Paul Williams
Cleveland Foresters (ML)
Paul Williams
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Nickname:
The Spark Plug
Birthdate:
Oct. 4, 1926 (35 y, 8 m, 0 d)
Born In:
St. Louis, MO, USA
Nationality:
American
Position:
1B
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Height/Weight:
5'9"/200
Entry:
1945 Draft - Round: 1, Overall: 8, Team: Pittsburgh Miners
Contract:
$180k / 1 year
ML Service Time:
12 years, 134 days
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Player Awards
Award Date Team
MVP / Batter of the Year 1958 (3rd) Pittsburgh (FABL)
All-Star 1961 Cleveland (FABL)
1960 Cleveland (FABL)
1959 Pittsburgh (FABL)
1958 Pittsburgh (FABL)
1954 Pittsburgh (FABL)
1953 Pittsburgh (FABL)
1952 Pittsburgh (FABL)
1951 Pittsburgh (FABL)
Player of the Week Jul 3, 1961 Cleveland (FABL)
Aug 11, 1958 Pittsburgh (FABL)
Aug 9, 1954 Pittsburgh (FABL)
Aug 24, 1953 Pittsburgh (FABL)
Aug 17, 1953 Pittsburgh (FABL)
Jul 7, 1952 Pittsburgh (FABL)
May 14, 1951 Pittsburgh (FABL)
Jul 4, 1949 St. Paul (CL)
May 24, 1948 Birmingham (DIX)
May 10, 1948 Birmingham (DIX)
Sep 3, 1945 Spokane (COW)
Hall of Fame Metrics
Metric Score HoF
Pos Avg		 HoF
All Avg
Black Ink 20 42.0 47.9
Grey Ink 153 229.7 220.3
HoF Standard 47 64.3 62.8
WAR 48.8 87.0 103.4
WAR7 35.4 48.8 61.5
JAWS 42.1 67.9 82.5
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Note: See Baseball Reference formula (primary position)
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Player Score
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Sherry Doyal 870
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Leaderboard Appearances
Year GS Rank
1951 149 4
1954 151 5
1955 153 2
1958 151 1
1959 150 10
1961 150 2
1962 42 9
Year PA Rank
1951 658 10
1952 667 8
1955 699 7
1958 665 4
1959 679 6
Year Hits Rank
1951 171 8
1952 163 7
1954 176 8
1958 181 4
Year TB Rank
1951 267 10
1952 281 3
1953 301 5
1954 317 4
1958 351 1
Year 2B Rank
1951 33 7
1952 29 10
1954 36 3
1955 43 3
1958 44 1
1959 42 2
Year HR Rank
1952 29 4
1953 32 4
1954 33 5
1958 40 1
1961 28 6
Year RBI Rank
1951 103 5
1952 108 3
1953 122 3
1954 113 4
1957 111 6
1958 138 1
1961 111 5
Year R Rank
1952 99 2
1953 99 9
1954 110 5
1955 108 7
1958 111 1
1961 118 4
Year BB Rank
1951 118 3
1952 112 2
1953 104 3
1954 119 3
1955 136 1
1957 100 2
1958 103 2
1959 101 3
1961 130 2
1962 33 2
Year IBB Rank
1951 11 5
1952 8 8
1953 7 10
1954 12 2
1955 11 2
1956 9 3
1957 9 6
1960 11 5
1961 13 5
Year HBP Rank
1950 8 1
1951 5 7
1952 7 7
1961 8 8
Year SF Rank
1953 7 2
1957 6 2
1961 7 4
Year XBH Rank
1951 55 9
1952 59 2
1953 64 5
1954 72 3
1955 65 8
1958 87 1
1959 62 8
1961 64 10
Year Avg Rank
1951 0.321 4
1952 0.300 5
1953 0.331 3
1954 0.321 7
1958 0.326 4
Year OBP Rank
1951 0.447 1
1952 0.423 2
1953 0.441 2
1954 0.438 1
1955 0.421 5
1957 0.403 3
1958 0.433 3
1959 0.408 5
1961 0.445 1
Year SLG Rank
1951 0.502 7
1952 0.517 3
1953 0.589 3
1954 0.577 4
1958 0.632 1
1961 0.541 5
Year ISO Rank
1952 0.217 3
1953 0.258 4
1954 0.257 3
1958 0.306 1
1961 0.234 5
Year OPS Rank
1951 0.949 2
1952 0.940 2
1953 1.030 3
1954 1.015 3
1957 0.909 7
1958 1.066 1
1959 0.886 10
1961 0.986 3
Year G Rank
1951 153 3
1952 153 5
1954 154 1
1955 154 1
1958 152 4
1959 152 10
1961 153 3
Year WAR Rank
1951 4.9 10
1953 5.3 9
1958 6.9 3