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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 10:03AM
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… 

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 Awards
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
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
4 Seasons 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: 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
1938 25 BRO NL 56 1 0 0 0 -1 1 2 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ 6/5
1943 30 CIN NL 72 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ 4/56
1944 31 CIN NL 707 -27 1 0 0 26 7 20 27 2.5 1 0.1 2.4 $ *4
1945 32 CIN NL 534 -28 -1 0 0 0 6 17 -6 -0.8 -6 -0.6 -0.2 $ *4
4 Seasons 1369 -51 0 0 0 25 15 41 30 2.7 5 0.5 2.2 $
CIN (3 yrs) 1313 -52 0 0 0 26 14 39 27 2.4 1 0.1 2.3 $
BRO (1 yr) 56 1 0 0 0 -1 1 2 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1938 BRO NL 25 SS 18 12 9 58 26 28 4 4 .931 3.00 .943 5.34
1938 BRO NL 25 3B 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .945 3.00
1943 CIN NL 30 2B 12 10 10 71 32 38 1 5 .986 5.83 .969 5.76
1943 CIN NL 30 3B 7 3 2 9 1 6 2 1 .778 1.00 .948 3.17
1943 CIN NL 30 SS 5 1 1 10 4 3 3 1 .700 1.40 .954 5.30
1944 CIN NL 31 2B 155 155 154 946 377 542 27 97 .971 5.93 .963 5.63
1945 CIN NL 32 2B 133 125 120 710 295 393 22 61 .969 5.17 .967 5.58
3 Seasons 2B 300 290 284 1727 704 973 50 163 .971 5.59 .965 5.61
2 Seasons SS 23 13 10 68 30 31 7 5 .897 2.65 .945 5.33
2 Seasons 3B 8 4 3 11 3 6 2 1 .818 1.13 .947 3.15
4 Seasons TOT 331 307 297 1806 737 1010 59 169 .967 5.28 .964 5.53
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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1944 NL  2.4 (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)

Assists† s c a p y
1944 NL  542 (2nd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1944 NL  155 (1st)
1945 NL  133 (5th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1944 NL  377 (2nd)
1945 NL  295 (5th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1944 NL  542 (1st)
1945 NL  393 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1944 NL  27 (2nd)
1945 NL  22 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1944 NL  5.93 (2nd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1944 NL  .971 (2nd)
1945 NL  .969 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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