Ken Williams stats

Last played for the Boston Red Sox, 1929

Age 136

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Ken Williams played 14 MLB seasons, 1915 to 1929.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,397
AB
4,862
R
860
H
1,552
HR
196
RBI
860
SB
154
AVG
.319
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1915CIN712192253004.242
1916CIN102713001.111
1918BAL2100000.000
1919BAL652273268607.300
1920BAL14152190160107218.307
1921BAL1465471151902411720.347
1922BAL1535851281943915537.332
1923BAL147555106198299118.357
1924BAL11439878129188420.324
1925BAL102411831362510510.331
1926BAL108347559717745.280
1927BAL1314237013617749.322
1928BOS133462591408674.303
1929BOS7413921483211.345

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,616
TB
2,579
XBH
558
HBP
28
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1915CIN24371142000
1916CIN29300000
1918BAL2000000
1919BAL266106212000
1920BAL592250574000
1921BAL646307624000
1922BAL678367847000
1923BAL646346782000
1924BAL479212431000
1925BAL462252613000
1926BAL401177391000
1927BAL496222461000
1928BOS515191341000
1929BOS16175190000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
37.3
RC
1,011.3
RC/27
7.60
ISOP
.211
SECA
.338
BB/K
1.97
AB/HR
24.8
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1915CIN-0.122.13.4.0820.20.800
1916CIN-0.3-0.1-0.1.0000.10.400
1918BAL0.00.25.9.0001000
1919BAL1.843.16.8.1670.31.037.80
1920BAL3.393.46.4.1730.31.652.10
1921BAL5.1127.58.7.2140.41.822.80
1922BAL7.5145.99.3.2960.52.4150
1923BAL7.2142.110.2670.42.519.10
1924BAL4.191.88.5.2090.44.122.10
1925BAL3.895.28.8.2820.42.616.40
1926BAL1.664.16.5.2310.31.720.40
1927BAL3.389.87.8.2030.31.924.90
1928BOS0.068.85.4.1100.22.557.80
1929BOS0.028.77.5.1940.32.146.30

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
136 yearsJun 28, 1890
Debut
1915

What were Ken Williams's career stats?

Ken Williams played 14 seasons for the Reds, the Orioles and the Red Sox. He was a career .319 hitter with 1,552 hits, 196 home runs and 860 RBI. His best season was 1923: a .357 batting average, 29 home runs and 91 RBI.

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