MLB / Players

Bernie Williams

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 180 lb

BornSeptember 13, 1968 · San Juan, P.R.

MLB debutJuly 7, 1991

Final gameOctober 1, 2006

Seasons16 (1991–2006)

New York Yankees 1991–2006

Percentile snapshot

2005 season — qualified batters

141

546

17.6

485

17.6

0.7

121

6.8

4.1

11.5

25.7

RBI

33.1

53.4

14.2

54.7

.249

6.8

OBP

.321

20.9

SLG

.367

8.8

OPS

.688

10.1

wRC+

86.2

13.5

OPS+

84.9

12.2

wOBA

.308

9.5

sWAR

0.9

14.9

of 149 qualified 2005 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

126.6

87.3

OPS+

125.8

86.6

sWAR

60.7

99.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1991	85	374	320	43	76	19	4	3	34	48	57	10	5	.238	.336	.350	.686	95.1	90.1	.323	1.2
1992	62	293	261	39	73	14	2	5	26	29	36	7	6	.280	.354	.406	.760	117.6	114.0	.353	1.7
1993	139	628	567	67	152	31	4	12	68	53	106	9	9	.268	.333	.400	.734	100.5	100.0	.334	2.4
1994	108	475	408	80	118	29	1	12	57	61	54	16	9	.289	.384	.453	.837	122.7	119.8	.375	3.1
1995	144	648	563	93	173	29	9	18	82	75	98	8	6	.307	.392	.487	.878	132.2	129.4	.392	5.0
1996	143	641	551	108	168	26	7	29	102	82	72	17	4	.305	.391	.535	.926	131.5	133.2	.399	4.8
1997	129	591	509	107	167	35	6	21	100	73	80	15	8	.328	.408	.544	.952	149.0	149.4	.412	5.7
1998	128	578	499	101	169	30	5	26	97	74	81	15	9	.339	.422	.575	.997	161.6	163.5	.428	6.4
1999	158	697	591	116	202	28	6	25	115	100	95	9	10	.342	.435	.536	.971	149.4	151.2	.420	6.7
2000	141	616	537	108	165	37	6	30	121	71	84	13	5	.307	.391	.566	.957	139.4	142.8	.408	5.2
2001	146	633	540	102	166	38	0	26	94	78	67	11	5	.307	.395	.522	.917	139.8	141.3	.393	5.4
2002	154	699	612	102	204	37	2	19	102	83	97	8	4	.333	.415	.493	.908	146.6	143.8	.399	6.5
2003	119	521	445	77	117	19	1	15	64	71	61	5	0	.263	.367	.411	.778	109.7	108.3	.345	2.5
2004	148	651	561	105	147	29	1	22	70	85	96	1	5	.262	.360	.435	.795	110.1	108.0	.352	2.6
2005	141	546	485	53	121	19	1	12	64	53	75	1	2	.249	.321	.367	.688	86.2	84.9	.308	0.9
2006	131	462	420	65	118	29	0	12	61	33	53	2	0	.281	.332	.436	.768	94.2	96.9	.332	0.7

Career totals

2,076

210th-most career G

9,053

159th-most career PA

7,869

171st-most career AB

1,366

104th-most career R

2,336

145th-most career H

449

113th-most career 2B

287

185th-most career HR

RBI

1,257

136th-most career RBI

1,069

101st-most career BB

1,212

228th-most career SO

147

.2969

268th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3809

178th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4773

241st-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8582

160th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2006-08-27	NYY @ LAA Gameday	5	2	4	1	0	2	6	0	11
1996-05-01	NYY @ BAL Gameday	8	2	5	2	0	1	1	0	10
2000-06-17	CWS @ NYY Gameday	4	3	4	2	0	1	7	1	9
1993-06-15	BOS @ NYY Gameday	5	2	4	0	1	1	2	0	9
1996-09-12	NYY @ DET Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	8	2	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

4× Gold Glove1× ALCS MVP1× Silver Slugger5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.