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Jimmy Williams
James Thomas Williams

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 15, 1899
Final Game October 3, 1909
Born December 20, 1876 in St. Louis, MO
Died January 16, 1965 in St.Petersburg, FL

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1899 22 PIT NL 152  617  126  219  28 28   9  116  26     60      .355  .417  .535  161  330   6           6    
 1900 23 PIT NL 106  416   73  110  15 11   5   68  18     32      .264  .323  .389   95  162   3           4    
 1901 24 BLA AL 130  501  113  159  26 21   7   96  21     56      .317  .388  .495  140  248   9           2    
 1902 25 BLA AL 125  498   83  156  27 21   8   83  14     36      .313  .361  .500  133  249  10           1    
 1903 26 NYY AL 132  502   60  134  30 12   3   82   9     39      .267  .326  .392  109  197   8           5    
 1904 27 NYY AL 146  559   62  147  31  7   2   74  14     38      .263  .314  .354  107  198  11           4    
 1905 28 NYY AL 129  470   54  107  20  8   6   62  14     50      .228  .306  .343   97  161  10           3    
 1906 29 NYY AL 139  501   62  139  25  7   3   77   8     44      .277  .342  .373  115  187  21           5    
 1907 30 NYY AL 139  504   53  136  17 11   2   63  14     35      .270  .319  .359  109  181  11           1    
 1908 31 SLB AL 148  539   63  127  20  7   4   53   7     55      .236  .310  .321  104  173  22           3    
 1909 32 SLB AL 110  374   32   73   3  6   0   22   6     29      .195  .257  .235   60   88  10           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons         5481      1507    139      796      0       0  .275  .337  .397  115      121   0   0  36   0
               1456       781      242     49      151    474                            2174
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        610   87  168  27 15   5   89  17  0  53   0  .275  .337  .397  115  242  13   0   0   4   0
 Career High    152  617  126  219  31 28   9  116  26  0  60   0  .355  .417  .535  161  330  22   0   0   6   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1899 22 PIT NL  689  404  136   8.7    99| .355  .289| .417  .351| .535  .376| .952  .727| 161  .784  49.7   4.9     
 1900 23 PIT NL  455  309   51   4.3    99| .264  .288| .323  .350| .389  .380| .712  .729|  95  .504  -4.5  -0.5     
 1901 24 BLA AL  568  351   96   7.2   100| .317  .289| .388  .346| .495  .388| .883  .734| 140  .715  26.8   2.7     
 1902 25 BLA AL  545  352   90   6.8   101| .313  .289| .361  .346| .500  .389| .861  .736| 133  .700  19.3   1.9     
 1903 26 NYY AL  554  376   63   4.4    87| .267  .270| .326  .320| .392  .365| .718  .685| 109  .597   6.4   0.7     
 1904 27 NYY AL  612  423   61   3.8    77| .263  .257| .314  .309| .354  .337| .668  .647| 107  .586   5.0   0.6     
 1905 28 NYY AL  533  373   49   3.5    80| .228  .260| .306  .321| .343  .339| .649  .659|  97  .554  -1.4  -0.2     
 1906 29 NYY AL  571  383   63   4.4    82| .277  .267| .342  .324| .373  .342| .715  .666| 115  .636   9.8   1.1     
 1907 30 NYY AL  551  379   57   4.0    77| .270  .263| .319  .319| .359  .329| .678  .648| 109  .614   4.1   0.5     
 1908 31 SLB AL  619  434   53   3.3    69| .236  .247| .310  .304| .321  .314| .631  .618| 104  .550   3.5   0.4     
 1909 32 SLB AL  415  311   22   1.9    68| .195  .245| .257  .304| .235  .310| .492  .614|  60  .293 -16.8  -2.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     6112 4095  741   4.8    86| .275  .270| .337  .327| .397  .352| .734  .680| 115  .630 101.9  10.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1899 22 PIT NL 3B 152 251 354 66 14 .902 .903 3.98 3.52 1900 23 PIT NL 3B 103 153 254 51 21 .889 .895 3.95 3.74 SS 4 3 11 3 1 .824 .921 3.50 5.75 1901 24 BLA AL 2B 130 339 412 52 47 .935 .935 5.78 5.65 1902 25 BLA AL 2B 104 248 332 34 46 .945 .948 5.58 5.27 3B 19 27 37 14 1 .821 .912 3.37 3.52 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.70 1903 26 NYY AL 2B 132 266 438 32 59 .957 .943 5.33 5.04 1904 27 NYY AL 2B 146 315 465 40 52 .951 .954 5.34 5.04 1905 28 NYY AL 2B 129 335 332 25 51 .964 .952 5.17 4.91 1906 29 NYY AL 2B 139 326 412 32 34 .958 .954 5.31 5.19 1907 30 NYY AL 2B 139 357 393 26 45 .966 .954 5.40 5.30 1908 31 SLB AL 2B 148 352 445 31 50 .963 .951 5.39 5.11 1909 32 SLB AL 2B 109 221 280 20 42 .962 .953 4.60 4.83
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1902 25 BLA AL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.70 1901 24 BLA AL 2B 130 339 412 52 47 .935 .935 5.78 5.65 1902 25 BLA AL 2B 104 248 332 34 46 .945 .948 5.58 5.27 1903 26 NYY AL 2B 132 266 438 32 59 .957 .943 5.33 5.04 1904 27 NYY AL 2B 146 315 465 40 52 .951 .954 5.34 5.04 1905 28 NYY AL 2B 129 335 332 25 51 .964 .952 5.17 4.91 1906 29 NYY AL 2B 139 326 412 32 34 .958 .954 5.31 5.19 1907 30 NYY AL 2B 139 357 393 26 45 .966 .954 5.40 5.30 1908 31 SLB AL 2B 148 352 445 31 50 .963 .951 5.39 5.11 1909 32 SLB AL 2B 109 221 280 20 42 .962 .953 4.60 4.83 1899 22 PIT NL 3B 152 251 354 66 14 .902 .903 3.98 3.52 1900 23 PIT NL 3B 103 153 254 51 21 .889 .895 3.95 3.74 1902 25 BLA AL 3B 19 27 37 14 1 .821 .912 3.37 3.52 1900 23 PIT NL SS 4 3 11 3 1 .824 .921 3.50 5.75
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 1176 2759 3509 292 426 .955 .949 5.33 5.15 3B 274 431 645 131 36 .891 .900 3.93 3.60 SS 4 3 11 3 1 .824 .921 3.50 5.75 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.70 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1455 3193 4165 426 463 .945 .942 5.06 4.87
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.

Batting Average
1899 NL-.355-5

On-base %
1899 NL-.417-7
1901 AL-.388-8

Slugging %
1899 NL-.535-3
1901 AL-.495-4
1902 AL-.500-7

OPS
1899 NL-.952-4
1901 AL-.883-5
1902 AL-.861-6

Games
1899 NL-152-4

At Bats
1899 NL-617-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1899 NL-689-4

Runs
1899 NL-126-5
1901 AL-113-3

Hits
1899 NL-219-3

Total Bases
1899 NL-330-3
1901 AL-248-5
1902 AL-249-6

Doubles
1899 NL-28-6
1903 AL-30-10
1904 AL-31-4
1906 AL-25-7

Triples
1899 NL-28-1
1901 AL-21-1
1902 AL-21-1
1903 AL-12-10
1907 AL-11-5
Car-139-65

Home Runs
1899 NL-9-3
1901 AL-7-7
1902 AL-8-7
1905 AL-6-3
1906 AL-3-8
1908 AL-4-6

RBI
1899 NL-116-3
1901 AL-96-5
1902 AL-83-10
1903 AL-82-7
1904 AL-74-7
1906 AL-77-4
1907 AL-63-9

Bases on Balls
1901 AL-56-8
1905 AL-50-9
1908 AL-55-8

Singles
1899 NL-154-10

Adjusted OPS+
1899 NL-161-4
1901 AL-140-6
1902 AL-133-6

Runs Created
1899 NL-136-2
1901 AL-96-5
1902 AL-90-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1899 NL-50-4
1901 AL-27-7
1902 AL-19-9

Batting Wins
1899 NL-4.9-4
1901 AL-2.7-5
1902 AL-1.9-9

Extra-Base Hits
1899 NL-65-3
1901 AL-54-4
1902 AL-56-6
1903 AL-45-9
1906 AL-35-10

Times on Base
1899 NL-285-5
1901 AL-217-9

Offensive Win%
1899 NL-.784-4
1901 AL-.715-5
1902 AL-.700-6

Power/Speed Number
1899 NL-13.4-5
1901 AL-10.5-6
1902 AL-10.2-6
1905 AL-8.4-6

At Bats per Home Run
1899 NL-68.6-5
1901 AL-71.6-7
1902 AL-62.3-9
1905 AL-78.3-2
1908 AL-134.8-8

Outs
1908 AL-434-10

       

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 95 (236) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.9 (692) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 27.0 (633) (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.


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  4. Heinie Zimmerman (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Charlie Gehringer (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bobby Wallace (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bobby Wallace (963) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bobby Wallace (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bobby Wallace (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobby Wallace (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bobby Wallace (956) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1899 Season: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Kansas City (Western).

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Baltimore Orioles.

November 5, 1907: Traded by the New York Highlanders with Hobe Ferris and Danny Hoffman to the St. Louis Browns for Fred Glade, Charlie Hemphill, and Harry Niles.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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