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Billy Williams played 18 major-league seasons (1959-1976) as a OF (2,088), 1B (96). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 21 | CHN | 18 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .152 | .389 | 7 |
| 1960 | 22 | CHN | 12 | 47 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .277 | .836 | 134 |
| 1961 | 23 | CHN | 146 | 529 | 75 | 147 | 25 | 86 | 6 | 45 | 70 | .278 | .822 | 122 |
| 1962 | 24 | CHN | 159 | 618 | 94 | 184 | 22 | 91 | 9 | 70 | 72 | .298 | .835 | 131 |
| 1963 | 25 | CHN | 161 | 612 | 87 | 175 | 25 | 95 | 7 | 68 | 78 | .286 | .854 | 153 |
| 1964 | 26 | CHN | 162 | 645 | 100 | 201 | 33 | 98 | 10 | 59 | 84 | .312 | .901 | 160 |
| 1965 | 27 | CHN | 164 | 645 | 115 | 203 | 34 | 108 | 10 | 65 | 76 | .315 | .929 | 168 |
| 1966 | 28 | CHN | 162 | 648 | 100 | 179 | 29 | 91 | 6 | 69 | 61 | .276 | .808 | 130 |
| 1967 | 29 | CHN | 162 | 634 | 92 | 176 | 28 | 84 | 6 | 68 | 67 | .278 | .828 | 144 |
| 1968 | 30 | CHN | 163 | 642 | 91 | 185 | 30 | 98 | 4 | 48 | 53 | .288 | .836 | 158 |
| 1969 | 31 | CHN | 163 | 642 | 103 | 188 | 21 | 95 | 3 | 59 | 70 | .293 | .828 | 139 |
| 1970 | 32 | CHN | 161 | 636 | 137 | 205 | 42 | 129 | 7 | 72 | 65 | .322 | .977 | 168 |
| 1971 | 33 | CHN | 157 | 594 | 86 | 179 | 28 | 93 | 7 | 77 | 44 | .301 | .888 | 159 |
| 1972 | 34 | CHN | 150 | 574 | 95 | 191 | 37 | 122 | 3 | 62 | 59 | .333 | 1.005 | 193 |
| 1973 | 35 | CHN | 156 | 576 | 72 | 166 | 20 | 86 | 4 | 76 | 72 | .288 | .806 | 131 |
| 1974 | 36 | CHN | 117 | 404 | 55 | 113 | 16 | 68 | 4 | 67 | 44 | .280 | .835 | 141 |
| 1975 | 37 | OAK | 155 | 520 | 68 | 127 | 23 | 81 | 0 | 76 | 68 | .244 | .760 | 115 |
| 1976 | 38 | OAK | 120 | 351 | 36 | 74 | 11 | 41 | 4 | 58 | 44 | .211 | .659 | 94 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | OF | 10 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | OF | 12 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | OF | 135 | 133 | 220 | 9 | 11 | 3 |
| 1962 | OF | 159 | 159 | 273 | 18 | 10 | 4 |
| 1963 | OF | 160 | 160 | 298 | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| 1964 | OF | 162 | 161 | 233 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
| 1965 | OF | 164 | 164 | 296 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| 1966 | OF | 162 | 162 | 319 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| 1967 | OF | 162 | 162 | 271 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1968 | OF | 163 | 163 | 261 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 1969 | OF | 159 | 159 | 250 | 15 | 12 | 2 |
| 1970 | OF | 160 | 159 | 259 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 1971 | OF | 154 | 152 | 284 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 1972 | OF | 144 | 142 | 233 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1B | 5 | 5 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 1973 | OF | 138 | 132 | 253 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| 1973 | 1B | 19 | 19 | 167 | 20 | 2 | 14 |
| 1974 | 1B | 65 | 64 | 566 | 49 | 9 | 48 |
| 1974 | OF | 43 | 41 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 1975 | 1B | 7 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 1976 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Billy Williams won: Rookie of the Year 1961 (NL), TSN All-Star 1964 (NL), TSN All-Star 1968 (NL), TSN All-Star 1970 (NL), TSN All-Star 1972 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1965, 1964, 1961.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 10 / 16 | 10 |
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 6 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 21 / 280 | 0 |
| 1968 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 48 / 280 | 0 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 28 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 218 / 336 | 2 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 10 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 211 / 336 | 5 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 31 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
Billy Williams ranks on 4 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #35 | left fielders | 1972 | 193 OPS+ |
| #79 | designated hitters | 1975 | 115 OPS+ |
| #125 | left fielders | 1970 | 168 OPS+ |
| #126 | right fielders | 1965 | 168 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.