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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)

Billy Goodman

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
Born In:	Concord, North Carolina
Zodiac:	Aries
Died On:	10-01-1984
Died In:	Sarasota, Florida
Cemetery:	Mount Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery, Concord, North Carolina

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 Billy Goodman Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1947	Red Sox	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	2	0	-	0	0	.182	.250	.182
1948	Red Sox	127	445	65	138	27	2	1	1	66	74	-	44	3	-	5	18	.310	.414	.387
1949	Red Sox	122	443	54	132	23	3	0	0	56	58	-	21	6	-	2	14	.298	.382	.363
1950	Red Sox	110	424	91	150	25	3	4	1	68	52	-	25	7	-	2	8	.354	.427	.455
1951	Red Sox	141	546	92	162	34	4	0	0	50	79	-	37	11	-	2	12	.297	.388	.374
1952	Red Sox	138	513	79	157	27	3	4	0	56	48	-	23	14	-	4	7	.306	.370	.394
1953	Red Sox	128	514	73	161	33	5	2	0	41	57	-	11	8	-	2	2	.313	.384	.409
1954	Red Sox	127	489	71	148	25	4	1	0	36	51	-	15	9	1	2	10	.303	.370	.376
1955	Red Sox	149	599	100	176	31	2	0	0	52	99	1	44	10	4	3	13	.294	.394	.352
1956	Red Sox	105	399	61	117	22	8	2	0	38	40	1	22	7	2	0	3	.293	.356	.404
1957	Red Sox	18	16	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.125
1957	Orioles	73	263	36	81	10	3	3	0	33	21	1	18	8	3	3	11	.308	.362	.403
1958	White Sox	116	425	41	127	15	5	0	0	40	37	1	21	3	4	2	10	.299	.355	.358
1959	White Sox	104	268	21	67	14	1	1	0	28	19	0	20	2	0	2	4	.250	.304	.321
1960	White Sox	30	77	5	18	4	0	0	0	6	12	1	8	0	0	0	2	.234	.337	.286
1961	White Sox	41	51	4	13	4	0	1	0	10	7	0	6	0	1	0	1	.255	.339	.392
1962	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	GS	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
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1947 Red Sox	RF	1	-	-	2	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1948 Red Sox	1B	117	-	-	1,178	10.1	1,170	1,101	69	8	118	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	0.00	-
1948 Red Sox	2B	2	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1948 Red Sox	3B	2	-	-	5	2.5	4	0	4	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.800	0.00	-
1949 Red Sox	1B	117	-	-	1,157	9.9	1,148	1,069	79	9	148	n/a	n/a	n/a	.992	0.00	-
1950 Red Sox	1B	21	-	-	206	9.8	205	193	12	1	15	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	0.00	-
1950 Red Sox	2B	5	-	-	30	6.0	29	16	13	1	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	0.00	-
1950 Red Sox	3B	27	-	-	93	3.4	87	29	58	6	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.935	0.00	-
1950 Red Sox	LF	45	-	-	107	2.4	106	104	2	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	0.00	-
1950 Red Sox	SS	1	-	-	6	6.0	6	2	4	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1951 Red Sox	1B	62	-	-	586	9.5	583	554	29	3	61	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	0.00	-
1951 Red Sox	2B	44	-	-	255	5.8	246	117	129	9	32	n/a	n/a	n/a	.965	0.00	-
1951 Red Sox	3B	1	-	-	4	4.0	4	1	3	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1951 Red Sox	OF	38	-	-	81	2.1	79	70	9	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	0.00	-
1952 Red Sox	1B	23	-	-	204	8.9	201	184	17	3	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	0.00	-
1952 Red Sox	2B	103	-	-	640	6.2	624	284	340	16	95	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	0.00	-
1952 Red Sox	3B	5	-	-	14	2.8	13	3	10	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	0.00	-
1952 Red Sox	LF	4	-	-	4	1.0	4	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1953 Red Sox	1B	20	-	-	170	8.5	164	151	13	6	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	.965	0.00	-
1953 Red Sox	2B	112	-	-	588	5.3	573	267	306	15	88	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	0.00	-
1954 Red Sox	1B	27	-	-	214	7.9	211	195	16	3	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	0.00	-
1954 Red Sox	2B	72	-	-	389	5.4	381	173	208	8	59	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	0.00	-
1954 Red Sox	3B	12	-	-	36	3.0	34	11	23	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	0.00	-
1954 Red Sox	LF	13	-	-	16	1.2	15	14	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	0.00	-
1955 Red Sox	1B	5	-	-	53	10.6	52	47	5	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	0.00	-
1955 Red Sox	2B	143	-	-	744	5.2	721	348	373	23	93	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	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	-	-	498	5.2	481	215	266	17	69	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	0.00	-
1957 Orioles	1B	8	-	-	61	7.6	59	56	3	2	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	0.00	-
1957 Orioles	2B	5	-	-	28	5.6	26	14	12	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	0.00	-
1957 Orioles	3B	54	-	-	153	2.8	147	54	93	6	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.961	0.00	-
1957 Orioles	OF	9	-	-	10	1.1	9	9	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	0.00	-
1957 Orioles	SS	5	-	-	3	0.6	3	1	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1958 White Sox	1B	3	-	-	21	7.0	21	19	2	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1958 White Sox	2B	1	-	-	4	4.0	4	2	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1958 White Sox	3B	111	-	-	284	2.6	271	67	204	13	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	.954	0.00	-
1958 White Sox	SS	1	-	-	3	3.0	3	1	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1959 White Sox	2B	3	-	-	9	3.0	9	4	5	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1959 White Sox	3B	74	-	-	202	2.7	192	57	135	10	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	0.00	-
1960 White Sox	2B	7	-	-	23	3.3	23	9	14	0	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1960 White Sox	3B	20	-	-	56	2.8	55	17	38	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	0.00	-
1961 White Sox	1B	2	-	-	6	3.0	6	6	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1961 White Sox	2B	1	-	-	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1961 White Sox	3B	7	-	-	18	2.6	17	4	13	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	0.00	-
1962 Colt .45s	1B	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1962 Colt .45s	2B	31	-	-	72	2.3	70	25	45	2	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.972	0.00	-
1962 Colt .45s	3B	17	-	-	40	2.4	33	11	22	7	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.825	0.00	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
2B Totals		624	0	0	3,282	5.3	3,189	1,475	1,714	93	459	n/a	n/a	n/a	.972	0.00	--
1B Totals		406	0	0	3,856	9.5	3,820	3,575	245	36	415	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	0.00	--
3B Totals		330	0	0	905	2.7	857	254	603	48	52	n/a	n/a	n/a	.947	0.00	--
LF Totals		62	0	0	127	2.0	125	122	3	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	0.00	--
OF Totals		47	0	0	91	1.9	88	79	9	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	0.00	--
SS Totals		7	0	0	12	1.7	12	4	8	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
RF Totals		2	0	0	2	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
16 Years		1,478	-	-	8,275	5.6	8,093	5,511	2,582	182	930	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	0.00	--

Billy Goodman Billy Goodman Miscellaneous 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	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.5	11.0	-	-	-
1948 Red Sox	5	3	.625	-	-	n/a	445.0	10.1	6.7	-	-	-
1949 Red Sox	2	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	21.1	7.9	-	-	-
1950 Red Sox	2	4	.333	-	-	n/a	106.0	17.0	6.2	-	-	-
1951 Red Sox	7	4	.636	-	-	n/a	0.0	14.8	10.9	-	-	-
1952 Red Sox	8	2	.800	-	-	n/a	128.3	22.3	9.2	-	-	-
1953 Red Sox	1	4	.200	-	-	n/a	257.0	46.7	12.5	-	-	-
1954 Red Sox	3	3	.500	-	-	n/a	489.0	32.6	13.6	-	-	-
1955 Red Sox	5	5	.500	-	-	n/a	0.0	13.6	11.5	-	-	-
1956 Red Sox	0	3	.000	-	-	n/a	199.5	18.1	10.5	-	-	-
1957 Red Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	16.0	0.0	-	-	-
1957 Orioles	0	2	.000	-	-	n/a	87.7	14.6	8.0	-	-	-
1958 White Sox	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	20.2	10.6	-	-	-
1959 White Sox	3	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	268.0	13.4	9.6	-	-	-
1960 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	9.6	12.8	-	-	-
1961 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	51.0	8.5	5.1	-	-	-
1962 Colt .45s	0	0	.000	-	-	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	-	-	n/a	297.1	17.2	9.5	-	-	-

Billy Goodman Billy Goodman Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for 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	-	-
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