How Billy Williams's Plate Appearances per Strikeout Compares to Similar Players

Billy Williams posted a career Plate Appearances per Strikeout of 10.06, well above the league average of 7.35 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Plate Appearances per Strikeout season came in 1971, posting 15.39, well above the league average of 7.34 that year. The lowest point came in 1960 at 4.33, well below the league average of 7.27 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 10.77 in 1974 to 8.85 in 1975 and 9.39 in 1976. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Plate Appearances per Strikeout profile — ranging from 4.33 to 15.39 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Billy Williams Lifetime Plate Appearances per Strikeout

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Plate Appearances per Strikeout
Career10.06
Season Avg.10.06
162 Game Avg.10.06
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Billy Williams Plate Appearances per Strikeout Per Season

Billy Williams's Plate Appearances per Strikeout for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Billy Williams Plate Appearances per Strikeout per season line chart

Billy Williams Plate Appearances per Strikeout by Team

Billy Williams's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Billy Williams career Plate Appearances per Strikeout by team bar chart

Billy Williams Plate Appearances per Strikeout Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Billy Williams's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Billy Williams Plate Appearances per Strikeout year-over-year waterfall chart

Billy Williams Plate Appearances per Strikeout Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Billy Williams's seasonal Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Billy Williams Plate Appearances per Strikeout distribution box chart versus comparable players

Billy Williams Plate Appearances per Strikeout — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Billy Williams's MLB career with Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Billy Williams Plate Appearances per Strikeout season-by-season breakdown table