MLB Stats for Billy Goodman

Billy Goodman Baseball Stats | Baseball Almanac

Billy Goodman, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Monday, March 22, 1926, in Concord, North Carolina. Goodman was 21 years old when he broke into the major leagues on April 19, 1947, with the Boston Red Sox. Billy Goodman stats, height, weight, career totals, schools, positions, and more historical research are in the Baseball Almanac.

"But if I had to pick myself one guy that I wouldn't want to hit against it when he was right, it would be Hoyt Wilhelm. It was a battle just to get the bat on that knuckleball." - Billy Goodman in Baseball Between the Lines (1976)

Birth Name:	William Dale Goodman
Nickname:	Billy
Born On:	03-22-1926 (Aries)
Born In:	Concord, North Carolina
Died On:	10-01-1984 (1,500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Sarasota, Florida
Cemetery:	Mount Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery, Concord, North Carolina

High School:	Winecoff High School (Concord, NC)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-11	Weight:	165
First Game:	04-19-1947 (Age 21)
Last Game:	09-29-1962
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Billy Goodman Pitching Stats

Billy Goodman Billy Goodman Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1947	21	Red Sox	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	-	0	0	.182	.250	.182
1948	22	Red Sox	127	445	65	138	27	2	1	1	66	74	2	44	3	-	5	18	.310	.414	.387
1949	23	Red Sox	122	443	54	132	23	3	0	0	56	58	0	21	6	-	2	14	.298	.382	.363
1950	24	Red Sox	110	424	91	150	25	3	4	1	68	52	1	25	7	-	2	8	.354	.427	.455
1951	25	Red Sox	141	546	92	162	34	4	0	0	50	79	4	37	11	-	2	12	.297	.388	.374
1952	26	Red Sox	138	513	79	157	27	3	4	0	56	48	5	23	14	-	4	7	.306	.370	.394
1953	27	Red Sox	128	514	73	161	33	5	2	0	41	57	6	11	8	-	2	2	.313	.384	.409
1954	28	Red Sox	127	489	71	148	25	4	1	0	36	51	0	15	9	1	2	10	.303	.370	.376
1955	29	Red Sox	149	599	100	176	31	2	0	0	52	99	1	44	10	4	3	13	.294	.394	.352
1956	30	Red Sox	105	399	61	117	22	8	2	0	38	40	1	22	7	2	0	3	.293	.356	.404
1957	31	Red Sox	18	16	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.125
1957	31	Orioles	73	263	36	81	10	3	3	0	33	21	1	18	8	3	3	11	.308	.362	.403
1958	32	White Sox	116	425	41	127	15	5	0	0	40	37	1	21	3	4	2	10	.299	.355	.358
1959	33	White Sox	104	268	21	67	14	1	1	0	28	19	0	20	2	0	2	4	.250	.304	.321
1960	34	White Sox	30	77	5	18	4	0	0	0	6	12	1	8	0	0	0	2	.234	.337	.286
1961	35	White Sox	41	51	4	13	4	0	1	0	10	7	0	6	0	1	0	1	.255	.339	.392
1962	36	Colt .45s	82	161	12	41	4	1	0	0	10	12	2	11	1	0	0	6	.255	.306	.292
Career	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
16 Years	1,623	5,644	807	1,691	299	44	19	2	591	669	25	329	89	15	29	121	.300	.376	.378
Billy Goodman Hitting Stats

Billy Goodman Billy Goodman Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1947 Red Sox	RF	1	0	15	2	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.60
1948 Red Sox	1B	117	117	3,045	1,178	10.1	1,170	1,101	69	8	118	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	10.37
1948 Red Sox	3B	2	1	48	5	2.5	4	0	4	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.800	2.25
1949 Red Sox	1B	117	116	3,072	1,157	9.9	1,148	1,069	79	9	148	n/a	n/a	n/a	.992	10.09
1950 Red Sox	1B	21	20	540	206	9.8	205	193	12	1	15	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	10.25
1950 Red Sox	2B	5	5	135	30	6.0	29	16	13	1	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	5.80
1950 Red Sox	3B	27	27	705	93	3.4	87	29	58	6	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.935	3.33
1950 Red Sox	LF	45	45	1,185	107	2.4	106	104	2	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	2.42
1950 Red Sox	SS	1	1	27	6	6.0	6	2	4	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.00
1951 Red Sox	1B	63	61	1,671	586	9.3	583	554	29	3	61	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	9.42
1951 Red Sox	2B	44	40	1,107	255	5.8	246	117	129	9	32	n/a	n/a	n/a	.965	6.00
1951 Red Sox	3B	1	1	27	4	4.0	4	1	3	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.00
1951 Red Sox	LF	2	2	54	6	3.0	6	5	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.00
1951 Red Sox	RF	36	36	942	78	2.2	76	68	8	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	2.18
1952 Red Sox	1B	23	20	522	204	8.9	201	184	17	3	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	10.40
1952 Red Sox	2B	103	98	2,667	640	6.2	624	284	340	16	95	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	6.32
1952 Red Sox	3B	5	5	123	14	2.8	13	3	10	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	2.85
1952 Red Sox	LF	4	3	93	4	1.0	4	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.16
1953 Red Sox	1B	20	18	471	170	8.5	164	151	13	6	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	.965	9.40
1953 Red Sox	2B	112	108	2,805	588	5.3	573	267	306	15	88	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	5.52
1954 Red Sox	1B	27	22	606	214	7.9	211	195	16	3	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	9.40
1954 Red Sox	2B	72	68	1,863	389	5.4	381	173	208	8	59	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	5.52
1954 Red Sox	3B	12	12	291	36	3.0	34	11	23	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	3.15
1954 Red Sox	LF	13	12	303	16	1.2	15	14	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	1.34
1955 Red Sox	1B	5	5	129	53	10.6	52	47	5	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	10.88
1955 Red Sox	2B	143	143	3,780	744	5.2	721	348	373	23	93	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	5.15
1955 Red Sox	LF	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1956 Red Sox	2B	95	95	2,361	498	5.2	481	215	266	17	69	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	5.50
1957 Orioles	LF	4	3	66	6	1.5	5	5	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	2.05
1957 Orioles	RF	5	3	96	4	0.8	4	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.13
1957 Orioles	1B	8	7	171	61	7.6	59	56	3	2	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	9.32
1957 Orioles	2B	5	4	114	28	5.6	26	14	12	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	6.16
1957 Orioles	3B	54	49	1,245	153	2.8	147	54	93	6	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.961	3.19
1957 Orioles	SS	5	0	33	3	0.6	3	1	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.45
1958 White Sox	1B	3	3	48	21	7.0	21	19	2	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	11.81
1958 White Sox	2B	1	0	15	4	4.0	4	2	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	7.20
1958 White Sox	3B	111	108	2,565	284	2.6	271	67	204	13	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	.954	2.85
1958 White Sox	SS	1	0	18	3	3.0	3	1	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.50
1959 White Sox	2B	3	0	51	9	3.0	9	4	5	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.76
1959 White Sox	3B	74	67	1,488	202	2.7	192	57	135	10	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	3.48
1960 White Sox	2B	7	5	129	23	3.3	23	9	14	0	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.81
1960 White Sox	3B	20	16	348	56	2.8	55	17	38	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	4.27
1961 White Sox	1B	2	0	6	6	3.0	6	6	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	27.00
1961 White Sox	2B	1	0	9	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.00
1961 White Sox	3B	7	5	144	18	2.6	17	4	13	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	3.19
1962 Colt .45s	1B	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1962 Colt .45s	2B	31	15	441	72	2.3	70	25	45	2	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.972	4.29
1962 Colt .45s	3B	17	10	297	40	2.4	33	11	22	7	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.825	3.00
Career		G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
2B Totals		622	581	15,477	3,282	5.3	3,189	1,475	1,714	93	459	n/a	n/a	n/a	.972	5.56
1B Totals		407	389	10,281	3,856	9.5	3,820	3,575	245	36	415	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	10.03
3B Totals		330	301	7,281	905	2.7	857	254	603	48	52	n/a	n/a	n/a	.947	3.18
LF Totals		69	65	1,701	139	2.0	136	132	4	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	2.16
RF Totals		42	39	1,053	84	2.0	82	74	8	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	2.10
SS Totals		7	1	78	12	1.7	12	4	8	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.15
16 Years		1,477	1,376	35,871	8,278	5.6	8,096	5,514	2,582	182	930	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	6.09
Billy Goodman Fielding Stats

Billy Goodman Billy Goodman Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1947 Red Sox	0	0	.000	10	1	n/a	0.0	5.5	11.0	-	-	-
1948 Red Sox	5	3	.625	7	1	n/a	445.0	10.1	6.7	-	-	-
1949 Red Sox	2	0	1.000	5	1	n/a	0.0	21.1	7.9	-	-	-
1950 Red Sox	2	4	.333	12	0	n/a	106.0	17.0	6.2	-	-	-
1951 Red Sox	7	4	.636	1	0	n/a	0.0	14.8	10.9	-	-	-
1952 Red Sox	8	2	.800	9	1	n/a	128.3	22.3	9.2	-	-	-
1953 Red Sox	1	4	.200	2	0	n/a	257.0	46.7	12.5	-	-	-
1954 Red Sox	3	3	.500	10	2	n/a	489.0	32.6	13.6	-	-	-
1955 Red Sox	5	5	.500	1	0	n/a	0.0	13.6	11.5	-	-	-
1956 Red Sox	0	3	.000	10	0	n/a	199.5	18.1	10.5	-	-	-
1957 Red Sox	0	0	.000	18	0	n/a	0.0	16.0	0.0	-	-	-
1957 Orioles	0	2	.000	7	0	n/a	87.7	14.6	8.0	-	-	-
1958 White Sox	1	0	1.000	5	0	n/a	0.0	20.2	10.6	-	-	-
1959 White Sox	3	0	1.000	35	0	n/a	268.0	13.4	9.6	-	-	-
1960 White Sox	0	0	.000	7	0	n/a	0.0	9.6	12.8	-	-	-
1961 White Sox	0	0	.000	33	0	n/a	51.0	8.5	5.1	-	-	-
1962 Colt .45s	0	0	.000	54	0	n/a	0.0	14.6	16.1	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
16 Years	37	30	.552	226	6	n/a	297.1	17.2	9.5	-	-	-
Billy Goodman Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats

Billy Goodman Billy Goodman Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1947 Boston Red Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1948 Boston Red Sox	10	Undetermined	-	-
1949 Boston Red Sox	10	Undetermined	Stats	-
1950 Boston Red Sox	10	Undetermined	-	-
1951 Boston Red Sox	10	Undetermined	-	-
1952 Boston Red Sox	10	Undetermined	-	-
1953 Boston Red Sox	10	Undetermined	Stats	-
1954 Boston Red Sox	10	Undetermined	-	-
1955 Boston Red Sox	10	Undetermined	-	-
1956 Boston Red Sox	10	Undetermined	-	-
1957 Boston Red Sox	10	Undetermined	-	-
1957 Baltimore Orioles	10	Undetermined	-	-
1958 Chicago White Sox	6	Undetermined	-	-
1959 Chicago White Sox	6	Undetermined	-	Stats
1960 Chicago White Sox	6	Undetermined	-	-
1961 Chicago White Sox	6	Undetermined	-	-
1962 Houston Colt .45s	16	Undetermined	-	-
Billy Goodman Stats by Baseball Almanac
Billy Goodman Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts

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