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Mark Fidrych League
4-1-2158
Sonny Williams Right Field
Retired (1959, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .245 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .742 Status Deceased (2002) Option Years 0  
H 865 Age at Death 78 Date of Birth 08-10-1924
HR 185 Drafted Round 2, Pick 20
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 10 years
(2 games)
RBI 565
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D+ Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 1
1B B- (53.5%) LF A+ (98.4%) Arm A- WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF A+ (98.1%)   Health LCS Appearances 3
3B D+ (26.9%) RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 RF BRO-NYA 104 103 899.2 215 210 1 4 0 -3 2.11 .981
1B BRO-NYA 25 16 158.0 180 174 5 1 23 +1 10.20 .994
SS BRO-NYA 2 2 18.0 13 5 7 1 2 -2 6.00 .923
1951 RF NYA 140 140 1265.1 273 270 1 2 0 -7 1.93 .993
1952 RF NYA-BRO 108 106 940.1 210 207 1 2 0 -2 1.99 .990
CF NYA-BRO 19 19 175.0 55 54 0 1 0 0 2.78 .982
1B NYA-BRO 14 12 107.0 132 123 9 0 11 0 11.10 1.000
LF NYA-BRO 7 7 59.0 12 12 0 0 0 -3 1.83 1.000
1953 RF BRO 95 94 839.1 190 186 2 2 0 +4 2.02 .989
LF BRO 49 49 427.0 112 111 0 1 0 -1 2.34 .991
CF BRO 4 4 31.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.03 1.000
1B BRO 1 1 8.1 5 5 0 0 0 0 5.40 1.000
1954 CF BRO 62 57 499.1 151 148 0 3 0 +3 2.67 .980
RF BRO 25 22 193.1 45 45 0 0 0 +1 2.09 1.000
LF BRO 13 13 116.0 29 29 0 0 0 +1 2.25 1.000
1B BRO 2 2 18.0 23 23 0 0 1 0 11.50 1.000
2B BRO 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 18.00 1.000
1955 CF BRO 43 31 291.1 87 84 1 2 0 +2 2.63 .977
RF BRO 27 26 234.1 56 55 0 1 0 +4 2.11 .982
1B BRO 3 2 18.0 21 21 0 0 1 0 10.50 1.000
LF BRO 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
2B BRO 1 1 15.0 8 2 5 1 2 0 4.20 .875
SS BRO 1 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 2.00 1.000
1956 RF BRO-NYA 52 35 337.2 79 74 1 4 0 -1 2.00 .949
CF BRO-NYA 20 10 105.0 21 20 1 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
1B BRO-NYA 2 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1957 3B NYA 61 61 534.1 191 42 142 7 8 -12 3.10 .963
LF NYA 14 8 84.0 27 25 2 0 0 0 2.89 1.000
CF NYA 11 5 59.2 17 16 1 0 0 0 2.56 1.000
RF NYA 13 4 47.2 15 13 1 1 0 0 2.64 .933
1958 CF NYA-PHI 15 15 137.2 34 32 1 1 0 0 2.16 .971
RF NYA-PHI 11 9 82.0 12 11 0 1 0 0 1.21 .917
LF NYA-PHI 4 4 34.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 2.12 1.000
3B NYA-PHI 3 3 25.0 4 1 2 1 0 +1 1.08 .750
1959 RF PHI-NYA 11 11 95.2 22 21 0 1 0 0 1.98 .955
CF PHI-NYA 3 3 29.0 8 7 1 0 1 -1 2.48 1.000
LF PHI-NYA 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
Pos Total RF 586 550 4935.1 1117 1092 7 18 0 -4 2.00 .984
CF 177 144 1328.0 380 368 5 7 1 +4 2.53 .982
LF 91 85 756.0 195 192 2 1 0 -3 2.31 .995
3B 64 64 559.1 195 43 144 8 8 -11 3.01 .959
1B 47 33 313.1 365 350 14 1 36 +1 10.46 .997
SS 3 3 27.0 15 5 9 1 2 -3 4.67 .933
2B 2 1 16.0 10 4 5 1 2 0 5.06 .900
Total 970 880 7935.0 2277 2054 186 37 49 -16 2.54 .984
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Sonny Williams has retired from the New York Hitmen
1959-09-19The New York Hitmen have acquired Sonny Williams from the waiver wire.
1959-09-12The Philadelphia Force have designated Sonny Williams for assignment.
1958-04-21A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Force and the New York Hitmen. The New York Hitmen receive Jeff Rader, Danny Richar, Draft Pick - 1961 Round 1 (PHI), Draft Pick - 1959 Round 1 (CHN) from the Philadelphia Force in exchange for Sonny Williams, Yohanny Frey, Rick Touchstone, Bartolo Cairo, Mike Champion, Jim "The Green" Miles, Harry Sievers, Stan Warwick.
1956-04-10A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Hitmen. The New York Hitmen receive Sonny Williams, Draft Pick - 1957 Round 2 (BAL) from the Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Billy Rowe .
1952-05-20A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Ball Bashers and the New York Hitmen. The New York Hitmen receive Jim Silverio, Jim Corrales, Bob Taylor, Stan Warwick, Tommy Augustine, Bob Jenkins, Draft Pick - 1954 Round 3 (BRO), Draft Pick - 1955 Round 2 (BRO) from the Brooklyn Ball Bashers in exchange for Carl Erickson, Aaron Mahnke, Sonny Williams, John Altherr, Danny Staley.
1951-07-15Sonny Williams of the New York Hitmen is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1950-06-10A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Hitmen. The New York Hitmen receive Bobby Pipp, Sonny Williams, Tommy Augustine from the Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Guy Conger, Radhames Agnew, Jim Silverio.
1950-06-10The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Sonny Williams to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated Al Taylor for assignment.
1950-06-07The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Randy Scharein to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have sent Sonny Williams to the minors.
1950-06-03The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Sonny Williams to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have sent Tommy Augustine to the minors.
1950-06-01The Brooklyn Dodgers have sent Sonny Williams down to the minors.
1950-05-06The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Sonny Williams to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated Willis Curtis for assignment.
1950-05-06The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Trever Reyes to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have sent Sonny Williams to the minors.