Eddie Williams (baseball)
Appearance
Eddie Williams | |
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First baseman / Third baseman | |
Born: Shreveport, Louisiana | November 1, 1964|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Professional debut | |
MLB: April 18, 1986, for the Cleveland Indians | |
NPB: April 7, 1991, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | |
Last appearance | |
MLB: May 27, 1998, for the San Diego Padres | |
NPB: June 27, 1991, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .252 |
Home runs | 39 |
Runs batted in | 150 |
Teams | |
Edward Laquan Williams (born November 1, 1964) is an American former professional first baseman and third baseman.
Career
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft out of Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego, California, Williams made his major league debut with the Cleveland Indians on April 18, 1986, and appear in his final game on May 27, 1998, for the San Diego Padres. He also played one season in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in 1991, and one season in South Korea's KBO League for the Hyundai Unicorns in 2000.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics and player information from Korea Baseball Organization
Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- African-American baseball players
- Albuquerque Dukes players
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- American expatriate baseball players in South Korea
- Baseball players from Louisiana
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Cedar Rapids Reds players
- Chicago White Sox players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- Columbia Mets players
- Detroit Tigers players
- Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks players
- Fukuoka Daiei Hawks players
- Hyundai Unicorns players
- KBO League infielders
- Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players
- Little Falls Mets players
- Los Angeles Dodgers players
- MacArthur Fellows
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Major League Baseball third basemen
- New Orleans Zephyrs players
- Nippon Professional Baseball third basemen
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Richmond Braves players
- Salt Lake Buzz players
- San Diego Padres players
- Sioux Falls Canaries players
- Solano Steelheads players
- Sportspeople from Shreveport, Louisiana
- Tampa Tarpons (1957–1987) players
- Vancouver Canadians players
- Waterbury Indians players
- American baseball first baseman stubs