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Cy
Williams		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 21, 1887 in Usa, IN, WADENA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1917    1919    1922   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1912 24 CHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 9 9 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1913 25 CHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 9 9 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1914 26 CHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 8 9 8 8 8 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1915 27 CHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 8 9 8 8 8 8 4 6 5 8 8 8
1916 28 CHN NL $ 4,757,143   7 7 7 8 9 8 8 8 8 5 6 5 8 8 8
1917 29 CHN NL $ 4,757,143   7 7 7 8 9 8 8 8 8 4 6 5 8 9 9
1918 30 CHN NL $ 4,885,714   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1919 31 CHN NL $ 7,000,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1920 32 CHN NL $ 7,000,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 9 8
1921 33 CHN NL $ 7,000,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1922 34 CHN NL $ 7,000,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 3 5 4 7 8 8
1923 35 BOS AL $ 2,420,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7
1924 36 BOS AL $ 2,420,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 7 6
1925 37 DET AL     4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 8 8 8 5 6 6 8 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1912 24 CHN NL 126 404 61 103 19 5 14 72 9 8 65 71 .255 .364 .431 .794 65.1 12.3
    AAA   13 42 14 17 3 0 7 17 0 2 15 4 .405 .561 .976 1.538 17.8  
1913 25 CHN NL 139 500 78 129 19 6 23 82 9 3 62 58 .258 .340 .458 .798 76.5 12.5
1914 26 CHN NL 143 532 93 131 24 8 12 81 7 3 71 70 .246 .338 .389 .727 70.4 14.3
1915 27 CHN NL 143 529 92 140 24 9 21 77 8 1 83 64 .265 .365 .463 .828 88.4 20.4
1916 28 CHN NL 142 543 87 160 29 7 17 104 16 2 71 80 .295 .378 .468 .846 93.1 22.6
1917 29 CHN NL 143 532 84 152 28 8 11 84 17 1 76 57 .286 .374 .430 .804 86.3 20.4
1918 30 CHN NL 145 541 74 140 26 11 11 79 12 4 64 55 .259 .338 .409 .746 75.7 15.5
1919 31 CHN NL 130 500 60 101 20 1 12 53 8 6 49 55 .202 .277 .318 .595 41.7 3.7
1920 32 CHN NL 140 536 85 141 29 9 14 81 5 6 52 42 .263 .336 .429 .765 74.7 15.5
1921 33 CHN NL 138 514 101 155 28 8 23 117 3 4 68 46 .302 .386 .521 .908 97.4 17.9
1922 34 CHN NL 144 507 68 119 20 8 5 76 5 3 57 53 .235 .317 .335 .652 59.7 4.3
1923 35 BOS AL 95 303 51 94 15 5 5 42 4 1 32 12 .310 .379 .442 .821 48.3 9.0
1924 36 BOS AL 41 79 9 23 1 1 1 19 0 0 3 4 .291 .326 .367 .693 8.7 1.0
1925 37 AA   115 424 78 131 21 1 22 87 2 0 74 36 .309 .412 .519 .931 88.7  
13 Years Sim 1669 6020 943 1588 282 86 169 967 103 42 753 667 .264 .348 .423 .772 885.9 169.4
1 Years AAA 13 42 14 17 3 0 7 17 0 2 15 4 .405 .561 .976 1.538 17.8  
1 Years AA 115 424 78 131 21 1 22 87 2 0 74 36 .309 .422 .519 .941 88.7  
2 Years Minors 128 466 92 148 24 1 29 104 2 2 89 40 .318 .436 .560 .996 106.5  
162 Game Average 584 91 154 27 8 16 93 9 4 73 64 .264 .348 .423 .772 86.0  
Career Highs 145 543 101 160 29 11 23 117 17 8 83 80 .310 .386 .521 .908 97.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4781 750 1272 221 64 139 772 80 34 631 524 .266 .354 .426 .780 731.0
vs LH   1239 193 316 61 22 30 195 23 8 122 143 .255 .327 .412 .739 166.0
Home 834 2975 462 783 137 43 91 492 48 17 361 335 .263 .346 .430 .776 445.9
Away 835 3045 481 805 145 43 78 475 55 25 392 332 .264 .350 .417 .767 451.1
RISP   1676 0 450 82 28 47 750 0 0 320 182 .268 .379 .435 .814 293.4
Pinch Hitting   74 4 19 3 0 0 14 0 1 5 7 .257 .296 .297 .594 6.3
Close/Late   710 113 183 23 12 22 115 0 0 129 74 .258 .377 .417 .794 117.0
Mar/Apr 166 579 82 125 29 6 10 79 10 4 82 76 .216 .316 .339 .654 66.3
May 302 1081 174 283 41 16 26 165 25 6 148 117 .262 .353 .401 .755 159.9
June 295 1072 162 281 52 11 30 175 14 11 127 122 .262 .340 .415 .755 152.3
July 314 1137 198 303 65 21 33 184 17 9 127 126 .266 .342 .448 .789 171.5
August 286 1027 153 276 41 12 31 153 18 9 129 90 .269 .359 .423 .781 154.8
Sep/Oct 306 1124 174 320 54 20 39 211 19 3 140 136 .285 .365 .472 .838 192.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1912 24 CHN NL CF 108 107 963.0 265 10 8 3 .972 2.57   4.0
    RF 6 3 31.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.14    
1913 25 CHN NL CF 132 131 1141.7 327 19 13 5 .964 2.73   2.0
    2B 3 3 27.0 6 5 1 1 .917 3.67   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1914 26 CHN NL CF 135 135 1180.3 302 15 9 1 .972 2.42   4.0
    RF 7 4 40.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.89    
1915 27 CHN NL CF 136 136 1228.7 314 9 8 2 .976 2.37   5.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1916 28 CHN NL CF 137 137 1229.0 330 11 14 3 .961 2.50   5.7
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1917 29 CHN NL CF 138 138 1226.0 351 17 9 8 .976 2.70   3.6
    SS 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
1918 30 CHN NL CF 141 138 1222.7 296 15 3 5 .990 2.29   4.0
    2B 1 0 4.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 8.31   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1919 31 CHN NL CF 126 126 1134.0 341 13 7 2 .981 2.81   5.6
    RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1920 32 CHN NL CF 136 136 1222.3 337 17 8 2 .978 2.61   5.6
    RF 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1921 33 CHN NL CF 135 133 1186.0 331 20 10 6 .972 2.66   5.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1922 34 CHN NL CF 140 139 1221.0 362 22 4 9 .990 2.83   7.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1923 35 BOS AL CF 89 88 699.0 198 8 5 1 .976 2.65   2.9
    RF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1924 36 BOS AL CF 10 8 67.0 23 3 0 1 1.000 3.49   0.4
    RF 13 8 66.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
  CF 1563 1552 13720.6 3777 179 98 48 .976 2.59   55.1
  RF 41 16 168.7 34 2 0 0 1.000 1.92    
  2B 4 3 31.3 10 5 1 1 .938 4.31   0.0
  SS 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1610 1572 13931.0 3822 190 99 49 .976 2.59   55.2
Career Highs   143 139 1235.0 363 24 14 9 1.000 2.98    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1917-10-.374
 Slugging Pct
1913-6-.458
1915-4-.463
1916-4-.468
1917-5-.430
1918-6-.409
1921-9-.521
 OPS
1915-5-.828
1916-5-.846
1917-5-.804
1921-9-.908
 XR
1915-4-88.4
1916-6-93.1
1917-8-86.3
1918-9-75.7
1921-8-97.4
CAR-45-885.9
 Runs
1914-9-93
1915-3-92
CAR-46-943
 Total Bases
1915-3-245
1916-6-254
1917-9-229
1918-7-221
1921-9-268
CAR-50-2549
Doubles
1915-9-24
1916-8-29
1917-8-28
1920-9-29
 Triples
1918-9-11
 Homeruns
1912-1-14
1913-1-23
1914-2-12
1915-1-21
1916-1-17
1917-1-11
1918-2-11
1919-1-12
1920-4-14
1921-2-23
CAR-4-169
 RBIs
1913-7-82
1914-9-81
1915-8-77
1916-3-104
1917-7-84
1918-5-79
1921-3-117
CAR-29-967
 Walks
1914-7-71
1915-6-83
1917-5-76
1921-9-68
CAR-32-753
 Strikeouts
1912-10-71
1916-7-80
1922-9-53
CAR-24-667
 
   Black Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 109    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Dutch Zwilling (839)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1912
Had first career hit on 4/26/1912, off Ray Caldwell (SLN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1912, off Doc Scanlan (BRO)
Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 5/9/1912
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1913, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (N) on 9/1/1913
Hit 3 homeruns against Philadelphia (N), driving in 5 runs on 6/11/1915
Won Player of the Week award on 6/14/1915, hitting .346 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1915, hitting .271 with 8 HR, 23 RBI
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,757,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 9/18/1916
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,757,143 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1917, hitting .326 with 3 HR, 17 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1917
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,885,714 through salary arbitration
7/1/1918: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (N) on 9/7/1918
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1919
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 6/8/1921
Won Player of the Week award on 6/13/1921, hitting .591 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1922
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/15/1923 to a 2-year deal worth $2,420,000 per year
Injured on 4/23/1923 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/4/1923 with a Fractured Ribs, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/15/1925 to a minor league contract
Injured on 6/25/1925 with a Bruised Neck, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/4/1925 with a Concussion, out for one week
Injured on 7/19/1925 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/23/1925 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 5 days
 
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