MLB / Players

Billy Williams

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 175 lb

BornJune 15, 1938 · Whistler, AL, USA

MLB debutAugust 6, 1959

Final gameOctober 2, 1976

Seasons18 (1959–1976)

Chicago Cubs 1959–1974; Oakland Athletics 1975–1976

Percentile snapshot

1975 season — qualified batters

155

76.4

602

520

46.5

127

20.5

30.7

7.1

86.6

RBI

72.4

78.7

44.9

96.9

.244

17.3

OBP

.341

43.3

SLG

.419

58.3

OPS

.760

53.5

wRC+

118.3

60.6

OPS+

118.2

59.1

wOBA

.350

54.3

sWAR

1.6

29.1

of 128 qualified 1975 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

132.9

92.7

OPS+

132.0

91.7

sWAR

62.2

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
1959	18	34	33	0	5	0	1	0	2	1	7	0	0	.152	.176	.212	.389	-6.8	3.2	.178	-0.4
1960	12	52	47	4	13	0	2	2	7	5	12	0	0	.277	.346	.489	.836	130.4	126.1	.373	0.3
1961	146	584	529	75	147	20	7	25	86	45	70	6	0	.278	.338	.484	.822	109.5	112.5	.355	1.9
1962	159	699	618	94	184	22	8	22	91	70	72	9	9	.298	.369	.466	.835	121.1	119.0	.375	3.4
1963	161	687	612	87	175	36	9	25	95	68	78	7	6	.286	.358	.497	.854	141.2	137.8	.380	4.9
1964	162	709	645	100	201	39	2	33	98	59	84	10	7	.312	.370	.532	.901	149.6	146.4	.397	5.9
1965	164	719	645	115	203	39	6	34	108	65	76	10	1	.315	.377	.552	.929	158.0	154.4	.409	6.8
1966	162	727	648	100	179	23	5	29	91	69	61	6	3	.276	.347	.461	.808	119.4	120.7	.354	3.3
1967	162	712	634	92	176	21	12	28	84	68	67	6	3	.278	.346	.481	.828	133.1	129.9	.373	4.3
1968	163	699	642	91	185	30	8	30	98	48	53	4	1	.288	.336	.500	.836	146.4	142.6	.378	5.1
1969	163	708	642	103	188	33	10	21	95	59	70	3	2	.293	.355	.474	.828	118.5	119.6	.372	3.0
1970	161	714	636	137	205	34	4	42	129	72	65	7	1	.322	.391	.586	.977	149.3	147.4	.430	5.9
1971	157	677	594	86	179	27	5	28	93	77	44	7	5	.301	.383	.505	.888	139.4	137.0	.397	4.6
1972	150	650	574	95	191	34	6	37	122	62	59	3	1	.333	.398	.606	1.005	173.9	171.6	.439	7.0
1973	156	659	576	72	166	22	2	20	86	76	72	4	3	.288	.369	.438	.806	117.5	116.9	.366	2.7
1974	117	474	404	55	113	22	0	16	68	67	44	4	5	.280	.382	.453	.835	129.6	128.6	.384	2.4
1975	155	602	520	68	127	20	1	23	81	76	68	0	0	.244	.341	.419	.760	118.3	118.2	.350	1.6
1976	120	413	351	36	74	12	0	11	41	58	44	4	2	.211	.320	.339	.659	91.8	97.9	.303	-0.4

Career totals

2,488

64th-most career G

10,519

56th-most career PA

9,350

56th-most career AB

1,410

94th-most career R

2,711

68th-most career H

434

140th-most career 2B

229th-most career 3B

426

53rd-most career HR

RBI

1,475

59th-most career RBI

1,045

107th-most career BB

1,046

353rd-most career SO

.2899

410th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3614

445th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4919

152nd-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8533

186th-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	HR	RBI	TB
1969-09-05	PIT @ CHC Gameday	4	2	4	2	2	2	12
1968-09-10	NYM @ CHC Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	6	12
1972-08-26	SF @ CHC Gameday	6	2	5	0	2	4	11
1968-09-08	PHI @ CHC Gameday	5	2	4	1	2	4	11
1975-08-23	ATH @ MIL Gameday	5	3	4	1	2	3	11

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1959-07-09	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-21	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-22	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-29	ATL @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-07-01	CHC @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Hall of Fame, 1987 (BBWAA)

1× Rookie of the Year6× 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.