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Walt Williams

Walter Allen Williams (No Neck)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 165 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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees/Indians/Colt.45's 1964-1975

Final Game: September 22, 1975
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
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 78 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
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 9D8/74
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 20 HOU NL 10 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /7
1967 23 CHW AL 296 -1 0 -3 -1 3 -4 8 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $6,500 79
1968 24 CHW AL 142 -4 0 -1 0 0 -2 4 -2 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 9/7
1969 25 CHW AL 507 -4 1 3 0 2 -6 14 11 1.1 8 0.9 0.2 $11,000 *97
1970 26 CHW AL 340 -9 -1 1 1 -4 -3 11 -4 -0.5 0 0.0 -0.5 $22,000 97/8
1971 27 CHW AL 397 5 -1 -2 0 4 -4 13 14 1.4 11 1.2 0.2 $ 97/5
1972 28 CHW AL 236 -5 0 2 0 -2 -2 8 1 0.0 3 0.4 -0.4 $24,000 9/75
1973 29 CLE AL 371 -1 0 2 0 2 -6 12 9 0.9 7 0.7 0.2 $26,000 7D/9
1974 30 NYY AL 56 -9 -1 1 -1 -1 -1 2 -10 -1.1 -9 -0.9 -0.2 $32,000 79
1975 31 NYY AL 200 0 -1 -1 0 -2 -3 7 0 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $28,000 9D8/74
10 Seasons 2555 -30 -3 2 -1 1 -31 79 18 1.3 16 1.9 -0.6 $149,500
CHW (6 yrs) 1918 -18 -1 0 0 3 -21 58 21 1.8 18 2.1 -0.3 $63,500
NYY (2 yrs) 256 -9 -2 0 -1 -4 -4 9 -10 -1.2 -7 -0.7 -0.5 $60,000
CLE (1 yr) 371 -1 0 2 0 2 -6 12 9 0.9 7 0.7 0.2 $26,000
HOU (1 yr) 10 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

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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
1964 HOU NL 20 LF 5 2 1 24.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 1.50 0.80 .965 1.69 1.68
1964 HOU NL 20 OF 5 2 1 24.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 1.50 0.80 .972 1.99 1.98
1967 CHW AL 23 OF 73 58 42 540.1 120 112 6 2 2 .983 3 6 1.97 1.62 .980 2.05 2.06
1967 CHW AL 23 LF 58 42 34 407.1 96 89 5 2 2 .979 4 13 2.08 1.62 .976 1.87 1.87
1967 CHW AL 23 RF 22 16 8 133.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -15 1.42 0.95 .981 1.82 1.82
1968 CHW AL 24 OF 34 30 10 241.0 49 47 2 0 1 1.000 0 2 1.83 1.44 .981 2.08 2.07
1968 CHW AL 24 RF 28 24 9 194.0 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 1.48 1.14 .977 1.88 1.87
1968 CHW AL 24 LF 9 6 1 47.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 1 20 2.87 1.67 .978 1.86 1.84
1969 CHW AL 25 OF 111 108 83 922.0 199 183 13 3 4 .985 2 3 1.91 1.77 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 CHW AL 25 RF 84 78 57 651.1 146 133 10 3 4 .979 2 3 1.98 1.70 .974 1.91 1.91
1969 CHW AL 25 LF 35 30 26 270.2 56 54 2 0 0 1.000 1 3 1.86 1.60 .978 1.99 1.99
1970 CHW AL 26 OF 79 65 54 596.0 138 119 12 7 1 .949 -4 -8 1.98 1.66 .980 2.14 2.13
1970 CHW AL 26 RF 64 56 47 506.2 113 96 11 6 1 .947 -4 -10 1.90 1.67 .975 1.98 1.97
1970 CHW AL 26 LF 13 6 6 69.1 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1 19 2.47 1.46 .978 1.80 1.80
1970 CHW AL 26 CF 3 3 1 20.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -1 -66 3.15 2.33 .985 2.61 2.60
1971 CHW AL 27 OF 90 83 62 726.2 161 157 4 0 2 1.000 4 6 1.99 1.79 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 CHW AL 27 RF 62 54 39 461.1 103 101 2 0 1 1.000 0 1 2.01 1.66 .980 2.05 2.04
1971 CHW AL 27 LF 35 29 23 265.1 61 58 3 0 1 1.000 3 14 2.07 1.74 .981 1.93 1.92
1971 CHW AL 27 3B 1 0 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 48 1.80 1.00 .960 3.06 3.00
1972 CHW AL 28 OF 57 50 34 422.0 100 93 6 1 2 .990 -2 -6 2.11 1.74 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 CHW AL 28 RF 53 49 34 409.0 99 92 6 1 2 .990 -2 -5 2.16 1.85 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 CHW AL 28 LF 5 1 0 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -37 0.69 0.20 .980 1.87 1.90
1972 CHW AL 28 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1973 CLE AL 29 LF 61 58 55 526.0 133 122 7 4 0 .970 2 4 2.21 2.11 .977 2.00 1.99
1973 CLE AL 29 OF 61 58 55 527.0 134 123 7 4 0 .970 2 4 2.22 2.13 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 CLE AL 29 DH 26 22
1973 CLE AL 29 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1974 NYY AL 30 OF 24 6 3 99.1 22 20 1 1 0 .955 -1 -16 1.90 0.88 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 NYY AL 30 LF 13 1 1 44.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.62 0.62 .974 2.11 2.11
1974 NYY AL 30 RF 13 5 2 55.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 -1 -31 2.13 1.00 .976 2.18 2.17
1975 NYY AL 31 OF 31 22 19 218.0 57 55 1 1 0 .982 -2 -12 2.31 1.81 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 NYY AL 31 RF 15 10 9 98.0 30 28 1 1 0 .967 1 9 2.66 1.93 .976 2.11 2.10
1975 NYY AL 31 DH 12 12
1975 NYY AL 31 CF 10 7 6 66.1 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -43 2.58 1.90 .983 2.84 2.83
1975 NYY AL 31 LF 8 5 4 53.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 1.84 1.38 .977 2.18 2.17
1975 NYY AL 31 2B 6 0 0 14.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.21 0.83 .976 5.40 5.38
10 Seasons OF 565 482 363 4316.1 984 913 52 19 12 .981 1 0 2.01 1.71 .980 2.18 2.18
9 Seasons RF 342 292 205 2509.1 558 512 34 12 8 .978 -6 -3 1.96 1.60 .977 1.99 1.99
10 Seasons LF 242 180 151 1720.2 404 379 19 6 4 .985 11 8 2.08 1.64 .977 1.95 1.94
2 Seasons CF 13 10 7 86.1 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -4 -49 2.71 2.00 .984 2.78 2.78
1 Season 2B 6 0 0 14.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.21 0.83 .976 5.40 5.38
2 Seasons 3B 2 0 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 20 1.50 0.50 .960 3.00 3.00
10 Seasons TOT 573 482 363 4336.1 990 915 56 19 12 .981 1 0 2.02 1.69 .980 2.19 2.21
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1970 AL  12 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1969 AL  1.98 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 AL  1.70 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1971 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Endy Chavez (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196723Chicago White Sox$6,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196925Chicago White Sox$11,0003/7/70 TSN
197026Chicago White Sox$22,0003/7/70 TSN
197228Chicago White Sox$24,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197329Cleveland Indians$26,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197430New York Yankees$32,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197531New York Yankees$28,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$149,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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