Jimmy williams

Jimmy Williams

#71 RANKED AT POSITION
1899—1909
Second Base
BORN
December 20, 1876, in St. Louis, MO
BATS / THROWS
Right / Right
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
5-9 / 175
PRIMARY TEAM
Brooklyn Bridegrooms
.275
BATTING AVERAGE
1457
GAMES
32.5
WAR
.337
ON-BASE PCT
780
RUNS
28.6
WAR7
.396
SLUGGING
1508
HITS
15.3
WAR3
.733
ON-BASE + SLUGGING
49
HOME RUNS
3.6
WAR PER SEASON
Who was the first power-hitting superstar in the history of the Yankees? If you said Babe Ruth, you were wrong. More than a decade before the Bambino started swatting homers for New York, Williams was a powerful second baseman for the franchise. Technically, the team was known as the Highlanders during Williams’ tenure, so maybe that trivia question was unfair. But anyway…Williams was a power-hitting second baseman, which was about as rare in the early 1900s as a bathtub.

Compared to Hall of Fame Second Basemen

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS WAR PER
Williams
CAREER
32.5
LONG PEAK
28.6
PRIME
19.4
SHORT PEAK
15.3
JAWS
30.6
WAR PER
3.6
AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER
CAREER
70.8
LONG PEAK
45.6
PRIME
33.2
SHORT PEAK
22.8
JAWS
58.2
WAR PER
5.2

Where Does Jimmy Williams Rank Among Second Basemen?

RANKING CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS
RANKING
71
CAREER
59
LONG PEAK
48
PRIME
55
SHORT PEAK
52
JAWS
50
RANKING
EGG RANKING
CAREER
WAR
LONG PEAK
WAR7
PRIME
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
SHORT PEAK
WAR3
JAWS
JAWS

Hall of Fame Second Basemen Wins Above Replacement Comparison

Williams
Average HOF Second Base
80.080.060.060.040.040.020.020.00.00.032.528.619.415.330.53.670.845.633.222.858.25.2Career WARCareer WARWAR7WAR7WAR5CWAR5CWAR3WAR3JAWSJAWSWAR PER SNWAR PER SN
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