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Billy Goodman

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Full Name: William Dale Goodman Primary Position: 2B,1B,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/165 First Game: April 19, 1947
Birthdate: March 22, 1926 Final Game: September 30, 1962
Birthplace: Concord, North Carolina MLB Experience: 16 years
Died: October 1, 1984
Deathplace: Sarasota, Florida
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Billy Goodman (William Dale Goodman) was born on March 22, 1926 in Concord, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1947 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1948, his rookie year, he hit .310 with 1 home run and 66 RBI. Goodman played for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox and Houston Colt .45s over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Billy Goodman's best season was 1955, when he hit for a .294 average and knocked in 52 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1947 BOS A 12 11 1 2 0 1 .182 .250 .182 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BOS A 127 445 65 138 1 66 .310 .414 .387 27 2 74 44 5 3 5 0 18
1949 BOS A 122 443 54 132 0 56 .298 .382 .363 23 3 58 21 2 6 2 0 14
1950 BOS A 110 424 91 150 4 68 .354 .427 .455 25 3 52 25 2 7 2 0 8
1951 BOS A 141 546 92 162 0 50 .297 .388 .374 34 4 79 37 2 11 7 0 12
1952 BOS A 138 513 79 157 4 56 .306 .370 .394 27 3 48 23 4 14 8 0 7
1953 BOS A 128 514 73 161 2 41 .313 .384 .409 33 5 57 11 2 8 1 0 2
1954 BOS A 127 489 71 148 1 36 .303 .370 .376 25 4 51 15 2 9 3 0 10
1955 BOS A 149 599 100 176 0 52 .294 .394 .352 31 2 99 44 3 10 5 1 13
1956 BOS A 105 399 61 117 2 38 .293 .356 .404 22 8 40 22 0 7 0 1 3
1957 BOS A 18 16 1 1 0 0 .063 .167 .125 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BAL A 73 263 36 81 3 33 .308 .362 .403 10 3 21 18 3 8 0 1 11
1957 TOT A 91 279 37 82 3 33 .294 .351 .387 11 3 23 19 3 8 0 1 11
1958 CHI A 116 425 41 127 0 40 .299 .355 .358 15 5 37 21 2 3 1 1 10
1959 CHI A 104 268 21 67 1 28 .250 .304 .321 14 1 19 20 2 2 3 0 4
1960 CHI A 30 77 5 18 0 6 .234 .337 .286 4 0 12 8 0 0 0 1 2
1961 CHI A 41 51 4 13 1 10 .255 .339 .392 4 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 1
1962 HOU N 82 161 12 41 0 10 .255 .306 .292 4 1 12 11 0 1 0 2 6
Total NL 82 161 12 41 0 10 .255 .306 .292 4 1 12 11 0 1 0 2 6
Total AL 1541 5483 795 1650 19 581 .301 .378 .381 295 43 657 318 29 88 37 5 115
Total 1623 5644 807 1691 19 591 .300 .376 .378 299 44 669 329 29 89 37 7 121

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1947 BOS A OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1948 BOS A 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1948 BOS A 3B 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1948 BOS A 1B 117 0 0 1101 69 8 118 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1949 BOS A 1B 117 0 0 1069 79 9 148 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1950 BOS A OF 45 0 0 104 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1950 BOS A 2B 5 0 0 16 13 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1950 BOS A 3B 27 0 0 29 58 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1950 BOS A SS 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 BOS A 1B 21 0 0 193 12 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1951 BOS A 1B 62 0 0 554 29 3 61 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1951 BOS A 3B 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 BOS A 2B 44 0 0 117 129 9 32 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1951 BOS A OF 38 0 0 70 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1952 BOS A 3B 5 0 0 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1952 BOS A 2B 103 0 0 284 340 16 95 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1952 BOS A OF 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 BOS A 1B 23 0 0 184 17 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1953 BOS A 1B 20 0 0 151 13 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1953 BOS A 2B 112 0 0 267 306 15 88 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1954 BOS A OF 13 0 0 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1954 BOS A 2B 72 0 0 173 208 8 59 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1954 BOS A 3B 12 0 0 11 23 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1954 BOS A 1B 27 0 0 195 16 3 26 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1955 BOS A 1B 5 0 0 47 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1955 BOS A OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1955 BOS A 2B 143 0 0 348 373 23 93 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1956 BOS A 2B 95 0 0 215 266 17 69 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1957 BAL A 3B 54 49 415.1 54 93 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1957 BAL A 2B 5 4 38 14 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1957 BAL A LF 4 3 22 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1957 BAL A OF 9 6 54 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1957 BAL A SS 5 0 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 BAL A 1B 8 7 57 56 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1957 BAL A RF 5 3 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CHI A 2B 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CHI A 3B 111 108 855.1 67 204 13 16 0 0 0 0 0 .954
1958 CHI A SS 1 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CHI A 1B 3 3 16 19 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 CHI A 2B 3 0 17.2 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 CHI A 3B 74 67 496 57 135 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1960 CHI A 2B 7 5 43 9 14 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 CHI A 3B 20 16 116 17 38 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1961 CHI A 2B 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 CHI A 3B 7 5 48.2 4 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1961 CHI A 1B 2 0 2.2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 HOU N 1B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1962 HOU N 2B 30 15 147 25 45 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1962 HOU N 3B 17 10 99 11 22 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .825
Total 3B 330 255 2030.1 254 603 48 52 0 0 0 0 0 .947
Total RF 5 3 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 406 10 76 3575 245 36 415 0 0 0 0 0 .991
Total LF 4 3 22 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .833
Total SS 7 0 17 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 623 24 253.2 1475 1714 93 459 0 0 0 0 0 .972
Total OF 111 6 54 203 12 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .977

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Mike Fornieles (June 14, 1957).
  • Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Tito Francona and Ray Moore to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Larry Doby, Jim Marshall, Russ Heman and Jack Harshman (December 3, 1957).
  • Released by Chicago White Sox (May 15, 1962).
  • Signed by Houston Colt .45s (May 15, 1962).
  • Released by Houston Colt .45s (October 16, 1962).

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