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Walt Williams
Walter Allen Williams (No Neck)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 19, 1943 in Brownwood, TX
High School: Galileo (San Francisco, CA)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1964
Final Game: September 22, 1975
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Walt Williams
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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
1964	20	HOU	NL	10	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/7

1967	23	CHW	AL	104	296	275	35	66	16	3	3	15	3	2	17	20	.240	.289	.353	.642	95	97	7	2	2	0	0	79
1968	24	CHW	AL	63	142	133	6	32	6	0	1	8	0	1	4	17	.241	.271	.308	.580	72	41	4	2	2	1	1	9/7
1969	25	CHW	AL	135	507	471	59	143	22	1	3	32	6	2	26	33	.304	.343	.374	.716	96	176	5	3	5	2	1	*97
1970	26	CHW	AL	110	340	315	43	79	18	1	3	15	3	3	19	30	.251	.296	.343	.639	75	108	5	2	2	2	0	97/8
1971	27	CHW	AL	114	397	361	43	106	17	3	8	35	5	5	24	27	.294	.344	.424	.767	113	153	6	5	4	3	1	97/5
1972	28	CHW	AL	77	236	221	22	55	7	1	2	11	6	1	13	20	.249	.289	.317	.606	79	70	3	0	1	1	1	9/75
1973	29	CLE	AL	104	371	350	43	101	15	1	8	38	9	4	14	29	.289	.316	.406	.722	100	142	8	1	4	2	2	7D/9
1974	30	NYY	AL	43	56	53	5	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	10	.113	.127	.113	.240	-30	6	3	0	1	1	0	79/D
1975	31	NYY	AL	82	200	185	27	52	5	1	5	16	0	1	8	23	.281	.320	.400	.720	104	74	4	3	3	1	1	D98/74
10 Seasons				842	2555	2373	284	640	106	11	33	173	34	19	126	211	.270	.310	.365	.675	91	867	45	18	25	13	7
162 Game Avg.				162	492	457	55	123	20	2	6	33	7	4	24	41	.270	.310	.365	.675	91	167	9	3	5	3	1

CHW (6 yrs)				603	1918	1776	208	481	86	9	20	116	23	14	103	147	.271	.314	.363	.678	92	645	30	14	16	9	4
NYY (2 yrs)				125	256	238	32	58	5	1	5	19	1	1	9	33	.244	.278	.336	.614	75	80	7	3	4	2	1
CLE (1 yr)				104	371	350	43	101	15	1	8	38	9	4	14	29	.289	.316	.406	.722	100	142	8	1	4	2	2
HOU (1 yr)				10	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				832	2545	2364	283	640	106	11	33	173	33	19	126	209	.271	.311	.367	.678	91	867	45	18	24	13	7
NL (1 yr)				10	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	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
1964	20	HOU	NL	10	10	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.258	.000	.314	.000	.382	.000	.697	-100	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.111	.111	.000	.0

1967	23	CHW	AL	296	220	27	3.3	79	.250	.240	.235	.289	.303	.353	.353	.642	.656	95	.446	-1.9	-0.2	.537	.178	.113	3.0
1968	24	CHW	AL	142	109	10	2.5	84	.267	.241	.244	.271	.314	.308	.361	.580	.676	72	.345	-4.8	-0.6	.434	.090	.068	.0
1969	25	CHW	AL	507	342	62	4.9	100	.320	.304	.261	.343	.339	.374	.394	.716	.733	96	.567	-3.1	-0.3	.624	.134	.070	4.0
1970	26	CHW	AL	340	248	32	3.5	98	.268	.251	.259	.296	.334	.343	.395	.639	.729	75	.403	-10.9	-1.1	.529	.152	.092	3.0
1971	27	CHW	AL	397	273	52	5.1	95	.298	.294	.259	.344	.332	.424	.385	.767	.717	113	.608	5.8	0.6	.684	.197	.130	6.2
1972	28	CHW	AL	236	172	21	3.3	85	.265	.249	.250	.289	.319	.317	.361	.606	.680	79	.454	-6.5	-0.7	.518	.149	.068	3.0
1973	29	CLE	AL	371	267	43	4.3	96	.295	.289	.263	.316	.332	.406	.386	.722	.719	100	.498	-1.4	-0.1	.621	.171	.117	8.5
1974	30	NYY	AL	56	52	1	0.5	88	.136	.113	.257	.127	.321	.113	.370	.240	.691	-30	.022	-8.9	-0.9	.160	.038	.000	.0
1975	31	NYY	AL	200	142	23	4.4	92	.297	.281	.257	.320	.326	.400	.377	.720	.704	104	.505	0.1	0.0	.609	.157	.119	.0
10 Seasons				2555	1835	271	4.0	93	.283	.270	.255	.310	.327	.365	.380	.675	.707	91	.489	-34.0	-3.6	.571	.155	.096	33.5
162 Game Avg.				492	353	52	4.0	93	.283	.270	.255	.310	.327	.365	.380	.675	.707	91	.489	-34.0	-3.6	.571	.155	.096	6

CHW (6 yrs)				1918	1364	204	4.0	92	.285	.271	.254	.314	.327	.363	.379	.678	.706	92	.504	-21.5	-2.3	.576	.155	.092	21.4
NYY (2 yrs)				256	194	24	3.3	91	.262	.244	.257	.278	.325	.336	.376	.614	.701	75	.388	-8.8	-0.9	.489	.130	.092	1.7
CLE (1 yr)				371	267	43	4.3	96	.295	.289	.263	.316	.332	.406	.386	.722	.719	100	.498	-1.4	-0.1	.621	.171	.117	8.5
HOU (1 yr)				10	10	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.258	.000	.314	.000	.382	.000	.697	-100	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.111	.111	.000	.0

AL (9 yrs)				2545	1825	271	4.0	93	.284	.271	.255	.311	.327	.367	.380	.678	.708	91	.491	-31.7	-3.4	.573	.155	.096	33.0
NL (1 yr)				10	10	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.258	.000	.314	.000	.382	.000	.697	-100	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.111	.111	.000	.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	GO/AO	IP%
1964	20	HOU	NL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.5			6.00	70%

1967	23	CHW	AL	296	1.0%	6.8%	5.7%	7.4%	33%	1.18	13.8	91.7	18.3	1.07	85%
1968	24	CHW	AL	142	0.7%	12.0%	2.8%	4.9%	22%	4.25	7.8	133.0	16.6	1.37	82%
1969	25	CHW	AL	507	0.6%	6.5%	5.1%	5.1%	18%	1.27	14.3	157.0	14.7	1.08	86%
1970	26	CHW	AL	340	0.9%	8.8%	5.6%	6.5%	28%	1.58	10.5	105.0	21.0	0.98	84%
1971	27	CHW	AL	397	2.0%	6.8%	6.1%	7.1%	26%	1.13	13.4	45.1	10.3	0.93	83%
1972	28	CHW	AL	236	0.9%	8.5%	5.5%	4.2%	18%	1.54	11.1	110.5	20.1	0.97	85%
1973	29	CLE	AL	371	2.2%	7.8%	3.8%	6.5%	24%	2.07	12.1	43.8	9.2	0.86	85%
1974	30	NYY	AL	56	0.0%	17.9%	1.8%	0.0%	0%	10.00	5.3		17.7	1.67	79%
1975	31	NYY	AL	200	2.5%	11.5%	4.0%	5.5%	21%	2.88	8.0	37.0	11.6	1.19	79%
10 Seasons				2555	1.3%	8.3%	4.9%	5.9%	23%	1.67	11.2	71.9	13.7	1.04	84%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	20	HOU	NL	1	0		5	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1967	23	CHW	AL	0	0	39%	120	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	7	8	61%	15	7	6	2	1	1	11	1	10
1968	24	CHW	AL	1	0	14%	48	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	6	3	3	1	0	1	1	1	0
1969	25	CHW	AL	13	0	33%	240	6	2	75%	6	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	11	18	45%	42	27	15	6	2	3	17	6	11
1970	26	CHW	AL	6	0	41%	152	3	3	50%	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	13	31%	24	17	7	8	7	0	13	6	7
1971	27	CHW	AL	2	0	28%	159	5	5	50%	5	3	0	1	0	1	3	0	7	13	38%	19	13	6	5	4	1	18	8	9
1972	28	CHW	AL	7	0	30%	95	6	1	86%	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	29%	7	7	0	3	3	0	4	0	4
1973	29	CLE	AL	8	0	32%	129	9	4	69%	7	4	2	0	0	0	5	2	8	11	46%	21	14	6	4	1	3	12	4	8
1974	30	NYY	AL	2	0	71%	22	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	33%	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
1975	31	NYY	AL	3	0	38%	82	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	7	47%	14	10	4	6	4	2	10	1	8
10 Seasons				43	0	33%	1052	34	19	64%	30	14	4	3	0	1	16	5	48	74	42%	153	100	48	36	23	11	87	27	58
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
1964	20	HOU	NL	10	70%	0			2	0	0	0	0.51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1967	23	CHW	AL	296	35%	66			30	4	0	1	1.17	3	0	4	2	1	1	2	0	3	2	67%	33	7	21%	20	3	15%	129	12	9%	7	0	0%	11	3	27%	0
1968	24	CHW	AL	142	46%	32			28	5	0	2	1.43	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	24	4	17%	8	3	38%	78	7	9%	2	1	50%	5	1	20%	0
1969	25	CHW	AL	507	31%	143			24	7	0	2	1.50	3	0	9	3	0	3	0	0	8	5	63%	64	5	8%	27	9	33%	213	32	15%	19	8	42%	23	11	48%	0
1970	26	CHW	AL	340	43%	79			29	8	0	1	1.13	3	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	6	2	33%	51	5	10%	19	3	16%	153	12	8%	9	5	56%	13	4	31%	0
1971	27	CHW	AL	397	47%	106			27	9	0	0	1.57	8	0	8	6	2	3	5	0	11	4	36%	67	6	9%	31	9	29%	204	28	14%	13	8	62%	24	8	33%	0
1972	28	CHW	AL	236	69%	55			23	4	0	3	1.87	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	3	1	33%	30	3	10%	12	3	25%	102	10	10%	8	5	63%	13	5	38%	0
1973	29	CLE	AL	371	51%	101			17	4	1	3	1.87	8	0	4	4	4	2	6	0	8	4	50%	71	8	11%	38	11	29%	205	34	17%	18	12	67%	22	2	9%	0
1974	30	NYY	AL	56	64%	6			13	1	0	0	1.55	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	9	3	33%	10	3	30%	38	3	8%	5	2	40%	4	0	0%	0
1975	31	NYY	AL	200	58%	52			30	10	0	1	1.43	5	0	3	3	2	2	3	0	4	3	75%	44	4	9%	22	9	41%	126	13	10%	12	6	50%	11	5	45%	0
10 Seasons				2555	46%	640			223	52	1	13	1.46	33	0	40	21	12	13	20	0	48	25	52%	395	45	11%	187	53	28%	1252	151	12%	93	47	51%	126	39	31%	0
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
1964	20	10	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
1965	21	10	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
1966	22	10	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
1967	23	114	306	284	36	66	16	3	3	15	4	2	17	22	.232	.281	.342	.622	89	97	7	2	3	0	0
1968	24	177	448	417	42	98	22	3	4	23	4	3	21	39	.235	.278	.331	.609	83	138	11	4	5	1	1
1969	25	312	955	888	101	241	44	4	7	55	10	5	47	72	.271	.312	.354	.666	90	314	16	7	10	3	2
1970	26	422	1295	1203	144	320	62	5	10	70	13	8	66	102	.266	.308	.351	.659	86	422	21	9	12	5	2
1971	27	536	1692	1564	187	426	79	8	18	105	18	13	90	129	.272	.316	.368	.684	93	575	27	14	16	8	3
1972	28	613	1928	1785	209	481	86	9	20	116	24	14	103	149	.269	.313	.361	.674	91	645	30	14	17	9	4
1973	29	717	2299	2135	252	582	101	10	28	154	33	18	117	178	.273	.313	.369	.682	93	787	38	15	21	11	6
1974	30	760	2355	2188	257	588	101	10	28	157	34	18	118	188	.269	.309	.362	.671	90	793	41	15	22	12	6
1975	31	842	2555	2373	284	640	106	11	33	173	34	19	126	211	.270	.310	.365	.675	91	867	45	18	25	13	7

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
1964	20	10	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10

1967	23	104	305	284	44	75	18	3	3	19	3	19	20	.264	.315	.380	.695	34	104
1968	24	63	142	135	7	34	6	0	1	9	0	4	17	.252	.282	.319	.600	12	63
1969	25	135	508	476	60	148	23	1	3	33	6	27	33	.311	.350	.382	.733	63	135
1970	26	110	340	317	45	81	18	1	3	16	3	19	30	.256	.300	.347	.647	33	110
1971	27	115	404	370	47	113	18	3	9	39	5	26	27	.305	.356	.443	.800	57	114
1972	28	80	256	239	29	66	8	1	2	14	7	16	21	.276	.320	.343	.663	27	77
1973	29	104	369	352	46	103	15	1	8	41	9	14	29	.293	.320	.409	.729	46	104
1974	30	43	56	54	9	7	0	0	0	5	1	1	10	.130	.143	.130	.272	1	43
1975	31	83	201	189	30	55	5	1	5	18	0	8	23	.291	.328	.407	.736	25	82
10 Seasons		847	2590	2425	318	682	111	11	34	194	35	134	212	.281	.322	.378	.700	298	842
162 Game Avg.		162	495	464	61	130	21	2	7	37	7	26	41	.281	.322	.378	.700	57	842

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1969 AL--.304--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1969 AL--14.3--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Matty Alou (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hal Jeffcoat (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Cater (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Endy Chavez (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Von Joshua (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Endy Chavez (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Endy Chavez (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50