Ken Williams

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 187lb (188cm, 84kg)

Born: April 6, 1964 in Berkeley, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mount Pleasant HS (San Jose, CA).

High School: Mount Pleasant HS (San Jose, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: September 2, 1986 (Age 22-149d, 15,224th in major league history)
vs. KCR 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1991 (Age 27-181d)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Kenneth Royal Williams

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

1154

252

.218

136

RBI

119

OBP

.269

SLG

.339

OPS

.608

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 27 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 5 go ahead

3 Tms
CHW	20
DET	6
TOR	1

Platoon
vs LHP	16
vs RHP	11

Home/Road
Away	16
Home	11

Outs
1	10
0	9
2	8

13 Opps
CAL	4
TEX	3
CLE	3
SEA	3
MIN	2
BOS	2
OAK	2
BAL	2
TOR	2
KCR	1
NYY	1
DET	1
MIL	1

25 Pitchers
Charlie Hough	2
Mark Langston	2
Mark Clear	1
Chuck Finley	1
Dennis Powell	1
Jerry Reuss	1
Mike Flanagan	1
Joe Price	1
Freddie Toliver	1
Mike Witt	1
Bud Black	1
Curt Young	1
Mike Dunne	1
Jimmy Key	1
Chuck Cary	1
Danny Jackson	1
Mike Boddicker	1
Oil Can Boyd	1
Mike Morgan	1
Ron Meridith	1
Gene Nelson	1
Neal Heaton	1
Steve Searcy	1
Ed Vande Berg	1
Rod Nichols	1

11 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	8
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	22
8	3
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	12
1	7
3	2
5	2
6	1
2	1
4	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	27

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	15
1--	7
12-	2
--3	1
-2-	1
-23	1

42 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	15
1 on	9
2 on	3
Any on	12

Inning
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	2
8	4

1-3	6
4-6	15
7-end	6

RelScore
+4..	5
+2	2
+1	1
Tied	4
-1	3
-2	3
-3	6
-4..	3

Ahead	8
Tied	4
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	12
0-0	7
2-2	3
2-0	2
3-2	1
0-1	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	15
RF	6
3B	5
LF	1

OrderPos
7th	9
8th	9
1st	4
9th	2
2nd	1
6th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1986-09-27 (1)	CHW		MIN	Neal Heaton	ahead 4-0	b 8	0	---		1	3	9	0.007	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1987-05-26	CHW		KCR	Danny Jackson	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---		1	7	8	0.105	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	2	1	1987-06-02	CHW	@	TEX	Ron Meridith	ahead 9-2	t 5	2	1--		2	8	8	0.018	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Hulett Scores/unER; K. Williams Scores/unER
4	4	3	1	1987-06-09	CHW	@	OAK	Curt Young	behind 1-7	t 8	2	1--		2	1	8	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Manrique Scores
5	5	4	1	1987-07-05	CHW	@	CLE	Ed Vande Berg	ahead 8-0	t 5	1	-23		3	9	8	0.007	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Fisk Scores; D. Hill Scores
6	6	5	1	1987-07-22	CHW		BAL	Mike Boddicker	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---		1	9	8	0.090	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	6	1	1987-08-09	CHW		MIL	Mark Clear	behind 3-5	b 8	0	---		1	7	8	0.145	33%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	7	1	1987-08-16	CHW	@	TOR	Jimmy Key	behind 1-3	t 4	1	---		1	7	8	0.100	35%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	8	1	1987-08-22	CHW	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 3-7	t 6	2	---		1	8	8	0.044	10%		Home Run (Deep CF)
10	10	9	1	1987-09-17	CHW		SEA	Dennis Powell	ahead 6-4	b 6	0	1--		2	8	8	0.088	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Boston Scores
11	11	10	1	1987-09-21	CHW	@	CAL	Chuck Finley	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---		1	7	8	0.109	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	11	1	1987-09-23	CHW	@	CAL	Jerry Reuss	behind 2-5	t 4	2	1--		2	7	8	0.165	33%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Walker Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1988-04-04	CHW		CAL	Mike Witt	behind 1-2	b 5	2	1--	5,(2-2) BBSCX	2	8	5	0.306	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Pasqua Scores
14	14	2	1	1988-04-15	CHW	@	OAK	Gene Nelson	ahead 8-2	t 8	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	5	0.005	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); G. Walker Scores; D. Pasqua Scores
15	15	3	1	1988-04-19	CHW	@	SEA	Mark Langston	tied 2-2	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.139	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	4	1	1988-04-28	CHW		BOS	Oil Can Boyd	tied 0-0	b 2	1	12-	4,(1-2) SSBX	3	8	5	0.226	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Fisk Scores; D. Pasqua Scores
17	17	5	1	1988-05-07	CHW	@	BAL	Mike Morgan	behind 1-3	t 4	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	8	5	0.210	45%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Walker Scores
18	18	6	1	1988-08-29	CHW		DET	Steve Searcy	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.107	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	7	1	1988-09-02	CHW	@	CLE	Rod Nichols	tied 1-1	t 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	9	0.190	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Diaz Scores
20	20	8	1	1988-09-04 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	Bud Black	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	6,(2-2) FSBBFX	1	2	9	0.101	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1989-04-16	DET		TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 3-6	b 6	1	1--	5,(2-2) BSBSX	2	1	8	0.191	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Bergman Scores
22	22	2	1	1989-04-18	DET	@	MIN	Freddie Toliver	behind 5-8	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.070	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	3	1	1989-05-02	DET	@	SEA	Mike Dunne	behind 1-5	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	8	0.038	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	4	1	1989-06-06	DET		BOS	Joe Price	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	7	0.072	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	5	1	1989-08-18	DET		NYY	Chuck Cary	ahead 4-0	b 4	1	-2-	8,(3-2) SBCFBBFX	2	7	9	0.044	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Heath Scores
26	26	6	1	1989-08-24	DET	@	TOR	Mike Flanagan	behind 1-4	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	0.082	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1991-05-26	TOR	@	CAL	Mark Langston	behind 0-3	t 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	9	0.080	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Williams Scores