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Davey Williams
David Carlous Williams

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 16, 1949
Final Game July 31, 1955
Born November 2, 1927 in Dallas, TX

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 21 NYG NL  13   50    7   12   1  1   1    5   0      7   4  .240  .333  .360   86   18   1           0   0
 1951 23 NYG NL  30   64   17   17   1  0   2    8   1  1   5   8  .266  .319  .375   85   24   1           0   3
 1952 24 NYG NL 138  540   70  137  26  3  13   55   2  3  48  63  .254  .324  .385   95  208   9           8   6
 1953 25 NYG NL 112  340   51  101  11  2   3   34   2  5  44  19  .297  .382  .368   95  125   3           3   6 AS
 1954 26 NYG NL 142  544   65  121  18  3   9   46   1  1  43  33  .222  .284  .316   56  172   5   4       5  15
 1955 27 NYG NL  82  247   25   62   4  1   4   15   0  2  17  17  .251  .303  .324   67   80   2   1   2   2   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      517 1785  235  450  61 10  32  163   6 12 164 144  .252  .320  .351   78  627  21   5   2  18  33
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        559   74  141  19  3  10   51   2  4  51  45  .252  .320  .351   78  196   7   2   1   6  10
 Career High    142  544   70  137  26  3  13   55   2  5  48  63  .297  .382  .385   95  208   9   4   2   8  15
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 21 NYG NL   58   39    6   4.1   104| .240  .270| .333  .344| .360  .405| .693  .749|  86  .452  -1.0  -0.1     
 1951 23 NYG NL   70   52    7   3.6   104| .266  .269| .319  .343| .375  .407| .694  .750|  85  .400  -1.5  -0.2  50%
 1952 24 NYG NL  605  421   65   4.1    98| .254  .263| .324  .336| .385  .391| .709  .727|  95  .498  -3.8  -0.4  40%
 1953 25 NYG NL  390  253   46   4.8   112| .297  .276| .382  .348| .368  .431| .750  .779|  95  .498  -0.6  -0.1  28%
 1954 26 NYG NL  601  448   48   2.9   110| .222  .275| .284  .347| .316  .426| .600  .772|  56  .281 -36.7  -3.6  50%
 1955 27 NYG NL  269  193   24   3.3   106| .251  .267| .303  .338| .324  .422| .627  .760|  67  .349 -12.4  -1.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1993 1406  196   3.7   106| .252  .270| .320  .342| .351  .414| .671  .757|  78  .406 -56.1  -5.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 21 NYG NL 2B 13 19 22 2 5 .953 .976 3.15 5.07 1951 23 NYG NL 2B 22 38 43 0 7 1.000 .976 3.68 5.05 1952 24 NYG NL 2B 138 279 375 18 102 .973 .975 4.74 4.96 1953 25 NYG NL 2B 95 191 254 8 54 .982 .972 4.68 4.83 AS 1954 26 NYG NL 2B 142 353 396 14 112 .982 .976 5.27 5.31 1955 27 NYG NL 2B 71 139 162 10 39 .968 .974 4.24 5.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1949 21 NYG NL 2B 13 19 22 2 5 .953 .976 3.15 5.07 1951 23 NYG NL 2B 22 38 43 0 7 1.000 .976 3.68 5.05 1952 24 NYG NL 2B 138 279 375 18 102 .973 .975 4.74 4.96 1953 25 NYG NL 2B 95 191 254 8 54 .982 .972 4.68 4.83 1954 26 NYG NL 2B 142 353 396 14 112 .982 .976 5.27 5.31 1955 27 NYG NL 2B 71 139 162 10 39 .968 .974 4.24 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 481 1019 1252 52 319 .978 .975 4.72 5.05 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 481 1019 1252 52 319 .978 .975 4.72 5.05
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1954   WS    NYG CLE     W   4  11   0   0  0  0  0   1   2   2  .000  .154  .000   0  0   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   6  12   0   0  0  0  0   1   2   2  .000  .143  .000   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1953   NYG NL       0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0       1.000       
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1953 *

Hit By Pitch
1952 NL-8-4
1954 NL-5-6

Caught Stealing
1953 NL-5-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1954 NL-16.5-7

Outs
1954 NL-448-10

Youngest Player
1949 NL-21-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (1219) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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  1. Ramon Hernandez (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bump Wills (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Wayne Causey (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ken Boswell (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October, 1948: Traded by the Atlanta (Southern Association) to the New York Giants for Lloyd Gearhart, Dick Hoover, and $60,000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 31, 1955: Released by the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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