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

Born: April 6, 1964 in Berkeley, 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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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

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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

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1987 AL--9--4th

                                         

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3533), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft.

March 23, 1989: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Eric King.

June 18, 1990: Selected off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Detroit Tigers.

June 4, 1991: Selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the Toronto Blue Jays.

November 18, 1991: Released by the Montreal Expos.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1988Chicago White Sox$102,500
1989Detroit Tigers$117,500
1990Detroit Tigers$160,000
1991Toronto Blue Jays$260,000
Career (may be incomplete)$640,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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