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Historical player · 1878–1890

Ed Williamson

B/T R/R · HT 71 · WT 210 · Born 10/24/1857 · From Philadelphia, PA USA · Debut 1878-05-01 · Final 1890-09-27

Career · batting

1,201

4,553

1,159

RBI

667

506

AVG/OPS

0.255 · 0.716

Career · pitching

35.0

W-L

1-1

ERA

3.34

WHIP

1.23

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Chicago White Stockings · 1879–1889

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#52 on the Stockings

↑ 1 S. Castro

↓ 1 A. Russell

Hits

1,050

#33 on the Stockings

↑ 6 B. Lange

↓ 2 A. Pafko

RBI

622

#21 on the Stockings

↑ 20 S. Hack

↓ 20 K. Cuyler

#43 on the Stockings

↑ 1 C. Patterson

↓ 7 B. McRae

Runs

744

#19 on the Stockings

↑ 3 W. English

↓ 2 J. Evers

465

#22 on the Stockings

↑ 5 B. Herman

↓ 2 H. Wilson

Career with the Chicago Pirates · 1890–1890

#5 on the Pirates

↑ 1 T. O'Neill

↓ 1 A. Latham

Hits

#10 on the Pirates

↑ 3 C. Bastian

↓ 2 A. Latham

RBI

#10 on the Pirates

↑ 3 C. Bastian

↓ 1 M. Baldwin

#13 on the Pirates

↑ 1 C. Bastian

↓ 1 C. Bartson

Runs

#11 on the Pirates

↑ 4 C. Bastian

↓ 7 M. Baldwin

#7 on the Pirates

↑ 6 D. Farrell

↓ 3 C. Bastian

Career with the Indianapolis Blues · 1878–1878

#2 on the Blues

↑ 1 R. McKelvy

Hits

#3 on the Blues

↑ 22 J. Clapp

↓ 1 J. Quest

RBI

#4 on the Blues

↑ 10 J. Clapp

↓ 1 S. Flint

Runs

#5 on the Blues

↑ 2 R. McKelvy

↓ 8 S. Flint

#4 on the Blues

↑ 7 J. Quest

↓ 3 T. Nolan

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#1,536 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Burns

↓ 1 T. Stephenson

Hits

1,159

#1,133 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Davis

↓ 2 J. Reddick

RBI

667

#762 all-time MLB

↑ 1 D. Bell

↓ 1 O. Gamble

#1,059 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Castro

↓ 1 J. Burke

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1878	Indianapolis Blues	NL	63	250	31	58	10	2	1	19	0	5	15	0.232	—	0.300
1879	Stockings	NL	80	320	66	94	20	13	1	36	0	24	31	0.294	—	0.447
1880	Stockings	NL	75	311	65	78	20	2	0	31	0	15	26	0.251	—	0.328
1881	Stockings	NL	82	343	56	92	12	6	1	48	0	19	19	0.268	—	0.347
1882	Stockings	NL	83	348	66	98	27	4	3	60	0	27	21	0.282	—	0.408
1883	Stockings	NL	98	402	83	111	49	5	2	59	0	22	48	0.276	—	0.438
1884	Stockings	NL	107	417	84	116	18	8	27	84	0	42	56	0.278	—	0.554
1885	Stockings	NL	113	407	87	97	16	5	3	65	0	75	60	0.238	—	0.324
1886	Stockings	NL	121	430	69	93	17	8	6	58	13	80	71	0.216	—	0.335
1887	Stockings	NL	127	439	77	117	20	14	9	78	45	73	57	0.267	—	0.437
1888	Stockings	NL	132	452	75	113	9	14	8	73	25	65	71	0.250	—	0.385
1889	Stockings	NL	47	173	16	41	3	1	1	30	2	23	22	0.237	—	0.283
1890	Chicago Pirates	PL	73	261	34	51	7	3	2	26	3	36	35	0.195	—	0.268
Career			1,201	4,553	809	1,159	228	85	64	667	88	506	532	0.255	0.332	0.384

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1881	Stockings	NL	1	1	3	1	0	18.0	14	4	0	2	2.00	0.78
1882	Stockings	NL	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	9	2	1	0	6.00	3.33
1883	Stockings	NL	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	9.00	2.00
1884	Stockings	NL	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	8	4	2	0	18.00	5.00
1885	Stockings	NL	0	0	2	0	2	6.0	2	0	0	3	0.00	0.33
1886	Stockings	NL	0	0	2	0	1	3.0	2	0	0	1	0.00	0.67
1887	Stockings	NL	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	1	0	9.00	1.50
Career			1	1	12	1	3	35.0	38	13	5	7	3.34	1.23

Fielding by position

Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
3B	716	6,295.0	878	1,719	401	119
SS	450	3,937.0	490	1,286	255	129
C	34	241.0	124	54	20	3
P	12	35.0	2	7	0	0
2B	7	66.0	18	28	5	4
1B	6	58.0	77	1	3	2

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1936	Veterans	2	59	Ballot