Billy Williams

Billy Williams

1959–1976 · Bats L · Throws R · 6'1", 175 lb · b. 1938 Whistler, AL

Career 2,488 G · 2,711 H · 426 HR · 1,475 RBI · .290 AVG

Seasons leading his league

8

6 best in baseball 2 league only

53 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

6 Categories led

1972 Best season

Spanning 1968–1972, peaking at 4 titles in 1972.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons ×3

Team records #3 Cubs career HR #3 Cubs career H #4 Cubs career RBI #4 Cubs career R #8 Cubs career OPS

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

693rd League titles 8
389th Best in baseball 6
337th Top-5 finishes 53

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

44th Total Bases 4,599
53rd Home Runs 426
59th Runs Batted In 1,475
68th Hits 2,711
95th Runs 1,410
107th Walks 1,045
120th Outfield Putouts 3,562
134th Outfield Assists 143
140th Doubles 434
149th Slugging Percentage .492
180th On-Base Plus Slug. .853
228th Triples 88
354th Outfield Fielding Percentage .974
399th Batting Average .290
433rd On-Base Percentage .361
459th Outfield Range Factor 1.77

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Total Bases	3	1st	—	1970 373 1972 348 1968 NL 321 1964 #3 1965 #2
Slugging Percentage	1	1st	—	1972 .606 1965 #3 1968 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	1	1st	—	1972 NL 1.005 1965 #3
Runs	1	1st	—	1970 137
Hits	1	1st	—	1970 205 1964 #3 1965 #3 1972 #3
Batting Average	1	1st	—	1972 .333
Outfield Fielding Percentage	—	#3	—	1967 #3 1970 #3
Outfield Assists	—	#2	—	1969 #2
Triples	—	#2	—	1967 #2 1969 #3
Doubles	—	#2	—	1963 #3 1964 #3 1965 #2 1969 #3
On-Base Percentage	—	#2	—	1972 #2
Runs Batted In	—	#2	—	1968 #2 1970 #2 1972 #2
Home Runs	—	#2	—	1964 #2 1965 #3 1970 #2 1972 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1972	4	AVG .333 OPS 1.005 SLG .606 TB 348
1970	3	H 205 R 137 TB 373
1968	1	TB 321

Batting

led the league 18 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1959	CHN	NL	18	33	0	5	0	1	0	2	1	7	0	.152	.177	.212	.389
1960	CHN	NL	12	47	4	13	0	2	2	7	5	12	0	.277	.346	.489	.836
1961	CHN	NL	146	529	75	147	20	7	25	86	45	70	6	.278	.338	.484	.822
1962	CHN	NL	159	618	94	184	22	8	22	91	70	72	9	.298	.369	.466	.835
1963	CHN	NL	161	612	87	175	36	9	25	95	68	78	7	.286	.358	.497	.854
1964	CHN	NL	162	645	100	201	39	2	33	98	59	84	10	.312	.370	.532	.901
1965	CHN	NL	164	645	115	203	39	6	34	108	65	76	10	.315	.377	.552	.929
1966	CHN	NL	162	648	100	179	23	5	29	91	69	61	6	.276	.347	.461	.808
1967	CHN	NL	162	634	92	176	21	12	28	84	68	67	6	.278	.347	.481	.828
1968	CHN	NL	163	642	91	185	30	8	30	98	48	53	4	.288	.336	.500	.836
1969	CHN	NL	163	642	103	188	33	10	21	95	59	70	3	.293	.355	.474	.828
1970	CHN	NL	161	636	137	205	34	4	42	129	72	65	7	.322	.391	.587	.977
1971	CHN	NL	157	594	86	179	27	5	28	93	77	44	7	.301	.383	.505	.888
1972	CHN	NL	150	574	95	191	34	6	37	122	62	59	3	.333	.399	.606	1.005
1973	CHN	NL	156	576	72	166	22	2	20	86	76	72	4	.288	.369	.438	.806
1974	CHN	NL	117	404	55	113	22	0	16	68	67	44	4	.280	.382	.453	.835
1975	OAK	AL	155	520	68	127	20	1	23	81	76	68	0	.244	.341	.419	.760
1976	OAK	AL	120	351	36	74	12	0	11	41	58	44	4	.211	.320	.339	.659
Career	—	—	2,488	9,350	1,410	2,711	434	88	426	1,475	1,045	1,046	90	.290	.361	.492	.853

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1959	CHN	NL	OF	10	7	65.0	18	0	0	0	18	1.000	1.80
1960	CHN	NL	OF	12	12	109.2	25	0	1	0	26	.962	2.08
1961	CHN	NL	OF	135	133	1179.1	220	9	11	3	240	.954	1.70
1962	CHN	NL	OF	159	159	1412.1	273	18	10	4	301	.967	1.83
1963	CHN	NL	OF	160	160	1439.0	298	13	4	2	315	.987	1.94
1964	CHN	NL	OF	162	161	1436.0	233	14	13	0	260	.950	1.53
1965	CHN	NL	OF	164	164	1472.0	296	10	10	2	316	.968	1.87
1966	CHN	NL	OF	162	162	1451.0	319	9	8	3	336	.976	2.03
1967	CHN	NL	OF	162	162	1444.0	271	3	3	1	277	.989	1.69
1968	CHN	NL	OF	163	163	1447.1	261	4	9	0	274	.967	1.63
1969	CHN	NL	OF	159	159	1403.0	250	15	12	2	277	.957	1.67
1970	CHN	NL	OF	160	159	1382.0	259	13	3	1	275	.989	1.70
1971	CHN	NL	OF	154	152	1343.0	284	8	7	3	299	.977	1.90
1972	CHN	NL	OF	144	142	1255.0	233	9	4	0	246	.984	1.68
			1B	5	5	43.0	42	4	0	5	46	1.000	9.20
1973	CHN	NL	OF	138	132	1136.0	253	14	4	1	271	.985	1.94
			1B	19	19	159.1	167	20	2	14	189	.989	9.84
1974	CHN	NL	1B	65	64	557.0	566	49	9	48	624	.986	9.46
			OF	43	41	343.1	69	4	2	2	75	.973	1.70
1975	OAK	AL	1B	7	5	36.0	30	3	1	5	34	.971	4.71
1976	OAK	AL	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
Career	—	—	OF	2,088	2,068	18320.0	3,562	143	101	24	3,806	.974	1.77
	—	—	1B	96	93	795.1	805	76	12	72	893	.987	9.18