Ken Williams Position: LeftfielderBats: Left • Throws: Right 6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)Born: June 28, 1890 in Grants Pass, ORDied: January 22, 1959 in Grants Pass, ORBuried: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Grants Pass, ORDebut: July 14, 1915 (4,358th in major league history) vs. BRO 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: August 10, 1929 vs. CHW 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBFull Name: Kenneth Roy Williams View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen…
Ken Williams Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 74 Weight: 187 Born: Monday, April 06, 1964 in Berkeley, CA USA Died: in , Debut: 9/2/1986 Last Game: 10/4/1991 Full Name: Kenneth Royal Williams
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page In the bottom of the 3rd inning of the August 16, 1987 game against the Chicago White Sox at Exhibition Stadium, he successfully stole second base, and the throw from the catcher Carlton Fisk went into center field. However,…
Bobby Bonds, with his first-inning two-run homer in the Giants’ 6-4 defeat to the Reds at Candlestick Park, becomes the fourth player in major league history to steal at least 30 bases and hit at least thirty home runs in the same season. The other members of the 30/30 club are Ken Williams (1922-Browns), Willie Mays (1956 & 1957-Giants), and Hank Aaron (1963-Braves).
Washington defeats Detroit, 4 – 3, as the Senators’ Roy Sievers hits his 30th home run, his sixth homer in six games, to tie an American League record held by Ken Williams and Lou Gehrig.
On January 29, 1930, the Boston Red Sox sell former American League home run king Ken Williams to the rival New York Yankees for the waiver price. Williams, a lifetime .319 hitter, will be released prior to the start of the season and will never again play in the major leagues.
Baby Doll Jacobson collects three triples to lead the Browns to a 16 – 0 whitewash of the Tigers. The victory, the most lopsided in Browns history, goes to pitcher Elam Vangilder. St. Louis totals 20 hits with Ken Williams hitting a homer in his 5th straight game, his 37th of the year. George Sisler has three hits to keep his hitting streak alive, as the Browns keep pace with New York, winners in 10 innings against Washington.
The Browns move to a 1 1/2 game lead, beating the Red Sox, 4 – 1, as the White Sox beat New York. Ken Williams hits his 26th homer, one of three Brownie bombs.
The Yanks move back into first place when Sad Sam Jones beats Ray Kolp, 7 – 3. Kolp lasts just two innings before Bill Bayne takes over for the final seven and allows two runs. Ken Williams hits his 23rd homer but Whitey Witt counters with a three-run home run.
On June 11, 1922 Insisting on another start‚ Urban Shocker is again beaten by the Yankees‚ 8 – 4. New York scores 3 in the 7th on a walk‚ 3 hits‚ and a Ken Williams throwing error. Gene Robertson‚ a substitute, adds the game’s topper in the 7th when he lifts a high fly behind the Browns’ dugout and the ball strikes owner Phil Ball on…