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Cy Williams

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: December 21, 1887 in Wadena, IN us

Died: April 23, 1974 in Eagle River, WI

Buried: Three Lakes Cemetery, Three Lakes, WI

School: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

Debut: July 18, 1912 (Age 24-210d, 3,742nd in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1930 (Age 42-275d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: Fred Williams

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.5

6780

1981

251

.292

1024

RBI

1005

115

OBP

.365

SLG

.470

OPS

.835

OPS+

125

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1912	24	CHC	NL	28	71	62	3	15	1	1	0	1	2		6	14	.242	.309	.290	.599	65	18		0	2			8H/7
1913	25	CHC	NL	49	167	156	17	35	3	3	4	32	5	10	5	26	.224	.262	.359	.621	76	56		3	3			7/8H
1914	26	CHC	NL	55	111	94	12	19	2	2	0	5	2		13	13	.202	.312	.266	.578	74	25		2	2			H7/8
1915	27	CHC	NL	151	566	518	59	133	22	6	13	64	15	10	26	49	.257	.305	.398	.703	112	206		10	12			*8/H
1916	28	CHC	NL	118	485	405	55	113	19	9	12	66	6		51	64	.279	.372	.459	.831	144	186		9	19			*8/H9
1917	29	CHC	NL	138	540	468	53	113	22	4	5	42	8		38	78	.241	.308	.338	.646	92	158		7	26			*8/H
1918	30	PHI	NL	94	401	351	49	97	14	1	6	39	10		27	30	.276	.337	.373	.710	110	131		5	15			*8/H
1919	31	PHI	NL	109	481	435	54	121	21	1	9	39	9		30	43	.278	.335	.393	.728	112	171		7	9			*8/H
1920	32	PHI	NL	148	643	590	88	192	36	10	15	72	18	12	32	45	.325	.364	.497	.861	143	293		4	17			*8/H
1921	33	PHI	NL	146	603	562	67	180	28	6	18	75	5	15	30	32	.320	.357	.488	.844	115	274		2	9			*8
1922	34	PHI	NL	151	676	584	98	180	30	6	26	92	11	14	74	49	.308	.392	.514	.905	125	300		6	12			*8/H
1923	35	PHI	NL	136	604	535	98	157	22	3	41	114	11	10	59	57	.293	.371	.576	.947	136	308		7	3			*8/H
1924	36	PHI	NL	148	637	558	101	183	31	11	24	93	7	12	67	49	.328	.403	.552	.955	142	308		3	8			*8/H	MVP-22
1925	37	PHI	NL	107	375	314	78	104	11	5	13	60	4	9	53	34	.331	.435	.522	.958	136	164		5	3			9H
1926	38	PHI	NL	107	384	336	63	116	13	4	18	53	2		38	35	.345	.418	.568	.986	155	191		4	6			9H
1927	39	PHI	NL	131	570	492	86	135	18	2	30	98	0		61	57	.274	.365	.502	.867	134	247		9	8			*9/H	MVP-13
1928	40	PHI	NL	99	303	238	31	61	9	0	12	37	0	0	54	34	.256	.400	.445	.845	115	106		3	8		6	9H78
1929	41	PHI	NL	66	89	65	11	19	2	0	5	21	0	2	22	9	.292	.471	.554	1.025	147	36		0	2		1	H/879
1930	42	PHI	NL	21	21	17	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.471	.571	.588	1.160	174	10		0	0		2	H/879
19 Yrs				2002	7727	6780	1024	1981	306	74	251	1005	115	94	690	721	.292	.365	.470	.835	125	3188		86	164		9
162 Game Avg.				162	625	549	83	160	25	6	20	81	9		56	58	.292	.365	.470	.835	125	258		7	13
				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
PHI (13 yrs)				1463	5787	5077	825	1553	237	49	217	795	77	74	551	477	.306	.380	.500	.880	131	2539		55	100		9
CHC (6 yrs)				539	1940	1703	199	428	69	25	34	210	38	20	139	244	.251	.319	.381	.700	107	649		31	64