Billy Goodman Stats

Billy Goodman was born on Monday, March 22, 1926, in Concord, North Carolina. Goodman was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1947, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Billy Goodman baseball stats page.
"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)

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Billy Goodman

Billy Goodman Autograph on a 1951 Hit Parade (#3-2)

Billy Goodman Autograph on a 1951 Hit Parade (#3-2)
 

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Birth Name:   William Dale Goodman
Nickname:   Billy
Born On:   03-22-1926  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Concord, North Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-01-1984 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Sarasota, Florida
Cemetery:   Mount Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery, Concord, North Carolina
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   04-19-1947 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-29-1962
Draft:   Not Applicable
Billy Goodman

Billy Goodman Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Billy Goodman

Billy Goodman Hitting Stats
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 - 2 0 - 0 0 .182 .250 .182
1948 22 Red Sox 127 445 65 138 27 2 1 1 66 74 - 44 3 - 5 18 .310 .414 .387
1949 23 Red Sox 122 443 54 132 23 3 0 0 56 58 - 21 6 - 2 14 .298 .382 .363
1950 24 Red Sox 110 424 91 150 25 3 4 1 68 52 - 25 7 - 2 8 .354 .427 .455
1951 25 Red Sox 141 546 92 162 34 4 0 0 50 79 - 37 11 - 2 12 .297 .388 .374
1952 26 Red Sox 138 513 79 157 27 3 4 0 56 48 - 23 14 - 4 7 .306 .370 .394
1953 27 Red Sox 128 514 73 161 33 5 2 0 41 57 - 11 8 - 2 2 .313 .384 .409
1954 28 Red Sox 127 489 71 148 25 4 1 0 36 51 - 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
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 7 329 89 15 29 121 .300 .376 .378
Billy Goodman

Billy Goodman Fielding Stats
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 2B 2 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
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 62 61 1,671 586 9.5 583 554 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
1955 Red Sox RF 1 - - 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
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
2B Totals 624 581 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 406 389 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 43 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 1,479 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

Billy Goodman Miscellaneous Stats
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 - - -
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

Billy Goodman Miscellaneous Items of Interest
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 - -




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