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Stan Williams

Birthdate:

9/14/1936

Height / Weight:

6' 5" / 230 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Enfield, NH, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A power-pitcher, the 6 ft 5 inches, 230-pound right-handed Stan Williams joined the Los Angeles at age 22 back in 1958. His rookie season he had a 9-7 record and completed 3-of-21 starts. In 1959 he started 15 games, relieved in 20 others and went 5-5 for the regular season, and picked up the win in Game 2 of a special playoff vs Milwaukee to give Los Angeles the NL pennant. In Game 5 of the 1959 World Series, Stan Williams came in relief in the seventh inning and pitched two innings of shutout ball after starter Sandy Koufax in a 1-0 loss to the White Sox. The Dodgers won Game 6 and the Series over Chicago.

In 1962, Stan Williams was 14-12 for the season and this time in a special third and final playoff game for the NL pennant he walked in the winning run to give the SF Giants the pennant. In 1962 he was traded to the Yankees for slugging first baseman Moose Skowron.

Later Stan Williams pitched for various major league teams and retired in 1972, and later was a pitching coach with the Reds and Yankees.

In his career, the fastball thrower struck out 1305 batters in 1764.1 innings and compiled a 3.48 career ERA.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1958	LAD (NL)	27	21	9	7	0	3	2	119.0	99	58	53	10	65	1	80	5	7	0	4.01
1959	LAD (NL)	35	15	5	5	0	2	0	124.2	102	64	55	12	86	7	89	7	9	0	3.97
1960	LAD (NL)	38	30	14	10	1	9	2	207.1	162	84	69	26	72	1	175	7	5	2	3.00
1961	LAD (NL)	41	35	15	12	0	6	2	235.1	213	114	102	21	108	9	205	9	6	2	3.90
1962	LAD (NL)	40	28	14	12	1	4	1	185.2	184	104	92	16	98	11	108	7	0	3	4.46
1963	NYY (AL)	29	21	9	8	0	6	1	146.0	137	59	52	7	57	1	98	6	6	0	3.21
1964	NYY (AL)	21	10	1	5	0	1	0	82.0	76	39	35	7	38	2	54	2	0	0	3.84
1965	CLE (AL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	6.23
1967	CLE (AL)	16	8	6	4	1	2	1	79.0	64	26	23	6	24	2	75	1	1	0	2.62
1968	CLE (AL)	44	24	13	11	9	6	2	194.1	163	64	54	14	51	7	147	1	10	0	2.50
1969	CLE (AL)	61	15	6	14	12	3	0	178.1	155	86	78	25	67	6	139	4	12	0	3.94
1970	MIN (AL)	68	0	10	1	15	0	0	113.1	85	34	25	8	32	6	76	2	5	1	1.99
1971	STL (NL)	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	2	2	0	2	1	8	1	2	0	1.42
1971	MIN (AL)	46	1	4	5	4	0	0	78.0	63	44	36	7	44	7	47	4	8	1	4.15
1972	BOS (AL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	5	3	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	6.23
15 years		482	208	109	94	43	42	11	1764.1	1527	785	682	160	748	62	1305	57	71	9	3.48

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1958	LAD (NL)	27	40	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	3	0	.50	.50	SLG
1959	LAD (NL)	35	36	3	7	0	0	0	3	3	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	.194	.256	SLG
1960	LAD (NL)	38	64	7	9	1	0	2	7	3	35	0	0	0	0	7	0	.141	.179	SLG
1961	LAD (NL)	41	78	3	13	2	0	0	5	7	39	0	0	0	0	6	0	.167	.235	SLG
1962	LAD (NL)	40	66	4	5	0	0	2	3	2	33	0	0	0	0	1	0	.76	.103	SLG
1963	NYY (AL)	29	49	2	5	1	1	0	5	2	29	0	0	0	1	1	0	.102	.154	SLG
1964	NYY (AL)	22	21	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.143	SLG
1965	CLE (AL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1967	CLE (AL)	16	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	.91	SLG
1968	CLE (AL)	44	56	3	9	1	0	0	5	4	30	0	0	0	0	4	0	.161	.217	SLG
1969	CLE (AL)	61	40	1	4	0	0	0	2	5	25	0	0	1	1	4	0	.100	.217	SLG
1970	MIN (AL)	68	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1971	STL (NL)	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1971	MIN (AL)	46	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.91	SLG
1972	BOS (AL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
15 years		483	502	28	59	6	1	5	31	27	275	0	0	1	2	29	0	.118	.166	.SLG

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