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Ken
Williams		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: June 28, 1890 in Usa, OR, GRANTS PASS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger Award 1918   
Gold Glove Award 1919    1921    1922   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1915 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 8 9 9
1916 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 6 5 6 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 9
1917 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 6 5 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 10
1918 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 6 5 7 8 8 5 5 5 9 10 10
1919 29 NYA AL $ 4,235,714   9 9 8 4 6 5 7 8 8 5 5 5 9 10 10
1920 30 NYA AL $ 4,235,714   9 9 8 4 6 5 8 8 8 4 5 5 9 10 10
1921 31 NYA AL $ 5,100,000   8 8 8 4 6 5 7 8 7 4 5 5 9 10 10
1922 32 NYA AL $ 5,100,000   7 7 7 4 6 5 7 8 8 4 5 5 9 10 10
1923 33 NYA AL $ 5,100,000   7 7 7 4 6 5 7 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 10
1924 34 NYA AL $ 5,100,000   8 8 7 4 6 5 7 7 7 3 4 4 8 10 9
1925 35 NYA AL $ 5,100,000   7 7 7 4 6 5 6 7 7 3 3 3 8 9 9
1926 36 NY1 NL $ 2,800,000   6 6 6 4 6 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 8 8
1927 37 NY1 NL $ 2,800,000   6 6 5 2 4 3 5 6 6 3 4 3 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 4 3 5 6 6 3 3 3 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,100,000   9 9 8 4 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 10 10
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
1915 25 BRO NL 16 58 9 12 2 0 0 8 2 2 7 4 .207 .303 .241 .544 3.6 0.0
  BOS AL 88 325 48 89 15 5 2 53 12 8 32 22 .274 .342 .369 .711 37.9 10.3
  TOT   104 383 57 101 17 5 2 61 14 10 39 26 .264 .336 .350 .686 41.5 10.3
1916 26 BOS AL 105 373 50 107 15 1 6 56 19 9 45 12 .287 .365 .381 .746 53.6 13.0
1917 27 BOS AL 123 434 89 138 17 6 6 82 29 17 70 14 .318 .412 .426 .838 77.6 18.7
1918 28 BOS AL 139 514 82 166 39 6 7 94 11 8 71 22 .323 .403 .463 .866 87.1 23.5
1919 29 BOS AL 62 216 31 64 9 3 2 31 11 4 19 6 .296 .353 .394 .746 29.0 5.8
  NYA AL 61 228 30 61 9 3 4 26 12 5 24 7 .268 .340 .386 .726 30.0 6.2
  TOT   123 444 61 125 18 6 6 57 23 9 43 13 .282 .346 .390 .736 59.0 12.0
1920 30 NYA AL 144 546 86 171 30 16 2 65 15 13 64 22 .313 .386 .438 .823 84.2 15.7
1921 31 NYA AL 142 556 92 177 29 11 9 83 9 5 61 5 .318 .385 .459 .844 91.9 15.4
1922 32 NYA AL 119 444 72 115 15 12 7 60 12 8 44 5 .259 .330 .394 .724 59.5 8.0
1923 33 NYA AL 127 475 71 147 22 11 9 57 12 9 45 3 .309 .374 .459 .833 76.4 16.7
1924 34 NYA AL 97 357 58 104 16 5 5 47 11 7 19 2 .291 .333 .406 .739 45.2 8.4
1925 35 NYA AL 99 190 38 62 9 3 4 42 1 4 14 4 .326 .368 .468 .837 30.1 5.9
1926 36 NY1 NL 54 55 6 18 5 3 0 13 0 0 3 1 .327 .356 .527 .883 8.0 1.3
1927 37 NY1 NL 58 40 16 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 .300 .333 .350 .683 3.5 0.3
13 Years Sim 1434 4811 778 1443 234 85 63 722 156 99 519 130 .300 .369 .423 .793 717.6 149.2
162 Game Average 543 87 163 26 9 7 81 17 11 58 14 .300 .369 .423 .793 81.1  
Career Highs 144 556 92 177 39 16 9 94 29 17 71 26 .327 .412 .527 .883 91.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3931 660 1207 201 70 57 616 137 83 447 85 .307 .379 .437 .816 627.7
vs LH   880 115 236 33 15 6 106 19 16 72 45 .268 .326 .360 .686 100.0
Home 719 2399 377 721 119 42 33 366 80 50 248 73 .301 .367 .426 .794 362.0
Away 715 2412 401 722 115 43 30 356 76 49 271 57 .299 .372 .420 .791 365.6
RISP   1363 0 437 75 31 20 612 0 0 208 40 .321 .403 .465 .868 252.4
Pinch Hitting   185 41 57 10 5 4 36 0 0 20 8 .308 .381 .481 .862 31.7
Close/Late   583 84 189 31 15 3 98 0 0 97 16 .324 .425 .444 .869 107.4
Mar/Apr 152 531 83 169 22 10 7 89 17 13 41 11 .318 .369 .437 .806 79.4
May 257 855 142 251 41 14 16 144 29 20 88 31 .294 .362 .430 .793 127.9
June 260 851 131 265 43 9 9 123 32 17 104 23 .311 .387 .415 .802 134.7
July 266 902 144 264 42 20 9 122 26 15 93 22 .293 .358 .414 .772 130.8
August 240 790 135 248 45 13 9 126 24 18 93 17 .314 .388 .438 .826 127.5
Sep/Oct 259 882 143 246 41 19 13 118 28 16 100 26 .279 .354 .413 .767 127.4
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
1915 25 BRO NL LF 15 15 131.6 31 1 1 0 .970 2.19   0.5
    CF 0 0 1.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
  BOS AL LF 83 83 729.7 170 4 5 0 .972 2.15   1.8
    CF 2 1 10.2 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
  TOT   LF 98 98 861.3 201 5 6 0 .972 2.15   2.3
      CF 2 1 12.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.25   0.0
1916 26 BOS AL LF 91 90 808.0 141 4 6 0 .960 1.62   2.3
    CF 6 3 36.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1917 27 BOS AL LF 115 110 1009.7 195 10 9 1 .958 1.83   3.3
    CF 2 2 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1918 28 BOS AL LF 103 102 913.0 164 5 7 0 .960 1.67   3.8
    CF 30 29 259.0 74 2 4 2 .950 2.64    
1919 29 BOS AL LF 58 56 484.5 102 5 3 1 .973 1.99   1.4
  NYA AL LF 57 55 521.2 110 5 3 1 .975 1.99   1.3
  TOT   LF 115 111 1005.7 212 10 6 2 .974 1.99   2.6
1920 30 NYA AL LF 141 140 1241.3 238 14 11 5 .958 1.83   3.7
    CF 1 1 8.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.16    
1921 31 NYA AL LF 139 136 1221.7 245 10 13 3 .951 1.88   2.6
    CF 1 0 8.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.48    
1922 32 NYA AL LF 117 117 1016.0 228 5 10 2 .959 2.06   2.5
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1923 33 NYA AL CF 77 74 650.7 229 6 12 2 .951 3.25   3.4
    LF 44 44 365.0 91 4 3 0 .969 2.34    
1924 34 NYA AL LF 85 80 712.3 171 5 9 2 .951 2.22   1.4
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1925 35 NYA AL LF 22 21 182.0 44 0 1 0 .978 2.18   0.7
    CF 42 13 179.7 61 0 1 0 .984 3.06    
1926 36 NY1 NL LF 16 3 49.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.81   0.2
    CF 5 0 13.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85    
1927 37 NY1 NL LF 4 0 7.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 7.71   0.1
    CF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    SS 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
  LF 1090 1052 9392.6 1945 73 81 15 .961 1.93   25.5
  CF 172 123 1192.3 403 9 17 4 .960 3.11   3.4
  SS 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
Career Totals   1263 1175 10586.6 2349 82 98 19 .961 2.07   28.9
Career Highs   142 141 1250.0 320 14 15 5 1.000 6.14    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1916 26 BOS AL 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 .000 .133 .000 .133
1918 28 BOS AL 7 23 2 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 0 .087 .214 .217 .432
Career Post-Season Batting 11 36 2 2 0 0 1 4 2 0 5 2 .056 .186 .139 .325
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.
Batting Average
1917-7-.318
1918-2-.323
1920-10-.313
 On-Base Pct
1917-4-.412
1918-2-.403
1920-4-.386
1921-8-.385
 Slugging Pct
1917-9-.426
1918-1-.463
1920-5-.438
1921-10-.459
1923-4-.459
 OPS
1917-6-.838
1918-1-.866
1920-5-.823
1921-10-.844
1923-7-.833
CAR-49-.793
 XR
1918-2-87.1
1920-4-84.2
1921-6-91.9
1923-10-76.4
 Games
1920-3-144
1921-1-142
At-Bats
1921-8-556
 Runs
1917-9-89
1918-8-82
1920-9-86
1921-9-92
 Hits
1918-6-166
1920-8-171
1921-8-177
 Total Bases
1918-1-238
1920-7-239
1921-10-255
 Singles
1921-8-128
 Doubles
1918-1-39
1920-8-30
Triples
1919-10-6
1920-3-16
1922-10-12
1923-9-11
 Homeruns
1916-8-6
1918-2-7
1919-5-6
1921-7-9
1923-5-9
 RBIs
1917-5-82
1918-2-94
1921-8-83
 Walks
1917-6-70
1918-4-71
1919-10-43
1920-4-64
1921-1-61
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 101    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1915
Had first career hit on 4/14/1915, off Harry Ables (PHI)
Traded from Brooklyn to Boston (A) on 5/1/1915 (Going to BRO: SS Al Bridwell, RF Fred Beck. Going to BOS: LF Ken Williams, RF Eddie Murphy)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1915, off Bill Doak (PHA)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/30/1915, hitting .526 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1918, hitting .520 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland on 9/11/1918
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1918, hitting .323 with 7 HR, 94 RBI
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,235,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to New York (A) on 7/16/1919 (Going to BOS: CF Ira Flagstead, 3B Ray Chapman, SS Johnny Evers, P Lou Schettler. Going to NYA: LF Ken Williams, P Rube Kroh)
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1919
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,235,714 through salary arbitration
7/31/1920: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $5,100,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/4/1921
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1921
Injured on 5/29/1922 with a Sprained Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/21/1922 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1922
Injured on 8/11/1923 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Washington on 4/28/1924
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (A) on 5/27/1924
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/15/1924
Injured on 8/18/1924 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 9-10 weeks
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/22/1926 to a 2-year deal worth $2,800,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/13/1928 to a minor league contract
Released by Washington on 4/10/1928
 
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