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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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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 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

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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

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

AB per SO s c a p y
1969 AL--14.273--5th

                           

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.

May 26, 1964: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Houston Colt .45's.

December 14, 1966: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Don Dennis to the Chicago White Sox for Lee White (minors) and Johnny Romano.

October 19, 1972: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Eddie Leon.

March 19, 1974: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Cleveland Indians with Rick Sawyer to the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers sent Ed Farmer to the New York Yankees. The Detroit Tigers sent Jim Perry to the Cleveland Indians.

January 27, 1976: Released by the New York Yankees.

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