Earl Williams

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: July 14, 1948 in Newark, NJ us

Died: January 28, 2013 in Somerset, NJ

Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, NJ

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Braves in the 1st round (6th) of the 1965 MLB August Legion Draft from Montclair HS (Montclair, NJ).

High School: Montclair HS (Montclair, NJ)

School: Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)

Debut: September 13, 1970 (Age 22-061d, 13,076th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1977 (Age 29-073d)
vs. TEX 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Earl Craig Williams

Nicknames: Big Money

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Rookie of the Year

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

3058

756

138

.247

361

RBI

457

OBP

.318

SLG

.424

OPS

.742

OPS+

106

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 10 (2)	OAK		MIN	L,1-7	GS	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B C
2	5 (1)	Apr 12	OAK		CAL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	6	Apr 13	OAK		CAL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	7	Apr 14	OAK		CAL	W,8-7	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	8	Apr 15	OAK	@	MIN	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
6	12 (3)	Apr 20	OAK		MIL	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
7	13	Apr 22	OAK		CHW	L,2-8	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
8	14	Apr 23	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	15	Apr 24 (1)	OAK		CHW	L,5-12	GS	49	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C 1B
10	16	Apr 24 (2)	OAK		CHW	W,11-4	GF	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
11	17	Apr 25	OAK	@	CAL	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
12	18	Apr 26	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	DH 1B
13	19	Apr 27	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-5	GS	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C 1B
14	20	Apr 29	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-7	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	DH 1B
15	21	Apr 30	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	22	May 1	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C 1B
17	23	May 2	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
18	25 (1)	May 5	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	DH 1B
19	28 (2)	May 8	OAK	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
20	34 (5)	May 16	OAK		NYY	W,8-4	GS	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C 1B
21	35	May 17	OAK		NYY	L,2-5	CG	60	15.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	36	May 19	OAK		SEA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
23	37	May 20	OAK		SEA	W,14-5	GS	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	C 1B
24	38	May 21	OAK		SEA	L,6-7	GS	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	C 1B
25	39	May 22	OAK		SEA	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	6	4	1	11	0	C
26	40	May 23	OAK	@	TOR	W,3-0	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	41	May 25	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-5	GS	46	10.0	9	2	1	12	0	C 1B
28	42	May 27	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
29	44 (1)	May 29	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	38	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C 1B
30	45	May 30	OAK	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
31	46	May 31	OAK	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	47	Jun 1	OAK	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	48	Jun 2	OAK	@	SEA	W,1-0	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C 1B
34	49	Jun 3	OAK		TOR	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C 1B
35	50	Jun 4	OAK		TOR	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
36	51	Jun 5	OAK		TOR	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	52	Jun 6	OAK		CLE	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
38	53	Jun 8	OAK		CLE	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
39	54	Jun 10	OAK		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	55	Jun 11	OAK		DET	L,1-5	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
41	62 (6)	Jun 19 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
42	64 (1)	Jun 21	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	68 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	OAK		KCR	W,7-3	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
44	69	Jun 26 (2)	OAK		KCR	L,3-9	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	79 (9)	Jul 6	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
46	80	Jul 7	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-8	GF	19	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
47	82 (1)	Jul 9	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	127 (44)	Aug 28	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	131 (3)	Sep 2	OAK	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
50	134 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,8-7	GS	30	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
51	143 (8)	Sep 15 (1)	OAK	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
52	144	Sep 15 (2)	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	7	1	0	8	4	1B
53	152 (7)	Sep 24	OAK		TEX	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
54	153	Sep 25 (1)	OAK		TEX	L,4-5	GS	50	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
							65gm		404.2	305	26	3	334	14