Dick Williams

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: May 7, 1929 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: July 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, NV

Buried: Cremated

High School: Pasadena HS (Pasadena, CA)

School: Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA)

Debut: June 10, 1951 (Age 22-034d, 10,815th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1964 (Age 35-147d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 2008. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Dick Williams's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Richard Hirschfeld Williams

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Hall of Fame (Manager)

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

2959

768

.260

358

RBI

331

OBP

.312

SLG

.392

OPS

.704

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	KCA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
2	3	Apr 14	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	4	1B
3	7 (3)	Apr 18	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
4	8	Apr 19	KCA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
5	9	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
6	11 (1)	Apr 24	KCA		DET	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
7	12	Apr 25	KCA		DET	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
8	13	Apr 26	KCA		DET	W,4-3	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	4	1B
9	14	Apr 28	KCA		WSH	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
10	15	Apr 29	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	GS	33	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
11	16	Apr 30	KCA		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	17	May 1	KCA		BAL	W,6-3	GS	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B 1B
13	18	May 2	KCA		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
14	19	May 3	KCA		BOS	W,7-3	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	20	May 4	KCA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	21	May 5	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	GS	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B 3B
17	23 (1)	May 8	KCA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
18	30 (6)	May 17 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,10-0	GS	21	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
19	31	May 20	KCA	@	BOS	W,8-2	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	32	May 21	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
21	34 (1)	May 23	KCA		CHW	W,16-0	GS	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B LF
22	35	May 24	KCA		CHW	W,8-6	GS	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B LF
23	36	May 25	KCA		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
24	37	May 26	KCA		DET	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
25	38	May 28	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-2	GS	30	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
26	39	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B LF
27	40	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	41	May 31	KCA	@	CHW	W,9-1	GS	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	42	Jun 1	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B LF
30	43	Jun 2	KCA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	44	Jun 3	KCA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	45	Jun 4	KCA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
33	46	Jun 5	KCA		BAL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	47	Jun 6	KCA		BAL	W,5-1	GS	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B LF
35	48	Jun 7	KCA		BAL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
36	49	Jun 9	KCA	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	60	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
37	51 (1)	Jun 11	KCA	@	NYY	W,9-5	GF	26	5.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	54 (2)	Jun 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
39	55	Jun 15	KCA	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
40	56	Jun 17	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
41	57	Jun 18	KCA	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	58	Jun 19 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B RF
43	59	Jun 19 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	60	Jun 20	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	61	Jun 21	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	62	Jun 22	KCA		NYY	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	63	Jun 23	KCA		NYY	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	64	Jun 24	KCA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
49	65	Jun 25	KCA		NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
50	66	Jun 26	KCA		WSH	L,4-8	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	67	Jun 27	KCA		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	68	Jun 28	KCA		WSH	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
53	69	Jun 29	KCA	@	DET	W,10-3	GS	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF 2B
54	70	Jun 30	KCA	@	DET	L,0-4	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF 2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	71	Jul 1	KCA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
56	75 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	KCA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
57	76	Jul 5	KCA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
58	81 (4)	Jul 12 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B 3B
59	83 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	3B
60	84	Jul 14 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
61	85	Jul 16	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
62	86	Jul 17	KCA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	87	Jul 18	KCA	@	WSH	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
64	88	Jul 19 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-7	GS	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 2B
65	89	Jul 19 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS	41	10.0	6	0	0	6	2	3B 1B
66	90	Jul 21	KCA		BAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
67	91	Jul 22	KCA		BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	92	Jul 23	KCA		BAL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
69	93	Jul 24	KCA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
70	94	Jul 25	KCA		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
71	95	Jul 26	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
72	96	Jul 27	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
73	97	Jul 28	KCA		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
74	98	Jul 29	KCA		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
75	99	Jul 30	KCA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
76	100	Jul 31	KCA		NYY	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	101	Aug 1	KCA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
78	102	Aug 2	KCA		NYY	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
79	103	Aug 4 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	104	Aug 4 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
81	105	Aug 5	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-17	CG	49	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
82	106	Aug 6	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
83	107	Aug 7	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
84	108	Aug 8	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
85	109	Aug 9 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	62	13.2	0	1	2	3	0	3B
86	110	Aug 9 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
87	111	Aug 10	KCA		CLE	L,4-6	GS	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B LF
88	112	Aug 11	KCA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	1	10	3	1B
89	113	Aug 12	KCA		CLE	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
90	114	Aug 13	KCA		CLE	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
91	115	Aug 14	KCA		CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	116	Aug 15	KCA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
93	117	Aug 16	KCA		CHW	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
94	118	Aug 18	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
95	119	Aug 19	KCA		BOS	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
96	120	Aug 20	KCA		BOS	L,10-11	CG	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
97	121	Aug 21	KCA		NYY	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	3B
98	122	Aug 22	KCA		NYY	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
99	123	Aug 23 (1)	KCA		WSH	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
100	124	Aug 23 (2)	KCA		WSH	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
101	125	Aug 25	KCA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
102	126	Aug 26	KCA		BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
103	127	Aug 28	KCA		DET	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
104	128	Aug 29	KCA		DET	L,3-9	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
105	129	Aug 30	KCA		DET	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	130	Sep 2	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
107	131	Sep 4	KCA	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
108	134 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
109	136 (1)	Sep 8	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
110	137	Sep 9	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
111	138	Sep 10	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-12	GS	33	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
112	139	Sep 11	KCA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
113	140	Sep 12	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
114	141	Sep 13 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,9-5	GS	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
115	144 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
116	146 (1)	Sep 18	KCA		CLE	L,2-11	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
117	147	Sep 19	KCA		CLE	L,7-13	CG	51	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
118	149 (1)	Sep 22	KCA	@	DET	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
119	150	Sep 23	KCA	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 3B
120	151	Sep 25 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B 1B
121	152	Sep 25 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	47	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
122	153	Sep 26	KCA	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
123	154	Sep 27	KCA	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
							139gm		1059.2	349	181	13	543	42