3 1 12.5% 0 275 64% 73% 39% 23 65%
6 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 4 33 18 0 25 5 4 9 7 0 9 0 0 14 10 0 90 40 44.4% 46 4 4.4% 2 3175 59% 76% 38% 320 55%
MLB Averages 44.2% 2.6% 56% 77% 36% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 6 0% 67% 17% 2 50%
1989 DET AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 1 1 12 11 0 7 1 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 30 20 66.7% 10 0 0.0% 5 829 60% 73% 39% 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% 0 138 49% 74% 34% 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% 0 207 59% 84% 49% 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% 1 266 55% 77% 40% 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 16 15 0 8 2 0 7 5 0 1 0 0 9 9 0 41 31 75.6% 10 0 0.0% 6 1453 58% 76% 40% 159 51%
MLB Averages 59.4% 2.5% 56% 77% 36% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 1104 64% 79% 35% 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 1104 64% 79% 35% 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 56% 77% 30% 88% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 56% 77% 30% 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 1954 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.

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