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Woody Williams
Woodrow Wilson Williams

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 5, 1938
Final Game September 30, 1945
Born August 21, 1912 in Pamplin, VA
Died February 24, 1995 in Appomattox, VA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 25 BRO NL  20   51    6   17   1  1   0    6   1      4   1  .333  .382  .392  111   20   1           0   0
 1943 30 CIN NL  30   69    8   26   2  1   0   11   0      1   3  .377  .386  .435  138   30   2           0   2
 1944 31 CIN NL 155  653   73  157  23  3   1   35   7     44  24  .240  .290  .289   66  189   8           2   9
 1945 32 CIN NL 133  482   46  114  14  0   0   27   6     39  24  .237  .296  .266   58  128  11           2   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      338 1255  133  314  40  5   1   79  14  0  88  52  .250  .301  .292   69  367  22   0   0   4  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        602   64  150  19  2   0   38   7  0  42  25  .250  .301  .292   69  176  11   0   0   2   9
 Career High    155  653   73  157  23  3   1   35   7  0  44  24  .240  .296  .289   66  189  11   0   0   2   9
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 25 BRO NL   56   35    8   6.1   100| .333  .277| .382  .341| .392  .394| .774  .736| 111  .647   0.8   0.1     
 1943 30 CIN NL   72   47   12   6.9    89| .377  .264| .386  .332| .435  .358| .821  .690| 138  .735   2.8   0.3     
 1944 31 CIN NL  707  513   55   2.9    91| .240  .263| .290  .330| .289  .370| .579  .699|  66  .334 -28.8  -3.0     
 1945 32 CIN NL  534  386   38   2.6    95| .237  .271| .296  .340| .266  .374| .562  .714|  58  .292 -26.7  -2.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1369  981  113   3.1    93| .250  .267| .301  .334| .292  .372| .593  .706|  69  .360 -51.9  -5.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1938 25 BRO NL SS 18 26 28 4 4 .931 .942 3.00 4.91 3B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.90 1943 30 CIN NL 2B 12 32 38 1 5 .986 .970 5.83 5.40 3B 7 1 6 2 1 .778 .946 1.00 2.97 SS 5 4 3 3 1 .700 .959 1.40 4.96 1944 31 CIN NL 2B 155 377 542 27 97 .971 .963 5.93 5.04 1945 32 CIN NL 2B 133 295 393 22 61 .969 .967 5.17 5.05
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 30 CIN NL 2B 12 32 38 1 5 .986 .970 5.83 5.40 1944 31 CIN NL 2B 155 377 542 27 97 .971 .963 5.93 5.04 1945 32 CIN NL 2B 133 295 393 22 61 .969 .967 5.17 5.05 1938 25 BRO NL 3B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.90 1943 30 CIN NL 3B 7 1 6 2 1 .778 .946 1.00 2.97 1938 25 BRO NL SS 18 26 28 4 4 .931 .942 3.00 4.91 1943 30 CIN NL SS 5 4 3 3 1 .700 .959 1.40 4.96
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 300 704 973 50 163 .971 .965 5.59 5.06 SS 23 30 31 7 5 .897 .944 2.65 4.92 3B 8 3 6 2 1 .818 .947 1.12 2.96 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 331 737 1010 59 169 .967 .964 5.28 5.00
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1944 NL-155-3

At Bats
1944 NL-653-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1944 NL-707-1

Singles
1944 NL-130-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1944 NL-27.2-4
1945 NL-20.1-10

Outs
1944 NL-513-1

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (721) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2083) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

September 10, 1940: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Brooklyn Dodgers.


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