Ken Williams
1915–1929 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns
1,398G
.319AVG
.393OBP
.530SLG
More career statistics
1,552H
196HR
913RBI
154SB
4Rare 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 · At bats | 4,862 | 4,865 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 106 | 126 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,552 | 1,555 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 287 | 294 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,616 | 5,624 |
| Batting · Runs | 862 | 864 |
| Batting · RBI | 913 | 943 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 154 | 159 |
| Batting · Walks | 566 | 567 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,398 | 5,616 | 4,862 | 862 | 1,552 | 285 | 77 | 196 | 913 | 566 | 287 | 154 | 106 | 28 | 0 | 2,579 | .319 | .393 | .530 | .923 |
Streaks
28longest hitting streak · 1922-07-27 to 1922-08-24
51longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Two Homers in an Inning | 1922-08-07 | 1 in 3,109 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1922-04-22 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1924-05-03 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 719 | 2876 | 834 | 142 | 569 | 303 | 150 | .338 | .395 | .600 |
| Away | 679 | 2748 | 721 | 54 | 374 | 264 | 144 | .301 | .358 | .459 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 129 | 523 | 150 | 23 | 90 | 42 | 30 | .321 | .367 | .520 |
| May | 264 | 1065 | 287 | 42 | 184 | 111 | 57 | .315 | .374 | .557 |
| June | 225 | 898 | 254 | 34 | 170 | 102 | 42 | .328 | .396 | .572 |
| July | 302 | 1216 | 326 | 41 | 210 | 119 | 54 | .311 | .366 | .519 |
| August | 273 | 1118 | 301 | 31 | 150 | 120 | 66 | .314 | .377 | .498 |
| September | 194 | 756 | 218 | 25 | 128 | 68 | 42 | .329 | .378 | .510 |
| October | 11 | 48 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .463 | .500 | .707 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 200 | 832 | 242 | 30 | 154 | 80 | 55 | .333 | .387 | .539 |
| chicago-white-sox | 188 | 759 | 195 | 31 | 118 | 84 | 31 | .299 | .368 | .502 |
| new-york-yankees | 188 | 763 | 201 | 34 | 122 | 80 | 39 | .303 | .368 | .544 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 188 | 784 | 222 | 28 | 144 | 79 | 48 | .328 | .384 | .558 |
| detroit-tigers | 185 | 746 | 216 | 27 | 141 | 77 | 35 | .339 | .393 | .575 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 184 | 707 | 202 | 27 | 112 | 70 | 38 | .325 | .385 | .540 |
| boston-red-sox | 154 | 671 | 195 | 17 | 123 | 74 | 23 | .346 | .401 | .554 |
| st-louis-browns | 30 | 90 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .333 | .356 | .462 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 |  Cincinnati Reds | 71 | 219 | 53 | – | 15 | 4 | .242 | – | – |
| 1916 | Cincinnati Reds | 10 | 27 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | .111 | – | – |
| 1918 |  St. Louis Browns | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1919 | St. Louis Browns | 65 | 227 | 68 | 6 | 36 | 7 | .300 | – | – |
| 1920 | St. Louis Browns | 141 | 520 | 161 | 10 | 75 | 19 | .310 | – | – |
| 1921 | St. Louis Browns | 146 | 548 | 190 | 24 | 124 | 23 | .347 | – | – |
| 1922 | St. Louis Browns | 153 | 585 | 194 | 39 | 159 | 36 | .332 | – | – |
| 1923 | St. Louis Browns | 147 | 555 | 198 | 29 | 95 | 18 | .357 | – | – |
| 1924 | St. Louis Browns | 115 | 402 | 131 | 18 | 88 | 21 | .326 | – | – |
| 1925 | St. Louis Browns | 102 | 411 | 136 | 25 | 105 | 10 | .331 | – | – |
| 1926 | St. Louis Browns | 108 | 347 | 97 | 17 | 80 | 6 | .280 | – | – |
| 1927 | St. Louis Browns | 131 | 423 | 136 | 17 | 76 | 9 | .322 | – | – |
| 1928 |  Boston Red Sox | 133 | 461 | 140 | 8 | 67 | 4 | .304 | – | – |
| 1929 | Boston Red Sox | 74 | 139 | 48 | 3 | 21 | 1 | .345 | – | – |