Marvin Williams
1943–1949 · bats R / throws R · ASE, NAS, NNS, New York Cubans, Philadelphia Stars, PHB
80G
.385AVG
.431OBP
.592SLG
More career statistics
121H
8HR
76RBI
5SB
3Rare 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 · Games | 80 | 89 |
| Batting · At bats | 314 | 312 |
| Batting · Doubles | 23 | 20 |
| Batting · Hits | 121 | 124 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Home runs | 8 | 13 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 343 | 344 |
| Batting · Runs | 64 | 68 |
| Batting · RBI | 76 | 62 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 5 | 9 |
| Batting · Triples | 9 | 7 |
| Batting · Walks | 23 | 28 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 343 | 314 | 64 | 121 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 76 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 186 | .385 | .431 | .592 | 1.023 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1944-06-17 to 1944-07-22
15longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1943-08-19 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1943-08-19 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 49 | 189 | 68 | 7 | 31 | 17 | 5 | .398 | .450 | .637 |
| Away | 40 | 155 | 56 | 6 | 31 | 11 | 0 | .397 | .432 | .624 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 41 | 147 | 50 | 9 | 29 | 12 | 2 | .373 | .422 | .664 |
| June | 16 | 62 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .322 | .355 | .576 |
| July | 15 | 60 | 27 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 1 | .529 | .567 | .647 |
| August | 14 | 61 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .463 | .508 | .704 |
| September | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-elite-giants | 19 | 70 | 31 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .484 | .500 | .750 |
| new-york-cubans | 17 | 69 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .318 | .348 | .470 |
| newark-eagles | 12 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .469 | .541 | .875 |
| homestead-grays | 12 | 54 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .388 | .407 | .469 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 11 | 47 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .450 | .532 | .875 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 6 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .286 | .423 | .476 |
| HOE | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .105 | .150 | .105 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .583 | .583 | .917 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  Philadelphia Stars | 7 | 25 | 14 | – | 2 | – | .560 | – | – |
| 1944 | Philadelphia Stars | 47 | 169 | 63 | 5 | 37 | 5 | .373 | – | – |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Stars | 17 | 57 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .474 | – | – |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Stars | 18 | 61 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 3 | .328 | – | – |