Jim Williams
1933–1944 · bats R / throws R · ASW, BRN, CV9, DI1, Homestead Grays, IN4, IN5, NNL
402G
.310AVG
.357OBP
.416SLG
More career statistics
456H
10HR
247RBI
51SB
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 · Games | 402 | 290 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,470 | 1,065 |
| Batting · Doubles | 89 | 65 |
| Batting · Hits | 456 | 342 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 12 | 4 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,605 | 1,140 |
| Batting · Runs | 225 | 169 |
| Batting · RBI | 247 | 72 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 51 | 30 |
| Batting · Triples | 18 | 7 |
| Batting · Walks | 96 | 63 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402 | 1,605 | 1,470 | 225 | 456 | 89 | 18 | 10 | 247 | 96 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 611 | .310 | .357 | .416 | .773 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1941-08-31 to 1942-07-04
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1935-05-11 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1935-08-03 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 8 total bases | 1937-07-10 | 1 in 167 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 121 | 474 | 147 | 3 | 24 | 28 | 3 | .333 | .369 | .444 |
| Away | 169 | 666 | 195 | 7 | 48 | 35 | 1 | .312 | .345 | .409 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 7 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .300 | .321 |
| May | 77 | 305 | 97 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 1 | .340 | .370 | .453 |
| June | 62 | 219 | 60 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | .293 | .324 | .361 |
| July | 71 | 292 | 85 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 0 | .310 | .342 | .416 |
| August | 49 | 192 | 57 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 0 | .318 | .359 | .447 |
| September | 22 | 91 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .369 | .407 | .476 |
| October | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .545 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 53 | 208 | 53 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 0 | .266 | .293 | .347 |
| newark-eagles | 36 | 137 | 44 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | .346 | .401 | .433 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 34 | 147 | 50 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .357 | .388 | .443 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 31 | 105 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .366 | .400 | .473 |
| chicago-american-giants | 20 | 74 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .271 | .284 | .329 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 18 | 84 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .296 | .321 | .432 |
| NSH | 17 | 63 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .429 | .533 |
| WEG | 17 | 69 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .365 | .406 | .460 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | DI1, Homestead Grays | 28 | 111 | 33 | – | 5 | 4 | .297 | – | – |
| 1935 | BRN, NW1 | 49 | 176 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 10 | .318 | – | – |
| 1936 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 25 | 96 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .406 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Homestead Grays | 44 | 189 | 66 | 2 | 13 | 3 | .349 | – | – |
| 1938 | Homestead Grays | 36 | 140 | 46 | – | 11 | – | .329 | – | – |
| 1939 | TLC | 15 | 55 | 11 | – | 3 | 1 | .200 | – | – |
| 1940 | CV9, New York Black Yankees | 28 | 94 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .213 | – | – |
| 1941 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 21 | 63 | 24 | – | 5 | 4 | .381 | – | – |
| 1942 | NCNew York Cubans | 19 | 57 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .439 | – | – |
| 1944 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 25 | 84 | 22 | – | 8 | 4 | .262 | – | – |