Dick Williams
1951–1964 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics
1,023G
.260AVG
.312OBP
.392SLG
More career statistics
768H
70HR
331RBI
12SB
2Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 21 | 25 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 392 | 394 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,023 | 3,265 | 2,959 | 358 | 768 | 157 | 12 | 70 | 331 | 227 | 392 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 25 | 1,159 | .260 | .312 | .392 | .704 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1960-08-05 to 1960-08-18
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1959-06-09 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1960-08-08 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1958-08-09 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 496 | 1514 | 353 | 38 | 163 | 112 | 185 | .260 | .307 | .409 |
| Away | 527 | 1751 | 415 | 32 | 168 | 115 | 209 | .259 | .303 | .377 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 72 | 250 | 57 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 20 | .248 | .280 | .365 |
| May | 165 | 493 | 101 | 8 | 53 | 35 | 65 | .226 | .276 | .360 |
| June | 195 | 618 | 146 | 13 | 54 | 52 | 70 | .265 | .320 | .387 |
| July | 208 | 627 | 154 | 17 | 71 | 33 | 70 | .267 | .298 | .413 |
| August | 199 | 676 | 167 | 15 | 72 | 55 | 76 | .276 | .328 | .414 |
| September | 181 | 593 | 141 | 15 | 63 | 39 | 93 | .260 | .304 | .387 |
| October | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .375 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 126 | 408 | 92 | 13 | 47 | 30 | 51 | .249 | .299 | .398 |
| chicago-white-sox | 122 | 401 | 97 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 45 | .263 | .304 | .377 |
| detroit-tigers | 117 | 422 | 94 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 61 | .237 | .261 | .338 |
| boston-red-sox | 106 | 372 | 88 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 39 | .260 | .298 | .360 |
| cleveland-guardians | 102 | 360 | 77 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 52 | .248 | .333 | .387 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 86 | 346 | 100 | 10 | 42 | 23 | 33 | .321 | .355 | .490 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 71 | 232 | 61 | 7 | 26 | 15 | 15 | .293 | .328 | .476 |
| baltimore-orioles | 63 | 205 | 48 | 8 | 30 | 20 | 28 | .270 | .332 | .483 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 23 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 5 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1952 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 36 | 68 | 21 | – | 11 | – | .309 | – | – |
| 1953 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 30 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 5 | – | .218 | – | – |
| 1954 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | .147 | – | – |
| 1956 | Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Dodgers | 94 | 360 | 103 | 11 | 37 | 5 | .286 | – | – |
| 1957 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians | 114 | 372 | 97 | 7 | 34 | 3 | .261 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Baltimore Orioles | 128 | 409 | 113 | 4 | 32 | – | .276 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Kansas City Athletics | 130 | 488 | 130 | 16 | 75 | 4 | .266 | – | – |
| 1960 | Kansas City Athletics | 127 | 420 | 121 | 12 | 65 | – | .288 | – | – |
| 1961 | Baltimore Orioles | 103 | 310 | 64 | 8 | 24 | – | .206 | – | – |
| 1962 | Baltimore Orioles | 82 | 178 | 44 | 1 | 18 | – | .247 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Boston Red Sox | 79 | 136 | 35 | 2 | 12 | – | .257 | – | – |
| 1964 | Boston Red Sox | 61 | 69 | 11 | 5 | 11 | – | .159 | – | – |