Billy Williams
1959–1976 · bats L / throws R · Chicago Cubs, NLS, Athletics
2,488G
.290AVG
.361OBP
.492SLG
More career statistics
2,711H
426HR
1,475RBI
90SB
19Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 1,046 | 1,047 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,475 | 1,474 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,488 | 10,519 | 9,350 | 1,410 | 2,711 | 434 | 88 | 426 | 1,475 | 1,045 | 1,046 | 90 | 49 | 43 | 73 | 4,599 | .290 | .361 | .492 | .853 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1972-08-19 to 1972-09-09
32longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Natural Cycle | 1966-07-17 | 1 in 17,361 games | box score ↗ |
| 79 | Four-Double Game | 1969-04-09 | 1 in 3,923 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1972-09-12 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1248 | 5275 | 1413 | 245 | 792 | 536 | 464 | .302 | .369 | .525 |
| Away | 1240 | 5244 | 1298 | 181 | 682 | 509 | 583 | .278 | .345 | .459 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 275 | 1187 | 284 | 30 | 138 | 109 | 139 | .266 | .331 | .413 |
| May | 424 | 1823 | 485 | 79 | 260 | 201 | 192 | .303 | .376 | .520 |
| June | 447 | 1878 | 496 | 82 | 277 | 188 | 165 | .297 | .364 | .512 |
| July | 460 | 1956 | 533 | 80 | 292 | 192 | 172 | .307 | .371 | .514 |
| August | 465 | 1983 | 498 | 77 | 265 | 188 | 186 | .281 | .346 | .474 |
| September | 396 | 1608 | 393 | 74 | 228 | 159 | 178 | .275 | .343 | .489 |
| October | 21 | 84 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 15 | .293 | .357 | .520 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 257 | 1103 | 293 | 31 | 140 | 104 | 103 | .297 | .360 | .465 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 251 | 1078 | 285 | 38 | 140 | 98 | 106 | .295 | .355 | .499 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 240 | 1036 | 271 | 44 | 155 | 90 | 116 | .289 | .348 | .514 |
| new-york-mets | 226 | 960 | 230 | 34 | 122 | 88 | 95 | .269 | .331 | .446 |
| san-francisco-giants | 221 | 947 | 268 | 57 | 154 | 78 | 103 | .312 | .365 | .570 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 220 | 924 | 240 | 27 | 107 | 84 | 103 | .289 | .351 | .454 |
| cincinnati-reds | 215 | 927 | 247 | 53 | 151 | 104 | 67 | .306 | .379 | .561 |
| houston-astros | 196 | 857 | 238 | 32 | 118 | 69 | 89 | .306 | .358 | .502 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 |  Chicago Cubs | 18 | 33 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .152 | – | – |
| 1960 | Chicago Cubs | 12 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 7 | – | .277 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago Cubs | 146 | 529 | 147 | 25 | 86 | 6 | .278 | – | – |
| 1962 | Chicago Cubs | 159 | 618 | 184 | 22 | 91 | 9 | .298 | – | – |
| 1963 | Chicago Cubs | 161 | 612 | 175 | 25 | 94 | 7 | .286 | – | – |
| 1964 | Chicago Cubs | 162 | 645 | 201 | 33 | 98 | 10 | .312 | – | – |
| 1965 | Chicago Cubs | 164 | 645 | 203 | 34 | 108 | 10 | .315 | – | – |
| 1966 | Chicago Cubs | 162 | 648 | 179 | 29 | 91 | 6 | .276 | – | – |
| 1967 | Chicago Cubs | 162 | 634 | 176 | 28 | 84 | 6 | .278 | – | – |
| 1968 | Chicago Cubs | 163 | 642 | 185 | 30 | 98 | 4 | .288 | – | – |
| 1969 | Chicago Cubs | 163 | 642 | 188 | 21 | 95 | 3 | .293 | – | – |
| 1970 | Chicago Cubs | 161 | 636 | 205 | 42 | 129 | 7 | .322 | – | – |
| 1971 | Chicago Cubs | 157 | 594 | 179 | 28 | 93 | 7 | .301 | – | – |
| 1972 | Chicago Cubs | 150 | 574 | 191 | 37 | 122 | 3 | .333 | – | – |
| 1973 | Chicago Cubs | 156 | 576 | 166 | 20 | 86 | 4 | .288 | – | – |
| 1974 | Chicago Cubs | 117 | 404 | 113 | 16 | 68 | 4 | .280 | – | – |
| 1975 |  Athletics | 155 | 520 | 127 | 23 | 81 | – | .244 | – | – |
| 1976 | Athletics | 120 | 351 | 74 | 11 | 41 | 4 | .211 | – | – |