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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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
1964 HOU NL 20 LF 5 2 24.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -10.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 1.50 0.80 .975 1.72 1.34
1964 HOU NL 20 OF 5 2 24.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -10.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 1.50 0.80 .975 1.99 1.72
1967 CHW AL 23 OF 73 58 540.1 120 112 6 2 2 .983 2.7 6.0 1.7 0.0 1.8 1 1.97 1.62 .980 2.05 1.76
1967 CHW AL 23 LF 58 42 407.1 96 89 5 2 2 .979 4.4 13.0 3.4 1.8 1.7 1 2.08 1.62 .976 1.87 1.40
1967 CHW AL 23 RF 22 16 133.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -15.3 -1.7 -1.8 0.1 0 1.42 0.95 .981 1.82 1.56
1968 CHW AL 24 OF 34 30 241.0 49 47 2 0 1 1.000 0.5 2.5 -0.5 0.2 -0.8 1 1.83 1.44 .982 2.08 1.80
1968 CHW AL 24 RF 28 24 194.0 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -1.9 -1.3 -0.6 -0.7 1 1.48 1.14 .975 1.88 1.57
1968 CHW AL 24 LF 9 6 47.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 0.8 20.4 0.8 0.8 -0.1 0 2.87 1.67 .980 1.86 1.44
1969 CHW AL 25 OF 111 108 922.0 199 183 13 3 4 .985 2.5 3.3 0.5 -1.5 2.0 2 1.91 1.77 .978 2.13 1.84
1969 CHW AL 25 RF 84 78 651.1 146 133 10 3 4 .979 1.8 3.3 0.8 -1.2 2.0 1 1.98 1.70 .974 1.91 1.60
1969 CHW AL 25 LF 35 30 270.2 56 54 2 0 0 1.000 0.7 3.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 1 1.86 1.60 .977 1.99 1.60
1970 CHW AL 26 OF 79 65 596.0 138 119 12 7 1 .949 -4.1 -8.3 -2.1 0.4 -2.5 -2 1.98 1.66 .980 2.14 1.85
1970 CHW AL 26 RF 64 56 506.2 113 96 11 6 1 .947 -4.1 -9.7 -3.1 0.6 -3.7 -1 1.90 1.67 .976 1.98 1.59
1970 CHW AL 26 LF 13 6 69.1 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.1 19.0 1.1 0.2 0.9 0 2.47 1.46 .979 1.80 1.48
1970 CHW AL 26 CF 3 3 20.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -1.1 -66.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 -1 3.15 2.33 .988 2.61 2.30
1971 CHW AL 27 OF 90 83 726.2 161 157 4 0 2 1.000 3.6 5.9 0.6 -0.1 0.7 3 1.99 1.79 .981 2.24 1.96
1971 CHW AL 27 RF 62 54 461.1 103 101 2 0 1 1.000 0.4 1.0 0.4 -0.6 1.0 0 2.01 1.66 .980 2.05 1.70
1971 CHW AL 27 LF 35 29 265.1 61 58 3 0 1 1.000 3.2 14.5 0.2 0.5 -0.3 3 2.07 1.74 .980 1.93 1.60
1971 CHW AL 27 3B 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 3.06 2.70
1972 CHW AL 28 OF 57 50 422.0 100 93 6 1 2 .990 -2.1 -6.0 -2.1 2.3 -4.4 0 2.11 1.74 .983 2.22 1.91
1972 CHW AL 28 RF 53 49 409.0 99 92 6 1 2 .990 -1.7 -5.0 -1.7 2.4 -4.1 0 2.16 1.85 .980 2.12 1.76
1972 CHW AL 28 LF 5 1 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 0.69 0.20 1.000 1.87 1.52
1972 CHW AL 28 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1973 CLE AL 29 LF 61 58 526.0 133 122 7 4 0 .970 1.7 3.9 2.7 1.4 1.3 -1 2.21 2.11 .977 2.00 1.68
1973 CLE AL 29 OF 61 58 527.0 134 123 7 4 0 .970 1.7 3.9 2.7 1.4 1.3 -1 2.22 2.13 .979 2.29 2.02
1973 CLE AL 29 DH 26
1973 CLE AL 29 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1974 NYY AL 30 OF 24 6 99.1 22 20 1 1 0 .955 -1.3 -15.7 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -1 1.90 0.88 .982 2.41 2.12
1974 NYY AL 30 LF 13 1 44.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.62 0.62 .975 2.11 1.75
1974 NYY AL 30 RF 13 5 55.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 -1.4 -30.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 -1 2.13 1.00 .979 2.18 1.86
1974 NYY AL 30 DH 3
1975 NYY AL 31 OF 31 22 218.0 57 55 1 1 0 .982 -2.2 -12.1 -1.2 -0.8 -0.5 -1 2.31 1.81 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 NYY AL 31 DH 17
1975 NYY AL 31 RF 15 10 98.0 30 28 1 1 0 .967 0.7 8.6 0.7 1.3 -0.7 0 2.66 1.93 .977 2.11 1.84
1975 NYY AL 31 CF 10 7 66.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -43.4 -1.4 -1.6 0.2 -1 2.58 1.90 .984 2.84 2.52
1975 NYY AL 31 LF 8 5 53.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -11.2 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.84 1.38 .973 2.18 1.80
1975 NYY AL 31 2B 6 0 14.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.3 0 3.21 0.83 .980 5.40 4.73
10 Seasons OF 565 482 4316.1 984 913 52 19 12 .981 1.1 0.3 -0.9 1.9 -2.9 2 2.01 1.71 .980 2.18 1.90
9 Seasons RF 342 292 2509.1 558 512 34 12 8 .978 -6.3 -3.0 -6.3 -0.2 -6.2 0 1.96 1.60 .977 1.99 1.66
10 Seasons LF 242 180 1720.2 404 379 19 6 4 .985 10.9 7.6 6.9 4.1 2.8 4 2.08 1.64 .977 1.95 1.57
3 Seasons DH 46
2 Seasons CF 13 10 86.1 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -3.5 -48.6 -1.5 -2.0 0.5 -2 2.71 2.00 .985 2.78 2.47
1 Season 2B 6 0 14.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.3 0 3.21 0.83 .980 5.40 4.73
2 Seasons 3B 2 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.50 0.50 1.000 3.00 2.70
10 Seasons TOT 573 482 4336.1 990 915 56 19 12 .981 1.2 0.3 -0.8 2.1 -3.1 2 0 2.02 1.69 .961 2.19 1.93
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
1964 HOU NL 20 10 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 2 4
1967 CHW AL 23 104 58 104 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 22 73 32 6
1968 CHW AL 24 63 30 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 28 34 30 1
1969 CHW AL 25 135 108 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 84 111 25 1
1970 CHW AL 26 110 65 110 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 64 79 33 8
1971 CHW AL 27 114 83 114 114 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 0 62 90 29 0
1972 CHW AL 28 77 50 77 77 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 53 57 25 0
1973 CLE AL 29 104 80 104 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 0 1 62 22 22 0
1974 NYY AL 30 43 6 43 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 24 0 16 9
1975 NYY AL 31 82 34 82 37 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 10 15 31 12 37 6
10 Seasons 842 516 842 736 0 0 0 6 2 0 242 13 342 566 34 251 35
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 -- 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%
1967 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14.3% 6 0 0.0% 1 580 69% 79% 23% 37 57%
1968 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 3 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 8 57.1% 6 0 0.0% 2 838 61% 81% 23% 62 50%
1969 CHW AL 25 3 0 3 0 1 10 0 1 5 0 25 5 3 16 2 0 8 4 0 10 5 0 10 6 2 69 22 31.9% 42 5 7.2% 5 2891 64% 79% 23% 278 50%
1970 CHW AL 26 6 0 6 0 1 11 0 6 1 3 23 7 1 20 3 1 10 5 1 9 3 0 8 5 0 70 23 32.9% 44 3 4.3% 8 2288 59% 80% 23% 205 51%
1971 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 22 10 0 20 2 1 5 4 0 7 1 1 9 6 0 63 23 36.5% 38 2 3.2% 0 2019 63% 76% 24% 196 52%
1972 CHW AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 2 1 1 23 10 1 19 4 1 6 5 0 6 2 0 5 3 0 59 24 40.7% 33 2 3.4% 4 1769 64% 76% 25% 199 48%
1973 CLE AL 29 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 3 33% 33% 33% 0
1974 NYY AL 30 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 1 241 72% 80% 23% 27 48%
1975 NYY AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 15 5 33.3% 9 1 6.7% 0 429 65% 76% 28% 46 63%
9 Seasons 12 0 11 1 4 34 0 11 9 7 111 38 6 85 14 3 34 21 1 36 11 1 37 23 2 303 107 35.3% 183 13 4.3% 21 11058 63% 78% 24% 1050 51%
MLB Averages 42.2% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 53%

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%
1964 HOU NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 104 55% 74% 29% 8 50%
1967 CHW AL 23 2 0 2 0 2 5 0 2 0 2 11 7 0 9 3 0 7 1 2 7 2 0 11 9 2 45 22 48.9% 19 4 8.9% 1 1749 66% 78% 25% 166 55%
1968 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 207 61% 78% 24% 21 67%
1969 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 16 13 0 12 3 1 3 3 0 3 1 0 6 6 0 40 26 65.0% 13 1 2.5% 1 1215 64% 79% 24% 137 39%
1970 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 18 10 55.6% 7 1 5.6% 0 318 60% 83% 24% 36 53%
1971 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 20 20 0 15 6 1 2 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 42 29 69.0% 12 1 2.4% 2 1160 66% 79% 23% 133 45%
1972 CHW AL 28 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 57 77% 82% 21% 2 50%
1973 CLE AL 29 4 0 4 0 1 7 0 2 2 2 19 11 2 22 3 2 9 5 0 3 0 0 13 13 0 66 32 48.5% 30 4 6.1% 3 2374 57% 76% 22% 240 54%
1974 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 190 73% 71% 23% 20 40%
1975 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 236 71% 75% 25% 17 65%
10 Seasons 6 0 6 0 3 19 0 5 2 7 80 58 3 63 16 4 26 14 2 19 5 0 39 37 2 227 130 57.3% 86 11 4.8% 8 7610 63% 78% 24% 780 50%
MLB Averages 57.6% 2.7% 61% 77% 26% 47%

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%
1970 CHW AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 105 65% 78% 25% 21 33%
1975 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 7 1 14.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 288 61% 81% 27% 23 83%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 12 1 8.3% 11 0 0.0% 0 393 62% 80% 26% 44 59%
MLB Averages 41.9% 2.2% 61% 77% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1975 NYY AL 31 63 62% 76% 29% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 63 62% 76% 29% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1971 CHW AL 27 22 50% 68% 14% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHW AL 28 5 60% 60% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 27 52% 67% 15% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 67%

* 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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