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Billy Williams

Birthdate:

6/15/1938

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 175 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Whistler, AL, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Williams was an excellent fielding leftfielder; making long running catches into foul territory; his good throwing arm made runners on 3rd. base hold their positions and not try and score. Billy Williams was Rookie of the Year in 1961. While playing for the Chicago Cubs, Billy won numerous games with his fielding and line drive hitting. In 1970, he was second to Johnny Bench in the Most Valuable Player Award; while leading the league in hits, 205; runs scored, 137; second in homers, with 42; and second in RBI's, with 129. Billy Williams was always in the Top Ten in batting average and in 1972 won the crown; batting .333, led in Slugging Pct ...606 while hitting 37 home runs and driving in 122 runs; and was second in the MVP Award again to Johnny Bench.

This Hall of Famer had a great career and was a very popular player in the Chicago area; lacking playing in the World Series; Billy Williams did not get national fame as other great player received. Career .... played in 2488 games, 2711 hits, hit 434 doubles, 88 triples, 426 HR, scored 1410 runs, drove in 1475, and drew 1045 base on balls. We cheer this all-around player's great career. baseballhistorian.com Baseball History

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
18 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1959	CHC (NL)	18	33	0	5	0	1	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.176	SLG
1960	CHC (NL)	12	47	4	13	0	2	2	7	5	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.346	SLG
1961	CHC (NL)	146	529	75	147	20	7	25	86	45	70	6	0	11	5	1	4	.278	.338	SLG
1962	CHC (NL)	159	618	94	184	22	8	22	91	70	72	9	9	3	4	0	7	.298	.369	SLG
1963	CHC (NL)	161	612	87	175	36	9	25	95	68	78	7	6	9	2	2	3	.286	.358	SLG
1964	CHC (NL)	162	645	100	201	39	2	33	98	59	84	10	7	8	2	0	3	.312	.370	SLG
1965	CHC (NL)	164	645	115	203	39	6	34	108	65	76	10	1	7	3	1	5	.315	.377	SLG
1966	CHC (NL)	162	648	100	179	23	5	29	91	69	61	6	3	16	4	0	6	.276	.347	SLG
1967	CHC (NL)	162	634	92	176	21	12	28	84	68	67	6	3	8	2	2	6	.278	.346	SLG
1968	CHC (NL)	163	642	91	185	30	8	30	98	48	53	4	1	10	2	0	7	.288	.336	SLG
1969	CHC (NL)	163	642	103	188	33	10	21	95	59	70	3	2	15	4	0	3	.293	.355	SLG
1970	CHC (NL)	161	636	137	205	34	4	42	129	72	65	7	1	9	2	0	4	.322	.391	SLG
1971	CHC (NL)	157	594	86	179	27	5	28	93	77	44	7	5	18	3	0	3	.301	.383	SLG
1972	CHC (NL)	150	574	95	191	34	6	37	122	62	59	3	1	20	6	0	8	.333	.398	SLG
1973	CHC (NL)	156	576	72	166	22	2	20	86	76	72	4	3	14	1	0	6	.288	.369	SLG
1974	CHC (NL)	117	404	55	113	22	0	16	68	67	44	4	5	12	1	0	2	.280	.382	SLG
1975	OAK (AL)	155	520	68	127	20	1	23	81	76	68	0	0	7	2	1	3	.244	.341	SLG
1976	OAK (AL)	120	351	36	74	12	0	11	41	58	44	4	2	15	0	1	3	.211	.320	SLG
18 years		2488	9350	1410	2711	434	88	426	1475	1045	1046	90	49	182	43	8	73	.290	.361	.SLG

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