Billy Goodman
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[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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