Earl Williams

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: July 14, 1948 in Newark, NJ us

Died: January 28, 2013 in Somerset, NJ

Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, NJ

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Braves in the 1st round (6th) of the 1965 MLB August Legion Draft from Montclair HS (Montclair, NJ).

High School: Montclair HS (Montclair, NJ)

School: Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)

Debut: September 13, 1970 (Age 22-061d, 13,076th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1977 (Age 29-073d)
vs. TEX 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Earl Craig Williams

Nicknames: Big Money

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

3058

756

138

.247

361

RBI

457

OBP

.318

SLG

.424

OPS

.742

OPS+

106

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

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
2	2	Apr 6	BAL		DET	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 7 (1)	BAL		DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
4	5 (1)	Apr 11	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
5	6	Apr 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	7	Apr 13	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	8	Apr 15	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
8	9	Apr 17	BAL	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
9	10	Apr 19	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	12 (1)	Apr 21 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
11	13	Apr 21 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
12	14	Apr 23	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
13	15	Apr 24	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	16	Apr 26	BAL		OAK	W,6-5	GS	44	10.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
15	17	Apr 27	BAL		OAK	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
16	18	Apr 28	BAL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
17	19	Apr 30	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	20	May 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
19	21	May 3	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
20	22	May 4	BAL	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
21	24 (1)	May 6	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
22	25	May 7	BAL	@	OAK	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	26	May 8	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	27	May 10	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	28	May 11	BAL	@	CLE	W,12-1	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
26	29	May 13	BAL		MIL	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
27	30	May 14	BAL		MIL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
28	31	May 15	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
29	32	May 17	BAL		BOS	W,6-0	CG	24	6.0	4	3	0	7	1	1B
30	33	May 18	BAL		BOS	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
31	34	May 19 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	36 (1)	May 21	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	37	May 22	BAL		CLE	W,1-0	CG	43	12.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
34	38	May 23	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
35	40 (1)	May 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	41	May 26 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	43 (1)	May 27	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	46 (2)	May 31	BAL	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	47	Jun 1	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	48	Jun 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-5	GS	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
41	49	Jun 3	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
42	52 (2)	Jun 7	BAL		TEX	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
43	54 (1)	Jun 9	BAL		TEX	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	55	Jun 10	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	57 (1)	Jun 12	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
46	58	Jun 14	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
47	61 (2)	Jun 17	BAL		MIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
48	62	Jun 18	BAL		MIN	W,10-1	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
49	63	Jun 19	BAL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
50	65 (1)	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIL	L,6-8	GS	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B C
51	66	Jun 22	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
52	67	Jun 23	BAL	@	MIL	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
53	69 (1)	Jun 25	BAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
54	70	Jun 26	BAL		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
55	71	Jun 29	BAL		NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	72	Jun 30	BAL		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	73	Jul 1	BAL		BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	74	Jul 2	BAL		BOS	L,6-9	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
59	75	Jul 3 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	76	Jul 3 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
61	77	Jul 4	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-6	GS	26	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
62	78	Jul 5	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	79	Jul 6	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
64	80	Jul 7	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
65	81	Jul 8	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
66	82	Jul 9	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	85 (2)	Jul 12	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	86	Jul 13	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	87	Jul 14	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
70	88	Jul 15	BAL		OAK	L,4-6	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
71	89	Jul 16	BAL		OAK	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	1	C
72	90	Jul 17	BAL		OAK	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
73	91	Jul 19	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	92	Jul 20 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
75	94 (1)	Jul 21	BAL		CAL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
76	96 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	53	12.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
77	97	Jul 26	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-5	GS	44	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C 1B
78	98	Jul 27	BAL		MIL	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	99	Jul 28	BAL		MIL	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
80	100	Jul 29	BAL		MIL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
81	102 (1)	Jul 31	BAL		CLE	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	103	Aug 1	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
83	104	Aug 2	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	105	Aug 3	BAL	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
85	107 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	108	Aug 5 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
87	109	Aug 5 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
88	111 (1)	Aug 7	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
89	112	Aug 9	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
90	114 (1)	Aug 11	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
91	116 (1)	Aug 14	BAL		CHW	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
92	117	Aug 15	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
93	118	Aug 16	BAL		KCR	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
94	119	Aug 17	BAL		KCR	L,2-3	GS	47	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B C
95	122 (2)	Aug 21	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	124 (1)	Aug 23	BAL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
97	125	Aug 24	BAL		MIN	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
98	126	Aug 25	BAL		MIN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
99	128 (1)	Aug 28	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
100	129	Aug 29	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-2	GS	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C 1B
101	130	Aug 30	BAL	@	KCR	W,9-2	GS	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C 1B
102	131	Aug 31	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	132	Sep 1	BAL	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
104	133	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
105	134	Sep 2 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
106	135	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
107	136	Sep 6 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
108	138 (1)	Sep 7	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
109	140 (1)	Sep 9	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS	48	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B C
110	141	Sep 10	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
111	142	Sep 11 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	67	17.0	17	1	0	18	1	1B
112	143	Sep 11 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
113	146 (2)	Sep 13 susp	BAL		CLE	W,8-6	GS	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
114	151 (4)	Sep 19	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
115	153 (1)	Sep 21	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	47	9.1	5	0	0	5	1	1B
116	160 (6)	Sep 30	BAL	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
							122gm		1009.1	707	50	8	765	44