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Eddie Williams
Edward Laquan Williams

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 18, 1986
  vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 27, 1998
Born November 1, 1964 in Shreveport, LA

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed July 11, 1983. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 21 CLE AL   5    7    2    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .143  .143  .143  -21    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1987 22 CLE AL  22   64    9   11   4  0   1    4   0  0   9  19  .172  .280  .281   50   18   0   1   0   1   2
 1988 23 CLE AL  10   21    3    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .190  .227  .190   18    4   1   0   0   1   1
 1989 24 CHW AL  66  201   25   55   8  0   3   10   1  2  18  31  .274  .341  .358  101   72   3   3   3   4   4
 1990 25 SDP NL  14   42    5   12   3  0   3    4   0  1   5   6  .286  .362  .571  152   24   0   0   2   0   1
 1994 29 SDP NL  49  175   32   58  11  1  11   42   0  1  15  26  .331  .392  .594  156  104   2   1   1   3  10
 1995 30 SDP NL  97  296   35   77  11  1  12   47   0  0  23  47  .260  .320  .426   98  126   0   2   0   4  21
 1996 31 DET AL  77  215   22   43   5  0   6   26   0  2  18  50  .200  .267  .307   45   66   0   1   0   2   8
 1997 32 TOT NL  38   96   12   23   5  0   3   12   1  0  11  25  .240  .327  .385   85   37   1   1   2   2   2
         LAD NL   8    7    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   1  .143  .250  .143   10    1   0   0   1   0   0
         PIT NL  30   89   12   22   5  0   3   11   1  0  10  24  .247  .333  .404   90   36   1   1   1   2   2
 1998 33 SDP NL  17   28    1    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   2   6  .143  .194  .143   -6    4   0   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     395 1145  146  288  47  2  39  150   2  6 101 216  .252  .319  .398   90  456   7  10   8  17  50
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        470   60  118  19  1  16   62   1  2  41  89  .252  .319  .398   90  187   3   4   3   7  21
 Career High     97  296   35   77  11  1  12   47   1  2  23  50  .331  .392  .594  156  126   3   3   3   4  21
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 21 CLE AL    7    6    0   0.0    99| .143  .259| .143  .327| .143  .404| .286  .731| -21  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1987 22 CLE AL   75   56    5   2.4   106| .172  .265| .280  .333| .281  .426| .561  .759|  50  .206  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1988 23 CLE AL   23   19    1   1.4    96| .190  .262| .227  .327| .190  .394| .417  .721|  18  .110  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1989 24 CHW AL  229  158   25   4.2    91| .274  .257| .341  .322| .358  .379| .699  .700| 101  .489   0.9   0.1  33%
 1990 25 SDP NL   47   32    8   6.7    99| .286  .266| .362  .332| .571  .399| .933  .731| 152  .683   2.9   0.3   0%
 1994 29 SDP NL  196  131   36   7.4   107| .331  .271| .392  .337| .594  .424| .986  .761| 156  .677  14.2   1.3   0%
 1995 30 SDP NL  325  242   34   3.8   104| .260  .267| .320  .336| .426  .416| .746  .752|  98  .388  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1996 31 DET AL  236  183   16   2.4   116| .200  .277| .267  .350| .307  .445| .574  .795|  45  .170 -19.1  -1.7   0%
 1997 32 TOT NL  111   77   13   4.5   110| .240  .273| .327  .345| .385  .429| .712  .774|  85  .466  -2.1  -0.2 100%
         LAD NL    8    6    0   0.0   102| .143  .262| .250  .333| .143  .411| .393  .744|  10  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         PIT NL  103   71   13   4.9   111| .247  .274| .333  .346| .404  .430| .737  .777|  90  .504  -1.2  -0.1 100%
 1998 33 SDP NL   31   26    1   1.0   100| .143  .259| .194  .328| .143  .409| .337  .737|  -6  .055  -4.1  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1280  930  139   4.0   104| .252  .268| .319  .336| .398  .416| .717  .753|  90  .410 -17.0  -1.5  25%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 21 CLE AL LF 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.77 0.00 2.25 0 8.0 1987 22 CLE AL 3B 22 17 37 1 6 .982 .952 2.45 2.31 2.98 2.77 18 163.0 1988 23 CLE AL 3B 10 3 18 0 0 1.000 .955 2.10 2.36 2.86 2.71 7 66.0 1989 24 CHW AL 3B 65 37 123 16 21 .909 .943 2.46 2.34 2.67 2.73 61 538.7 1990 25 SDP NL 3B 13 5 21 3 2 .897 .945 2.00 2.31 2.27 2.73 12 103.0 1994 29 SDP NL 1B 46 383 29 5 28 .988 .992 8.96 8.11 9.95 9.73 45 372.7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 5.0 1995 30 SDP NL 1B 81 571 48 7 53 .989 .993 7.64 8.36 9.15 9.70 77 608.7 1996 31 DET AL DH 52 1B 7 22 1 0 7 1.000 .991 3.29 7.91 7.96 9.24 2 26.0 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.17 1.50 2.55 0 6.0 RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 2.25 2.17 2 12.0 1997 32 PIT NL 1B 26 201 8 2 18 .991 .993 8.04 8.16 10.02 9.52 23 187.7 1998 33 SDP NL 1B 7 47 3 0 3 1.000 .992 7.14 8.01 10.47 9.46 6 43.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1994 29 SDP NL 1B 46 383 29 5 28 .988 .992 8.96 8.11 9.95 9.73 45 372.7 1995 30 SDP NL 1B 81 571 48 7 53 .989 .993 7.64 8.36 9.15 9.70 77 608.7 1996 31 DET AL 1B 7 22 1 0 7 1.000 .991 3.29 7.91 7.96 9.24 2 26.0 1997 32 PIT NL 1B 26 201 8 2 18 .991 .993 8.04 8.16 10.02 9.52 23 187.7 1998 33 SDP NL 1B 7 47 3 0 3 1.000 .992 7.14 8.01 10.47 9.46 6 43.0 1987 22 CLE AL 3B 22 17 37 1 6 .982 .952 2.45 2.31 2.98 2.77 18 163.0 1988 23 CLE AL 3B 10 3 18 0 0 1.000 .955 2.10 2.36 2.86 2.71 7 66.0 1989 24 CHW AL 3B 65 37 123 16 21 .909 .943 2.46 2.34 2.67 2.73 61 538.7 1990 25 SDP NL 3B 13 5 21 3 2 .897 .945 2.00 2.31 2.27 2.73 12 103.0 1994 29 SDP NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 5.0 1996 31 DET AL 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.17 1.50 2.55 0 6.0 1996 31 DET AL DH 52 1986 21 CLE AL LF 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.77 0.00 2.25 0 8.0 1986 21 CLE AL OF 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.05 0.00 2.36 0 8.0 1996 31 DET AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.00 2.25 2.40 2 12.0 1996 31 DET AL RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 2.25 2.17 2 12.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 167 1224 89 14 109 .989 .993 7.86 8.23 9.55 9.66 153 1238.0 3B* 114 62 200 20 29 .929 .946 2.30 2.33 2.67 2.73 98 881.7 DH 52 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 2.03 1.35 2.38 2 20.0 4 0 2# LF* 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.77 0.00 2.25 0 8.0 RF* 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 2.25 2.17 2 12.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 287 1289 289 34 138 .979 .985 5.50 5.75 6.64 6.74 253 2140
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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.

Grounded into Double Plays
1995 NL-21-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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Transactions 

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed July 11, 1983.

June 15, 1984: Traded by the New York Mets with Matt Bullinger (minors) and Jay Tibbs to the Cincinnati Reds for Bruce Berenyi.

December 10, 1985: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1985 rule 5 draft.

January 23, 1989: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Joel Davis and Ed Wojna.

October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

December 2, 1990: Purchased by the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (Japan Pacific) from the San Diego Padres.

February 16, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

May 14, 1992: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

November 30, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

April 19, 1993: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

December 17, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

December 21, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 2, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 15, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

November 18, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

August 9, 1997: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Hal Garrett (minors).

October 15, 1997: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

January 13, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

September 11, 1998: Released by the San Diego Padres.

December 15, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1987Cleveland Indians$62,500
1994San Diego Padres$140,000
1995San Diego Padres$230,000
1996Detroit Tigers$350,000
1997Pittsburgh Pirates$250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,032,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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