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Jed
Williams		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 14, 1935 in Bethany Ok
 
Awards & Accomplishments
MLB Player of the Year 1960    1965    1966    1971   
Batter of the Year Award 1960    1965    1966    1969   
Gold Glove Award 1961    1967    1971    1972   
All-Star Selections 1959    1960    1961    1962    1963    1964    1965    1966    1967    1968    1969    1970    1971    1972   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 23 WSH AL 11 39 4 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 13 .128 .190 .205 .396 0.9 0.0
  SFG NL 133 482 63 114 20 4 13 52 0 1 48 89 .237 .307 .376 .683 54.9 7.0
  TOT   144 521 67 119 20 4 14 55 0 1 51 102 .228 .299 .363 .661 55.9 7.0
1959 24 SFG NL 142 514 95 149 35 5 18 85 0 0 78 43 .290 .384 .482 .867 95.3 21.3
1960 25 SFG NL 145 521 105 170 35 5 33 98 1 0 82 36 .326 .422 .603 1.025 120.9 27.6
1961 26 SFG NL 142 529 130 184 30 13 33 97 1 0 103 41 .348 .449 .641 1.090 139.2 31.3
1962 27 SFG NL 152 578 118 187 35 6 28 75 1 6 93 67 .324 .418 .550 .968 124.8 27.7
1963 28 SFG NL 155 578 122 180 29 10 23 89 1 1 100 73 .311 .413 .516 .928 120.4 33.0
1964 29 SFG NL 151 589 125 192 30 7 16 75 0 1 85 103 .326 .411 .482 .893 112.5 27.9
1965 30 SFG NL 159 568 135 189 32 6 43 108 0 0 116 108 .333 .443 .637 1.081 148.2 40.3
1966 31 SFG NL 150 559 112 199 32 11 25 100 0 0 90 82 .356 .446 .587 1.033 128.8 35.2
1967 32 SFG NL 154 576 102 196 37 5 21 94 0 1 92 113 .340 .428 .531 .959 117.4 29.3
1968 33 ATL NL 155 580 97 167 29 7 6 59 15 9 73 84 .288 .369 .393 .762 83.8 24.8
1969 34 ATL NL 158 598 135 202 42 9 30 100 15 9 106 89 .338 .440 .589 1.029 139.4 34.5
1970 35 ATL NL 145 565 121 189 33 11 23 78 6 5 111 90 .335 .445 .554 .999 127.8 29.9
1971 36 ATL NL 160 580 105 191 28 9 15 72 8 2 87 88 .329 .418 .486 .904 115.5 32.0
1972 37 ATL NL 143 494 74 153 19 2 4 44 7 9 67 104 .310 .391 .381 .772 71.8 20.1
1973 38 ATL NL 80 146 13 30 2 1 0 15 1 0 20 25 .205 .312 .233 .545 10.8 0.5
1974 39 ATL NL 39 47 10 9 1 0 0 9 1 0 7 5 .191 .296 .213 .509 3.1 0.0
1975 40 AAA   110 359 49 70 10 2 5 39 7 6 88 55 .195 .353 .276 .629 44.5  
17 Years Sim 2374 8543 1666 2706 469 111 332 1253 57 44 1361 1253 .317 .411 .514 .925 1715.4 422.4
1 Years AAA 110 359 49 70 10 2 5 39 7 6 88 55 .195 .350 .276 .625 44.5  
162 Game Average 582 113 184 32 7 22 85 3 3 92 85 .317 .411 .514 .925 117.1  
Career Highs 160 598 135 202 42 13 43 108 15 9 116 113 .356 .449 .641 1.090 148.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6474 1283 2083 341 75 261 947 42 33 1056 922 .322 .417 .519 .935 1336.9
vs LH   2069 383 623 128 36 71 306 15 11 305 331 .301 .392 .501 .893 389.9
Home 1185 4182 814 1336 239 58 188 637 31 20 659 620 .319 .412 .539 .952 878.6
Away 1189 4361 852 1370 230 53 144 616 26 24 702 633 .314 .409 .490 .900 848.1
RISP   1739 0 557 81 18 77 821 0 0 328 268 .320 .420 .520 .940 376.5
Pinch Hitting   152 20 43 4 2 1 24 2 1 25 26 .283 .378 .355 .733 22.5
Close/Late   1024 152 288 41 7 21 124 0 0 165 143 .281 .381 .396 .778 162.0
Mar/Apr 304 1113 202 329 67 19 36 167 14 7 185 169 .296 .395 .487 .882 211.3
May 421 1550 299 507 97 23 52 222 14 14 240 203 .327 .419 .520 .939 315.7
June 424 1548 296 502 78 21 68 234 11 6 223 231 .324 .410 .534 .944 318.9
July 419 1516 303 490 88 12 59 227 7 3 245 206 .323 .416 .514 .930 311.4
August 404 1381 265 438 66 19 52 179 5 8 235 216 .317 .417 .505 .922 280.4
Sep/Oct 402 1435 301 440 73 17 65 224 6 6 233 228 .307 .404 .517 .921 289.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 23 WSH AL CF 10 10 82.3 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.2
    LF 1 1 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.34   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SFG NL CF 122 118 1046.7 323 10 4 3 .988 2.86   1.7
    LF 10 10 85.3 18 0 1 0 .947 1.90   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 132 128 1129.0 348 11 4 3 .989 2.86   1.9
      LF 11 11 92.0 19 0 1 0 .950 1.86   0.0
      SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1959 24 SFG NL CF 138 135 1198.3 342 6 3 3 .991 2.61   2.6
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 .500 9.00    
1960 25 SFG NL CF 140 135 1228.7 381 7 2 2 .995 2.84   5.4
    RF 3 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 26 SFG NL CF 139 133 1205.7 405 5 4 2 .990 3.06   5.2
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1962 27 SFG NL CF 151 139 1267.0 390 3 0 1 1.000 2.79   6.2
1963 28 SFG NL CF 148 139 1272.0 426 6 1 2 .998 3.06   4.9
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 29 SFG NL CF 145 141 1283.0 403 3 5 1 .988 2.85   4.6
    LF 3 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1965 30 SFG NL CF 156 146 1323.3 476 8 1 3 .998 3.29   5.3
    LF 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1966 31 SFG NL CF 144 140 1245.3 400 9 3 4 .993 2.96   3.2
    LF 5 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1967 32 SFG NL CF 146 146 1323.3 480 10 1 4 .998 3.33   4.9
    RF 1 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1968 33 ATL NL CF 144 141 1269.7 382 6 2 2 .995 2.75   3.6
    LF 5 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 34 ATL NL CF 154 150 1349.0 381 11 2 5 .995 2.62   5.9
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1970 35 ATL NL CF 143 143 1300.7 367 11 1 5 .997 2.62   4.5
    LF 1 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1971 36 ATL NL CF 152 148 1322.0 475 10 0 3 1.000 3.30   7.0
    LF 5 0 12.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 37 ATL NL CF 129 123 1098.3 324 10 2 4 .994 2.74   4.8
    LF 6 0 13.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46    
    RF 2 1 10.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87    
1973 38 ATL NL CF 15 12 109.7 36 1 0 0 1.000 3.04   0.8
    RF 23 8 99.0 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    LF 22 5 82.7 22 1 1 0 .958 2.50    
1974 39 ATL NL CF 11 6 71.7 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.64   0.4
    LF 19 0 38.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.56    
    RF 4 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  CF 2187 2105 18996.6 6037 117 31 44 .995 2.92   71.2
  LF 86 16 278.6 74 1 2 0 .974 2.42   0.0
  RF 40 9 150.3 24 1 2 0 .926 1.50    
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2314 2130 19427.6 6135 119 35 44 .994 2.90   71.2
Career Highs   158 150 1354.0 482 11 6 5 1.000 3.32    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1963 28 SFG NL 7 32 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .219 .242 .219 .461
1971 36 ATL NL 5 21 4 9 1 0 2 3 0 1 3 2 .429 .500 .762 1.262
1972 37 ATL NL 4 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .267 .313 .267 .579
Career Post-Season Batting 16 68 6 20 1 0 2 5 0 1 5 12 .294 .342 .397 .740
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1960-6-.326
1961-2-.348
1962-6-.324
1963-8-.311
1964-3-.326
1965-4-.333
1966-1-.356
1967-2-.340
1968-9-.288
1969-2-.338
1970-2-.335
1971-2-.329
1972-3-.310
CAR-6-.317
 On-Base Pct
1960-2-.422
1961-1-.449
1962-2-.418
1963-2-.413
1964-1-.411
1965-1-.443
1966-1-.446
1967-1-.428
1968-5-.369
1969-1-.440
1970-1-.445
1971-1-.418
1972-4-.391
CAR-2-.411
 Slugging Pct
1959-9-.482
1960-1-.603
1961-1-.641
1962-6-.550
1963-4-.516
1965-1-.637
1966-1-.587
1967-1-.531
1969-2-.589
1970-4-.554
1971-5-.486
CAR-7-.514
 OPS
1959-7-.867
1960-1-1.025
1961-1-1.090
1962-3-.968
1963-1-.928
1964-4-.893
1965-1-1.081
1966-1-1.033
1967-1-.959
1969-1-1.029
1970-2-.999
1971-2-.904
CAR-3-.925
 XR
1959-7-95.3
1960-1-120.9
1961-1-139.2
1962-1-124.8
1963-1-120.4
1964-4-112.5
1965-1-148.2
1966-1-128.8
1967-1-117.4
1968-6-83.8
1969-1-139.4
1970-1-127.8
1971-2-115.5
CAR-5-1715.4
 Games
1963-5-155
1965-2-159
1968-7-155
1969-4-158
1971-1-160
CAR-24-2374
At-Bats
1962-8-578
1963-8-578
1968-10-580
1971-10-580
CAR-26-8543
 Runs
1959-5-95
1960-3-105
1961-1-130
1962-1-118
1963-1-122
1964-1-125
1965-1-135
1966-1-112
1967-3-102
1968-2-97
1969-1-135
1970-1-121
1971-2-105
CAR-6-1666
 Hits
1960-5-170
1961-2-184
1962-6-187
1963-6-180
1964-5-192
1965-4-189
1966-3-199
1967-3-196
1968-6-167
1969-2-202
1970-9-189
1971-3-191
CAR-12-2706
 Total Bases
1960-2-314
1961-2-339
1962-2-318
1963-4-298
1964-9-284
1965-1-362
1966-1-328
1967-3-306
1969-1-352
1970-6-313
1971-4-282
CAR-10-4393
 Singles
1964-6-139
1966-8-131
1967-6-133
1968-10-125
1971-6-139
1972-9-128
CAR-25-1794
 Doubles
1959-3-35
1960-3-35
1961-5-30
1962-4-35
1963-7-29
1964-9-30
1965-8-32
1966-2-32
1967-1-37
1968-5-29
1969-1-42
1970-6-33
1971-9-28
CAR-10-469
Triples
1961-2-13
1963-4-10
1964-8-7
1966-5-11
1968-5-7
1969-4-9
1970-2-11
1971-2-9
CAR-13-111
 Homeruns
1960-3-33
1961-6-33
1963-9-23
1965-2-43
1966-10-25
1969-7-30
CAR-21-332
 RBIs
1960-5-98
1963-9-89
1965-5-108
1966-5-100
CAR-31-1253
 Caught Stealing
1968-9-9
 Walks
1959-8-78
1960-8-82
1961-5-103
1962-5-93
1963-2-100
1964-3-85
1965-2-116
1966-2-90
1967-2-92
1968-8-73
1969-5-106
1970-4-111
1971-5-87
CAR-6-1361
 Strikeouts
1958-1-89
CAR-36-1253
 
   Black Ink Test: 48
   Gray Ink Test: 269
   Hall of Fame Standards: 78
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Washington in 1958
Had first career hit on 4/5/1958, off Morgan Cuellar (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1958, off Herman Labombard (CLE)
Traded from Washington to San Francisco on 4/16/1958 (Going to SFG: LF Jed Williams. Going to WSH: P Vance Erickson, 1B Henry Edwards, 2B David Patterson)
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1960, hitting .407 with 7 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Year Award in 1960, hitting .326 with 33 HR, 98 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1961, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Philadelphia, driving in 5 runs on 7/16/1961
Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1961, hitting .471 with 6 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1961, hitting .367 with 11 HR, 24 RBI
Injured on 8/8/1961 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1961
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1963, hitting .369 with 4 HR, 19 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1963, hitting .356 with 7 HR, 19 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/2/1963, hitting .407 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Injured on 8/25/1964 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Hit for the cycle against Houston on 5/23/1965
Drove in 6 runs against Houston on 5/23/1965
Won Player of the Week award on 5/24/1965, hitting .387 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/1965, hitting .500 with 6 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1965, hitting .333 with 11 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1965, hitting .400 with 9 HR, 19 RBI
Won Batter of the Year Award in 1965, hitting .333 with 43 HR, 108 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1965
Won Player of the Week award on 6/27/1966, hitting .611 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1966, hitting .400 with 7 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (N) on 7/31/1966
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1966, hitting .396 with 5 HR, 23 RBI
Won Batter of the Year Award in 1966, hitting .356 with 25 HR, 100 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1967, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1967, hitting .377 with 3 HR, 18 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1967, hitting .519 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1967, hitting .414 with 7 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 7/26/1967
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1967
Traded from San Francisco to Atlanta on 3/11/1968 (Going to SFG: 1B Gene Smith, P Vic Lewisson, CF Rich Stanley, CF Ron Stein. Going to ATL: CF Jed Williams)
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/25/1968
Had 2000th career hit on 6/6/1969, off Hipolito Castillo (PIT)
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1969, hitting .688 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1969, hitting .372 with 8 HR, 26 RBI
Won Batter of the Year Award in 1969, hitting .338 with 30 HR, 100 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Houston on 6/19/1970
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 7/23/1970
Won Player of the Week award on 7/27/1970, hitting .433 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 9/1/1970 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Los Angeles on 9/17/1971
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1971
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Injured on 8/17/1972 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1972
Injured on 5/18/1975 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 7/12/1975 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
 
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