Walt Williams
1964–1975 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Houston Astros, New York Yankees
842G
.270AVG
.310OBP
.365SLG
More career statistics
640H
33HR
173RBI
34SB
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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 842 | 2,555 | 2,373 | 284 | 640 | 106 | 11 | 33 | 173 | 126 | 211 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 867 | .270 | .310 | .365 | .675 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1973-09-15 to 1974-04-13
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1970-05-31 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1972-06-18 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1971-06-20 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 430 | 1292 | 327 | 13 | 78 | 69 | 103 | .274 | .307 | .352 |
| Away | 412 | 1263 | 313 | 20 | 95 | 57 | 108 | .265 | .293 | .379 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 90 | 202 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 14 | .226 | .257 | .306 |
| May | 116 | 298 | 76 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 34 | .274 | .302 | .329 |
| June | 142 | 451 | 112 | 10 | 37 | 21 | 38 | .267 | .295 | .403 |
| July | 155 | 519 | 123 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 37 | .256 | .291 | .342 |
| August | 178 | 559 | 148 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 50 | .284 | .320 | .386 |
| September | 155 | 510 | 136 | 8 | 39 | 22 | 38 | .286 | .310 | .376 |
| October | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .188 | .429 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| california-angels | 87 | 275 | 66 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 22 | .256 | .284 | .326 |
| detroit-tigers | 81 | 256 | 74 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 22 | .314 | .348 | .449 |
| boston-red-sox | 78 | 235 | 67 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 16 | .303 | .332 | .421 |
| minnesota-twins | 77 | 223 | 50 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 14 | .250 | .278 | .290 |
| kansas-city-royals | 74 | 264 | 65 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 22 | .266 | .292 | .361 |
| athletics | 73 | 214 | 59 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 20 | .284 | .294 | .389 |
| cleveland-guardians | 70 | 202 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 18 | .251 | .292 | .326 |
| baltimore-orioles | 70 | 216 | 43 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 18 | .216 | .250 | .281 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 |  Houston Astros | 10 | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | .000 | – | – |
| 1967 |  Chicago White Sox | 104 | 275 | 66 | 3 | 15 | 3 | .240 | – | – |
| 1968 | Chicago White Sox | 63 | 133 | 32 | 1 | 8 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1969 | Chicago White Sox | 135 | 471 | 143 | 3 | 32 | 6 | .304 | – | – |
| 1970 | Chicago White Sox | 110 | 315 | 79 | 3 | 15 | 3 | .251 | – | – |
| 1971 | Chicago White Sox | 114 | 361 | 106 | 8 | 35 | 5 | .294 | – | – |
| 1972 | Chicago White Sox | 77 | 221 | 55 | 2 | 11 | 6 | .249 | – | – |
| 1973 |  Cleveland Guardians | 104 | 350 | 101 | 8 | 38 | 9 | .289 | – | – |
| 1974 |  New York Yankees | 43 | 53 | 6 | – | 3 | 1 | .113 | – | – |
| 1975 | New York Yankees | 82 | 185 | 52 | 5 | 16 | – | .281 | – | – |