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Mike Williams Center Field
Retired (1969, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .238 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .628 Status Deceased (2006) Option Years 0  
H 544 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 11-17-1932
HR 36 Drafted Round 2, Pick 27
(1953)
Majors Svc Time 6 years
(127 games)
RBI 225
SB 33
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity   Mentor vR
Speed C- Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A- (81.3%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health LCS Appearances 1
3B (3.2%) RF A+ (93.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1953 Minors 21 27.00 3 / 4 1 / 1 4 / 4 6 / 6 4 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 5 23 / 27
1954 Minors 22 38.00 3 / 4 4 / 4 7 / 10 7 / 7 4 / 4 1 / 4 3 / 5 29 / 38
1955 Minors 23 35.00 5 / 7 5 / 7 2 / 4 5 / 6 4 / 5 1 / 2 1 / 4 23 / 35
1956 Minors 24 35.00 5 / 6 3 / 5 0 / 1 3 / 9 7 / 8 2 / 2 0 / 4 20 / 35
1957 Minors 25 34.00 1 / 5 0 / 4 2 / 2 2 / 7 2 / 4 3 / 4 1 / 8 11 / 34
1958 Majors 26 17.00 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 3 2 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 2 6 / 17
1959 Minors 27 13.00 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 2 / 13
1960 Minors 28 28.00 3 / 7 2 / 2 4 / 9 0 / 1 4 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 2 14 / 28
1960 Majors 28 11.92 54 6 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 3 / 11
1960 Pos (CF) 28 9.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 9
1961 Majors 29 3.36 12 3 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3
1962 Majors 30 14.50 48 28 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 2 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 14
1963 Majors 31 60.61 162 103 0 1 / 13 0 / 9 1 / 12 0 / 2 0 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 9 2 / 60
1964 Majors 32 57.18 162 87 0 1 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 10 1 / 57
1965 Majors 33 57.70 162 96 0 0 / 14 0 / 12 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 10 1 / 8 0 / 5 2 / 57
1966 Majors 34 55.16 162 92 0 -2 / 11 -1 / 9 -2 / 4 -3 / 3 -8 / 12 -4 / 12 -1 / 4 -21 / 55
1967 Majors 35 36.62 131 66 0 -2 / 4 -1 / 6 -1 / 4 -5 / 8 -2 / 4 0 / 7 -3 / 3 -14 / 36
1968 Majors 36 58.99 162 127 0 -2 / 11 -5 / 11 -1 / 7 -5 / 10 -7 / 6 -2 / 6 -2 / 7 -24 / 58
1969 Minors 37 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3
1969 Majors 37 5.98 44 4 0 -5 / 1 -6 / 1 -3 / 0 -6 / 0 -4 / 0 0 / 2 -1 / 1 -25 / 5
Total 1099 612 0 12 / 103 3 / 86 14 / 79 7 / 78 11 / 91 7 / 77 0 / 72 55 / 595
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1969-11-01Mike Williams has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1969-07-08The New York Times have waived Mike Williams.
1969-05-22The New York Times have designated Mike Williams for assignment.
1967-05-19The New York Times have promoted Mike Williams to the major league team. The New York Times have designated Kelvin Palmeiro for assignment.
1967-05-19The New York Times have acquired Mike Williams from the waiver wire.
1967-04-21The Brooklyn SweatHogs have waived Mike Williams.
1967-04-13The Brooklyn Bootleggers have promoted Logan Tyler to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bootleggers have promoted J.J. Hunderfield to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bootleggers have designated Mike Williams for assignment. The Brooklyn Bootleggers have designated Tom White for assignment.
1962-08-10The Pittsburgh Bootleggers have promoted Mike Williams to the major league team.
1962-08-10The Pittsburgh Bootleggers have acquired Mike Williams from the waiver wire.
1961-04-21The Atlanta BraveSox have waived Mike Williams.
1961-04-14The Atlanta BraveSox have promoted Craig Hubbard to the major league team. The Atlanta BraveSox have designated Mike Williams for assignment.
1960-08-03The Atlanta BraveSox have promoted Mike Williams to the major league team. The Atlanta BraveSox have designated Bubba Gumbert for assignment.
1959-09-04The Atlanta BraveSox have acquired Mike Williams from the waiver wire.
1959-06-08The Boston Sand Cats have waived Mike Williams.
1959-04-08The Boston Braves have acquired Mike Williams from the waiver wire.
1958-04-01The Chicago 1969ers have waived Mike Williams.
1951-08-06A trade has been completed between the Atlanta GreySox and the Chicago 1969ers. The Chicago 1969ers receive Draft Pick 1953 Round 2 ATL (Mike Williams), Draft Pick 1952 Round 2 ATL (Jim Abbott), Draft Pick 1953 Round 1 ATL (Garth Mullen), Draft Pick 1952 Round 1 ATL (Bobby Fox) from the Atlanta GreySox in exchange for Carney Landrith, Cesar Scott.