Woody Williams

Woodrow Wilson Williams

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 21, 1912 in Pamplin, VA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1938
Teams (by GP): Reds/Dodgers 1938-1945

Final Game: September 30, 1945
Died: February 24, 1995 in Appomattox, VA
Buried: Pamplin Community Cemetery, Pamplin, VA
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1934	21	LDS	D	74	296	296		118	28	0	16						.399	.399	.655	1.054		194					LDS · BIST
1935	22	LDS	D	115	499	499		168	27	5	18						.337	.337	.519	.856		259					LDS · BIST
1936	23	LAD-min	C,A	114	429	429		145	27	6	1						.338	.338	.436	.774		187					DAY,ALN · MATL,NYPL
1937	24	LAD-min	AA	5	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235		2					LOU · AA
1938	25	LAD-min	C,A	119	472	472		162	38	3	3						.343	.343	.456	.799		215					DAY,ELM · MATL,EL
1938	25	BRO	NL	20	56	51	6	17	1	1	0	6	1		4	1	.333	.382	.392	.774	110	20	0	0	1	6/5

1939	26	LAD-min	A1	155	612	612		194	27	2	0						.317	.317	.368	.685		225					NVL · SOUA
1940	27	BOS-min	AA	143	521	521		130	20	5	1						.250	.250	.313	.562		163					LOU · AA
1941	28	SYR	AA	153	580	547	51	128	23	2	0	52	2		25	27	.234	.269	.283	.552		155		1	7		SYR · IL
1942	29	CIN-min	AA	153	605	559	61	151	20	5	2	39	4	6	37	26	.270	.315	.335	.650		187	18	0	9		SYR · IL
1943	30	CIN	NL	30	72	69	8	26	2	1	0	11	0		1	3	.377	.386	.435	.820	138	30	2	0	2	4/56
1944	31	CIN	NL	155	707	*653*	73	157	23	3	1	35	7		44	24	.240	.290	.289	.580	66	189	9	2	8	*4
1945	32	CIN	NL	133	534	482	46	114	14	0	0	27	6		39	24	.237	.296	.266	.562	58	128	7	2	11	*4
1946	33	PIT-min	AAA	31	122	114	7	31	3	1	0	7	3		7	8	.272	.314	.316	.630		36		0	1		HOL · PCL
1947	34	CHW-PIT-min	AAA	76	225	200	21	45	6	1	0	20	2		19	8	.225	.302	.265	.567		53	1	3	3		HOL,INA · PCL,AA
1948	35	CIN-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0						0					SYR · IL
4 Yrs				338	1369	1255	133	314	40	5	1	79	14		88	52	.250	.301	.292	.594	69	367	18	4	22
162 Game Avg.				162	656	602	64	150	19	2	0	38	7		42	25	.250	.301	.292	.594	69	176	9	2	11

CIN (3 yrs)				318	1313	1204	127	297	39	4	1	73	13		84	51	.247	.298	.288	.586	67	347	18	4	21
BRO (1 yr)				20	56	51	6	17	1	1	0	6	1		4	1	.333	.382	.392	.774	110	20	0	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1938	25	BRO	NL	20	56	1	-0	0	-1	1	1	0.1	2	2	0.2	.504	.500	0.3	-0.0	3	$	6/5

1943	30	CIN	NL	30	72	3	0	0	0	1	4	0.4	2	6	0.7	.515	.503	0.7	0.1	6	$	4/56
1944	31	CIN	NL	155	707	-26	-0	0	26	7	7	0.7	21	28	2.8	.505	.505	0.0	3.6	2	$	*4
1945	32	CIN	NL	133	534	-25	-0	0	0	6	-19	-2.0	16	-3	-0.4	.485	.488	-0.4	0.7	-3	$	*4
4 Seasons				338	1369	-47	-1	0	25	15	-7	-0.8	41	34	3.3	.498	.499	0.6	4.4	9	$

CIN (3 yrs)				318	1313	-48	-1	0	26	14	-8	-0.8	39	31	3.1	.498	.498	0.3	4.4	5	$
BRO (1 yr)				20	56	1	-0	0	-1	1	1	0.1	2	2	0.2	.504	.500	0.3	-0.0	3	$

Advanced Batting

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
1938	25	BRO	NL	56	35	8	6.1	101	.340	.333	.278	.382	.343	.392	.396	.774	.739	110	.647	0.7	0.1	.735	.157	.059	.0

1943	30	CIN	NL	72	47	12	6.9	89	.394	.377	.264	.386	.332	.435	.358	.820	.690	138	.735	2.8	0.3	.689	.072	.058
1944	31	CIN	NL	707	*513*	55	2.9	91	.248	.240	.263	.290	.330	.289	.370	.580	.699	66	.334	-28.9	-3.0	.479	.127	.049	1.8
1945	32	CIN	NL	534	386	38	2.6	95	.249	.237	.271	.296	.340	.266	.374	.562	.714	58	.292	-26.7	-2.8	.467	.122	.029	.0
4 Yrs				1369	981	113	3.1	93	.260	.250	.267	.301	.334	.292	.372	.594	.706	69	.360	-52.0	-5.4	.493	.124	.042	1.9
162 Game Avg.				656	470	54	3.1	93	.260	.250	.267	.301	.334	.292	.372	.594	.706	69	.360	-52.0	-5.4	.493	.124	.042	1

CIN (3 yrs)				1313	946	105	3.0	92	.257	.247	.266	.298	.334	.288	.371	.586	.705	67	.346	-52.7	-5.5	.484	.122	.042	1.9
BRO (1 yr)				56	35	8	6.1	101	.340	.333	.278	.382	.343	.392	.396	.774	.739	110	.648	0.7	0.1	.735	.157	.059	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1938	25	BRO	NL	56	0.0%	1.8%	7.1%	3.6%	12%	0.25	51.0		8.5	89%

1943	30	CIN	NL	72	0.0%	4.2%	1.4%	4.2%	12%	3.00	23.0		6.3	92%
1944	31	CIN	NL	707	0.1%	3.4%	6.2%	3.8%	17%	0.55	27.2	653.0	18.7	89%
1945	32	CIN	NL	534	0.0%	4.5%	7.3%	2.6%	12%	0.62	20.1		17.9	86%
4 Yrs				1369	0.1%	3.8%	6.4%	3.4%	15%	0.59	24.1	1255.0	15.9	88%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.9%	8.8%	6.1%	26%	1.01	10.0	69.1	8.4	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1938	25	20	56	51	6	17	1	1	0	6	1	4	1	.333	.382	.392	.774	110	20	0	0	1
1939	26	20	56	51	6	17	1	1	0	6	1	4	1	.333	.382	.392	.774	110	20	0	0	1
1940	27	20	56	51	6	17	1	1	0	6	1	4	1	.333	.382	.392	.774	110	20	0	0	1
1941	28	20	56	51	6	17	1	1	0	6	1	4	1	.333	.382	.392	.774	110	20	0	0	1
1942	29	20	56	51	6	17	1	1	0	6	1	4	1	.333	.382	.392	.774	110	20	0	0	1
1943	30	50	128	120	14	43	3	2	0	17	1	5	4	.358	.384	.417	.801	125	50	2	0	3
1944	31	205	835	773	87	200	26	5	1	52	8	49	28	.259	.305	.309	.614	76	239	11	2	11
1945	32	338	1369	1255	133	314	40	5	1	79	14	88	52	.250	.301	.292	.594	69	367	18	4	22

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1938	25	21	58	53	6	17	1	1	0	6	1	4	1	.321	.368	.377	.746	7	20

1943	30	31	77	74	9	29	2	1	0	13	0	1	3	.392	.400	.446	.846	14	30
1944	31	161	744	686	82	171	25	3	1	39	8	48	25	.249	.300	.299	.599	61	155
1945	32	139	559	505	49	120	15	0	0	29	6	41	25	.238	.297	.267	.565	40	133
4 Yrs		352	1438	1318	146	337	43	5	1	87	15	94	54	.256	.307	.298	.605	122	338
162 Game Avg.		162	662	607	67	155	20	2	0	40	7	43	25	.256	.307	.298	.605	56	338

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1944 NL 3.6 (1st)	Games Played s c a p y 1944 NL 155 (3rd)	At Bats s c a p y 1944 NL 653 (1st)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1944 NL 707 (1st)
Singles s c a p y 1944 NL 130 (6th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1944 NL 27.2 (4th) 1945 NL 20.1 (10th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1944 NL 513 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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