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Cy Williams
Fred Williams

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Notre Dame

Debut July 18, 1912
Final Game September 22, 1930
Born December 21, 1887 in Wadena, IN
Died April 23, 1974 in Eagle River, WI

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 24 CHC NL  28   62    3   15   1  1   0    1   2      6  14  .242  .309  .290   64   18   2           0    
 1913 25 CHC NL  49  156   17   35   3  3   4   32   5      5  26  .224  .262  .359   76   56   3           3    
 1914 26 CHC NL  55   94   12   19   2  2   0    5   2     13  13  .202  .312  .266   72   25   2           2    
 1915 27 CHC NL 151  518   59  133  22  6  13   64  15 10  26  49  .257  .305  .398  112  206  12          10    
 1916 28 CHC NL 118  405   55  113  19  9  12   66   6     51  64  .279  .372  .459  144  186  19           9    
 1917 29 CHC NL 138  468   53  113  22  4   5   42   8     38  78  .241  .308  .338   92  158  26           7    
 1918 30 PHI NL  94  351   49   97  14  1   6   39  10     27  30  .276  .337  .373  110  131  15           5    
 1919 31 PHI NL 109  435   54  121  21  1   9   39   9     30  43  .278  .335  .393  112  171   9           7    
 1920 32 PHI NL 148  590   88  192  36 10  15   72  18 12  32  45  .325  .364  .497  141  293  17           4    
 1921 33 PHI NL 146  562   67  180  28  6  18   75   5 15  30  32  .320  .357  .488  115  274   9           2    
 1922 34 PHI NL 151  584   98  180  30  6  26   92  11 14  74  49  .308  .392  .514  125  300  12           6    
 1923 35 PHI NL 136  535   98  157  22  3  41  114  11 10  59  57  .293  .371  .576  136  308   3           7    
 1924 36 PHI NL 148  558  101  183  31 11  24   93   7 12  67  49  .328  .403  .552  142  308   8           3     MVP-22
 1925 37 PHI NL 107  314   78  104  11  5  13   60   4  9  53  34  .331  .435  .522  136  164   3           5    
 1926 38 PHI NL 107  336   63  116  13  4  18   53   2     38  35  .345  .418  .568  154  191   6           4    
 1927 39 PHI NL 131  492   86  135  18  2  30   98   0     61  57  .274  .365  .502  134  247   8           9     MVP-13
 1928 40 PHI NL  99  238   31   61   9  0  12   37   0     54  34  .256  .400  .445  115  106   8           3    
 1929 41 PHI NL  66   65   11   19   2  0   5   21   0     22   9  .292  .471  .554  147   36   2           0    
 1930 42 PHI NL  21   17    1    8   2  0   0    2   0      4   3  .471  .571  .588  174   10   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons         6780      1981     74     1005     82     721  .292  .365  .470  125      164   0   0  86   0
               2002      1024      306    251      115    690                            3188
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        549   83  160  25  6  20   81   9  7  56  58  .292  .365  .470  125  258  13   0   0   7   0
 Career High    151  590  101  192  36 11  41  114  18 15  74  78  .345  .435  .576  154  308  26   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 24 CHC NL   70   49    6   3.3   100| .242  .280| .309  .350| .290  .382| .599  .732|  64  .382  -3.1  -0.3     
 1913 25 CHC NL  167  124   14   3.0    91| .224  .270| .262  .334| .359  .367| .621  .701|  76  .390  -6.0  -0.6     
 1914 26 CHC NL  111   77    7   2.4    84| .202  .259| .312  .327| .266  .346| .578  .673|  72  .340  -2.8  -0.3     
 1915 27 CHC NL  566  407   59   3.9    81| .257  .256| .305  .319| .398  .342| .703  .661| 112  .577   5.4   0.6  60%
 1916 28 CHC NL  484  311   67   5.8    85| .279  .265| .372  .325| .459  .354| .831  .679| 144  .738  23.4   2.7     
 1917 29 CHC NL  539  381   47   3.3    84| .241  .265| .308  .324| .338  .350| .646  .674|  92  .499  -4.2  -0.5     
 1918 30 PHI NL  398  269   43   4.3    85| .276  .269| .337  .328| .373  .347| .710  .675| 110  .604   4.7   0.5     
 1919 31 PHI NL  481  323   56   4.7    87| .278  .272| .335  .327| .393  .357| .728  .685| 112  .624   7.0   0.8     
 1920 32 PHI NL  643  427  103   6.6    94| .325  .281| .364  .335| .497  .374| .861  .709| 141  .725  30.2   3.2  60%
 1921 33 PHI NL  603  406   91   6.0   112| .320  .307| .357  .358| .488  .422| .845  .780| 115  .619  10.8   1.1  25%
 1922 34 PHI NL  676  430  112   7.0   119| .308  .311| .392  .370| .514  .433| .906  .803| 125  .653  21.9   2.1  44%
 1923 35 PHI NL  604  391  109   7.5   116| .293  .307| .371  .367| .576  .427| .947  .793| 136  .698  26.2   2.5  52%
 1924 36 PHI NL  636  395  119   8.1   114| .328  .304| .403  .361| .552  .424| .955  .785| 142  .741  34.4   3.4  36%
 1925 37 PHI NL  375  222   67   8.0   121| .331  .310| .435  .369| .522  .443| .957  .812| 136  .697  19.3   1.8  30%
 1926 38 PHI NL  384  226   79   9.3   110| .345  .298| .418  .359| .568  .413| .986  .772| 154  .789  26.1   2.5     
 1927 39 PHI NL  570  365   88   6.4   101| .274  .285| .365  .343| .502  .393| .867  .736| 134  .652  23.5   2.3     
 1928 40 PHI NL  303  185   42   6.1   115| .256  .299| .400  .365| .445  .425| .845  .789| 115  .606   7.1   0.7     
 1929 41 PHI NL   89   48   17   9.4   126| .292  .312| .471  .377| .554  .454|1.025  .831| 147  .730   6.2   0.6     
 1930 42 PHI NL   21    9    6  17.7   133| .471  .321| .571  .380| .588  .477|1.159  .857| 174  .883   2.7   0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons     7720 5045 1132   6.0   102| .292  .287| .365  .346| .470  .392| .835  .739| 125  .661 232.9  23.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1912 24 CHC NL  OF   22     36    3    0    0 1.000  .956  1.77  2.16                5   17    0
 1913 25 CHC NL  OF   44     77    4    2    0  .976  .960  1.84  2.08               36    9    0
 1914 26 CHC NL  OF   27     46    2    3    0  .941  .956  1.78  1.97               22    7    0
 1915 27 CHC NL  OF  149    347   14   12    2  .968  .959  2.42  2.01                0  149    0
 1916 28 CHC NL  OF  116    260    7    3    0  .989  .967  2.30  2.00                0  115    1
 1917 29 CHC NL  OF  136    340   23   15    4  .960  .963  2.67  2.08                0  136    0
 1918 30 PHI NL  OF   91    229   10    8    4  .968  .962  2.63  2.13                0   91    0
 1919 31 PHI NL  OF  108    278   13    9    2  .970  .964  2.69  2.18                0  108    0
 1920 32 PHI NL  OF  147    388   22   12    4  .972  .964  2.79  2.21                0  147    0
 1921 33 PHI NL  OF  146    382   29    9    5  .979  .965  2.82  2.24                0  146    0
 1922 34 PHI NL  OF  150    376   19   11    2  .973  .962  2.63  2.26                0  150    0
 1923 35 PHI NL  OF  135    350    9    7    3  .981  .964  2.66  2.28                0  135    0
 1924 36 PHI NL  OF  145    368   13   15    0  .962  .965  2.63  2.24                0  145    0
 1925 37 PHI NL  OF   96    173   12    2    3  .989  .967  1.93  2.33                0    0   96
 1926 38 PHI NL  OF   93    143   14    6    3  .963  .965  1.69  2.26                0    0   93
 1927 39 PHI NL  OF  130    241   22    8    8  .970  .970  2.02  2.35                0    0  130
 1928 40 PHI NL  OF   69    118    9    0    0 1.000  .972  1.84  2.31               20    9   40
 1929 41 PHI NL  OF   11     27    1    1    0  .966  .972  2.55  2.38                1    9    1
 1930 42 PHI NL  OF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  2.27                1    1    1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1912 24 CHC NL  OF   22     36    3    0    0 1.000  .956  1.77  2.16                5   17    0
 1913 25 CHC NL  OF   44     77    4    2    0  .976  .960  1.84  2.08               36    9    0
 1914 26 CHC NL  OF   27     46    2    3    0  .941  .956  1.78  1.97               22    7    0
 1915 27 CHC NL  OF  149    347   14   12    2  .968  .959  2.42  2.01                0  149    0
 1916 28 CHC NL  OF  116    260    7    3    0  .989  .967  2.30  2.00                0  115    1
 1917 29 CHC NL  OF  136    340   23   15    4  .960  .963  2.67  2.08                0  136    0
 1918 30 PHI NL  OF   91    229   10    8    4  .968  .962  2.63  2.13                0   91    0
 1919 31 PHI NL  OF  108    278   13    9    2  .970  .964  2.69  2.18                0  108    0
 1920 32 PHI NL  OF  147    388   22   12    4  .972  .964  2.79  2.21                0  147    0
 1921 33 PHI NL  OF  146    382   29    9    5  .979  .965  2.82  2.24                0  146    0
 1922 34 PHI NL  OF  150    376   19   11    2  .973  .962  2.63  2.26                0  150    0
 1923 35 PHI NL  OF  135    350    9    7    3  .981  .964  2.66  2.28                0  135    0
 1924 36 PHI NL  OF  145    368   13   15    0  .962  .965  2.63  2.24                0  145    0
 1925 37 PHI NL  OF   96    173   12    2    3  .989  .967  1.93  2.33                0    0   96
 1926 38 PHI NL  OF   93    143   14    6    3  .963  .965  1.69  2.26                0    0   93
 1927 39 PHI NL  OF  130    241   22    8    8  .970  .970  2.02  2.35                0    0  130
 1928 40 PHI NL  OF   69    118    9    0    0 1.000  .972  1.84  2.31               20    9   40
 1929 41 PHI NL  OF   11     27    1    1    0  .966  .972  2.55  2.38                1    9    1
 1930 42 PHI NL  OF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  2.27                1    1    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1818   4180  226  123   40  .973  .964  2.42  2.20               85 1374  362
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1818   4180  226  123   40  .973  .964  2.42  2.20

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1924-NL-22-0.01
1927-NL-13-0.08
Car-918-0.09 shares

Batting Average
1920 NL-.325-5
1924 NL-.328-10
1926 NL-.345-4

On-base %
1916 NL-.372-3
1924 NL-.403-5
1925 NL-.435-3
1926 NL-.418-2

Slugging %
1915 NL-.398-10
1916 NL-.459-3
1920 NL-.497-2
1921 NL-.488-8
1922 NL-.514-5
1923 NL-.576-3
1924 NL-.552-2
1925 NL-.522-10
1926 NL-.568-1
1927 NL-.502-8

OPS
1916 NL-.831-1
1920 NL-.861-3
1922 NL-.905-4
1923 NL-.947-5
1924 NL-.955-5
1925 NL-.958-6
1926 NL-.986-1

Games
1924 NL-148-7

At Bats
1920 NL-590-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1922 NL-676-9
1924 NL-636-8

Runs
1920 NL-88-7
1923 NL-98-9
1924 NL-101-5

Hits
1920 NL-192-5
1924 NL-183-8

Total Bases
1920 NL-293-2
1921 NL-274-10
1922 NL-300-4
1923 NL-308-2
1924 NL-308-3
1927 NL-247-10

Doubles
1919 NL-21-10
1920 NL-36-2
1922 NL-30-10
1924 NL-31-8

Home Runs
1915 NL-13-2
1916 NL-12-1
1917 NL-5-7
1918 NL-6-2
1919 NL-9-3
1920 NL-15-1
1921 NL-18-3
1922 NL-26-2
1923 NL-41-1
1924 NL-24-3
1926 NL-18-3
1927 NL-30-1

RBI
1916 NL-66-10
1922 NL-92-8
1923 NL-114-2
1924 NL-93-8
1927 NL-98-8

Bases on Balls
1922 NL-74-6
1923 NL-59-10
1924 NL-67-4
1927 NL-61-9

Strikeouts
1916 NL-64-8
1917 NL-78-1
1919 NL-43-7
1922 NL-49-6
1923 NL-57-4
1927 NL-57-4

Adjusted OPS+
1916 NL-144-6
1920 NL-141-4
1922 NL-125-9
1923 NL-136-7
1924 NL-142-7
1925 NL-136-7
1926 NL-154-1
1927 NL-134-10

Runs Created
1920 NL-103-3
1922 NL-112-9
1923 NL-109-7
1924 NL-119-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1916 NL-23-8
1920 NL-30-4
1922 NL-22-8
1923 NL-26-8
1924 NL-34-5
1926 NL-26-4
1927 NL-24-9

Batting Wins
1916 NL-2.7-8
1920 NL-3.2-4
1922 NL-2.1-8
1923 NL-2.5-8
1924 NL-3.4-5
1926 NL-2.5-4
1927 NL-2.3-9

Extra-Base Hits
1916 NL-40-10
1920 NL-61-3
1921 NL-52-9
1922 NL-62-4
1923 NL-66-1
1924 NL-66-3
1927 NL-50-10

Times on Base
1920 NL-228-9
1922 NL-260-9
1924 NL-253-6

Offensive Win%
1916 NL-.738-6
1920 NL-.725-4
1922 NL-.653-10
1923 NL-.698-7
1924 NL-.741-6
1925 NL-.697-9
1926 NL-.789-1

Hit By Pitch
1915 NL-10-5
1916 NL-9-3
1917 NL-7-6
1919 NL-7-3
1922 NL-6-7
1923 NL-7-5
1925 NL-5-10
1927 NL-9-1

Sac. Hits
1917 NL-26-4

Caught Stealing
1922 NL-14-8

Power/Speed Number
1915 NL-13.9-4
1918 NL-7.5-3
1919 NL-9.0-4
1920 NL-16.4-1
1922 NL-15.5-3
1923 NL-17.3-1
1924 NL-10.8-7

At Bats per Home Run
1915 NL-39.8-3
1916 NL-33.8-1
1917 NL-93.6-9
1918 NL-58.5-2
1919 NL-48.3-1
1920 NL-39.3-2
1921 NL-31.2-3
1922 NL-22.5-2
1923 NL-13.0-1
1924 NL-23.3-4
1925 NL-24.2-3
1926 NL-18.7-1
1927 NL-16.4-1

Oldest Player
1924 NL-36-7
1925 NL-37-6
1926 NL-38-4
1927 NL-39-5
1928 NL-40-3
1929 NL-41-3
1930 NL-42-2

Black Ink: Batting - 19 (112) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 143 (105) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 31.0 (248) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 44.0 (418) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
December 26, 1917: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dode Paskert.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Cy Williams's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1924-NL-22-0.01 1927-NL-13-0.08 Car-918-0.09 shares	Batting Average 1920 NL-.325-5 1924 NL-.328-10 1926 NL-.345-4	On-base % 1916 NL-.372-3 1924 NL-.403-5 1925 NL-.435-3 1926 NL-.418-2	Slugging % 1915 NL-.398-10 1916 NL-.459-3 1920 NL-.497-2 1921 NL-.488-8 1922 NL-.514-5 1923 NL-.576-3 1924 NL-.552-2 1925 NL-.522-10 1926 NL-.568-1 1927 NL-.502-8	OPS 1916 NL-.831-1 1920 NL-.861-3 1922 NL-.905-4 1923 NL-.947-5 1924 NL-.955-5 1925 NL-.958-6 1926 NL-.986-1	Games 1924 NL-148-7
At Bats 1920 NL-590-7	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1922 NL-676-9 1924 NL-636-8	Runs 1920 NL-88-7 1923 NL-98-9 1924 NL-101-5	Hits 1920 NL-192-5 1924 NL-183-8	Total Bases 1920 NL-293-2 1921 NL-274-10 1922 NL-300-4 1923 NL-308-2 1924 NL-308-3 1927 NL-247-10	Doubles 1919 NL-21-10 1920 NL-36-2 1922 NL-30-10 1924 NL-31-8
Home Runs 1915 NL-13-2 1916 NL-12-1 1917 NL-5-7 1918 NL-6-2 1919 NL-9-3 1920 NL-15-1 1921 NL-18-3 1922 NL-26-2 1923 NL-41-1 1924 NL-24-3 1926 NL-18-3 1927 NL-30-1	RBI 1916 NL-66-10 1922 NL-92-8 1923 NL-114-2 1924 NL-93-8 1927 NL-98-8	Bases on Balls 1922 NL-74-6 1923 NL-59-10 1924 NL-67-4 1927 NL-61-9	Strikeouts 1916 NL-64-8 1917 NL-78-1 1919 NL-43-7 1922 NL-49-6 1923 NL-57-4 1927 NL-57-4	Adjusted OPS+ 1916 NL-144-6 1920 NL-141-4 1922 NL-125-9 1923 NL-136-7 1924 NL-142-7 1925 NL-136-7 1926 NL-154-1 1927 NL-134-10	Runs Created 1920 NL-103-3 1922 NL-112-9 1923 NL-109-7 1924 NL-119-4
Adjusted Batting Runs 1916 NL-23-8 1920 NL-30-4 1922 NL-22-8 1923 NL-26-8 1924 NL-34-5 1926 NL-26-4 1927 NL-24-9	Batting Wins 1916 NL-2.7-8 1920 NL-3.2-4 1922 NL-2.1-8 1923 NL-2.5-8 1924 NL-3.4-5 1926 NL-2.5-4 1927 NL-2.3-9	Extra-Base Hits 1916 NL-40-10 1920 NL-61-3 1921 NL-52-9 1922 NL-62-4 1923 NL-66-1 1924 NL-66-3 1927 NL-50-10	Times on Base 1920 NL-228-9 1922 NL-260-9 1924 NL-253-6	Offensive Win% 1916 NL-.738-6 1920 NL-.725-4 1922 NL-.653-10 1923 NL-.698-7 1924 NL-.741-6 1925 NL-.697-9 1926 NL-.789-1	Hit By Pitch 1915 NL-10-5 1916 NL-9-3 1917 NL-7-6 1919 NL-7-3 1922 NL-6-7 1923 NL-7-5 1925 NL-5-10 1927 NL-9-1
Sac. Hits 1917 NL-26-4	Caught Stealing 1922 NL-14-8	Power/Speed Number 1915 NL-13.9-4 1918 NL-7.5-3 1919 NL-9.0-4 1920 NL-16.4-1 1922 NL-15.5-3 1923 NL-17.3-1 1924 NL-10.8-7	At Bats per Home Run 1915 NL-39.8-3 1916 NL-33.8-1 1917 NL-93.6-9 1918 NL-58.5-2 1919 NL-48.3-1 1920 NL-39.3-2 1921 NL-31.2-3 1922 NL-22.5-2 1923 NL-13.0-1 1924 NL-23.3-4 1925 NL-24.2-3 1926 NL-18.7-1 1927 NL-16.4-1	Oldest Player 1924 NL-36-7 1925 NL-37-6 1926 NL-38-4 1927 NL-39-5 1928 NL-40-3 1929 NL-41-3 1930 NL-42-2