{"sport":"mlb","slug":"earl-williams","bio":{"fullName":"Earl Williams","position":"C","team":"ATH","heightInches":75,"weightLbs":220,"birthDate":"1948-07-14","rookieSeason":1970,"lastSeason":1977,"status":"RET","externalIds":{"mlbam":"124304","chadwick":"357710c2","retro":"wille101","wikidata":"Q5326165"}},"draft":null,"statTables":[{"id":"batting","label":"Batting","columns":[{"key":"g"},{"key":"ab"},{"key":"r"},{"key":"h"},{"key":"doubles"},{"key":"triples"},{"key":"hr"},{"key":"rbi"},{"key":"sb"},{"key":"bb"},{"key":"so"},{"key":"avg"},{"key":"obp"},{"key":"slg"},{"key":"ops"}],"rows":[{"season":1970,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATL","gamesPlayed":10,"values":{"g":10,"ab":19,"r":4,"h":7,"doubles":4,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":5,"sb":0,"bb":3,"so":4,"avg":0.368,"obp":0.417,"slg":0.579,"ops":0.996},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1971,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATL","gamesPlayed":145,"values":{"g":145,"ab":497,"r":64,"h":129,"doubles":14,"triples":1,"hr":33,"rbi":87,"sb":0,"bb":42,"so":80,"avg":0.26,"obp":0.324,"slg":0.491,"ops":0.815},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1972,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATL","gamesPlayed":151,"values":{"g":151,"ab":565,"r":72,"h":146,"doubles":24,"triples":2,"hr":28,"rbi":87,"sb":0,"bb":62,"so":118,"avg":0.258,"obp":0.336,"slg":0.457,"ops":0.793},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1973,"seasonType":"REG","team":"BAL","gamesPlayed":132,"values":{"g":132,"ab":459,"r":58,"h":109,"doubles":18,"triples":1,"hr":22,"rbi":83,"sb":0,"bb":66,"so":107,"avg":0.237,"obp":0.333,"slg":0.425,"ops":0.758},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1973,"seasonType":"POST","team":"BAL","gamesPlayed":5,"values":{"g":5,"ab":18,"r":2,"h":5,"doubles":2,"triples":0,"hr":1,"rbi":4,"sb":0,"bb":2,"so":2,"avg":0.278,"obp":null,"slg":0.556,"ops":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1974,"seasonType":"REG","team":"BAL","gamesPlayed":118,"values":{"g":118,"ab":413,"r":47,"h":105,"doubles":16,"triples":0,"hr":14,"rbi":52,"sb":0,"bb":40,"so":79,"avg":0.254,"obp":0.327,"slg":0.395,"ops":0.722},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1974,"seasonType":"POST","team":"BAL","gamesPlayed":2,"values":{"g":2,"ab":6,"r":0,"h":0,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":0,"sb":0,"bb":0,"so":2,"avg":0,"obp":0,"slg":0,"ops":0},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1975,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATL","gamesPlayed":111,"values":{"g":111,"ab":383,"r":42,"h":92,"doubles":13,"triples":0,"hr":11,"rbi":50,"sb":0,"bb":34,"so":63,"avg":0.24,"obp":0.305,"slg":0.36,"ops":0.665},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1976,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":122,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"g":122,"ab":374,"r":35,"h":84,"doubles":13,"triples":2,"hr":17,"rbi":55,"sb":0,"bb":33,"so":65,"avg":0.225,"slg":0.406,"obp":null,"ops":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1976,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATL","gamesPlayed":61,"values":{"g":61,"ab":184,"r":18,"h":39,"doubles":3,"triples":0,"hr":9,"rbi":26,"sb":0,"bb":19,"so":33,"avg":0.212,"obp":0.286,"slg":0.375,"ops":0.661},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1976,"seasonType":"REG","team":"WSH","gamesPlayed":61,"values":{"g":61,"ab":190,"r":17,"h":45,"doubles":10,"triples":2,"hr":8,"rbi":29,"sb":0,"bb":14,"so":32,"avg":0.237,"obp":0.285,"slg":0.437,"ops":0.722},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1977,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATH","gamesPlayed":100,"values":{"g":100,"ab":348,"r":39,"h":84,"doubles":13,"triples":0,"hr":13,"rbi":38,"sb":2,"bb":18,"so":58,"avg":0.241,"obp":0.288,"slg":0.391,"ops":0.679},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"g":889,"ab":3058,"r":361,"h":756,"doubles":115,"triples":6,"hr":138,"rbi":457,"sb":2,"bb":298,"so":574,"avg":0.247,"obp":0.318,"slg":0.424,"ops":0.742},"POST":{"g":7,"ab":24,"r":2,"h":5,"doubles":2,"triples":0,"hr":1,"rbi":4,"sb":0,"bb":2,"so":4,"avg":0.208,"obp":0.269,"slg":0.417,"ops":0.686}}},{"id":"advanced","label":"Advanced (League-Relative)","columns":[{"key":"ops_plus","label":"OPS+","description":"On-base plus slugging vs the player's own season+league (100 = league average). Park-unadjusted; OBP uses a consistent (H+BB)/(AB+BB) rate. Higher is better.","format":"int","higherIsBetter":true},{"key":"era_plus","label":"ERA+","description":"Earned-run average vs the player's own season+league (100 = league average). Park-unadjusted. Higher is better.","format":"int","higherIsBetter":true}],"rows":[{"season":1970,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATL","values":{"ops_plus":184,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1971,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATL","values":{"ops_plus":129,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1972,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATL","values":{"ops_plus":128,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1973,"seasonType":"REG","team":"BAL","values":{"ops_plus":114,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1974,"seasonType":"REG","team":"BAL","values":{"ops_plus":105,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1975,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATL","values":{"ops_plus":92,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1976,"seasonType":"REG","gamesPlayed":null,"gamesStarted":null,"values":{"ops_plus":null,"era_plus":null},"team":"TOT","rowScope":"total"},{"season":1976,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATL","values":{"ops_plus":97,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1976,"seasonType":"REG","team":"WSH","values":{"ops_plus":111,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1977,"seasonType":"REG","team":"ATH","values":{"ops_plus":96,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"ops_plus":112,"era_plus":null}},"advancedMeta":{"method":"computed in-house from MLB StatsAPI season batting/pitching lines, normalized to each player's own (season, league) baseline","formulas":{"era_plus":"100 * lgERA / playerERA (league ERA = 9 * ΣER / ΣIP over the season+league)","ops_plus":"100 * (OBP/lgOBP + SLG/lgSLG - 1)","career_era_plus":"innings-weighted league ERA / career ERA (B-Ref method)","career_ops_plus":"AB-weighted OBP & SLG against AB-weighted league rates"},"caveats":["PARK-UNADJUSTED: no park-factor data exists in the corpus, so these are league-relative but not park-adjusted (true B-Ref ERA+/OPS+ also divide by a park factor)","OBP baseline uses a consistent (H+BB)/(AB+BB) reached-base rate for BOTH player and league — the source feed carries no HBP or SF, so this is not the full (H+BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+HBP+SF) OBP; SLG is exact from the hit-type columns","league resolved from team code + season (most-recently-founded franchise existing by that season); the same resolver builds the baseline and looks up the player, so ratios stay internally coherent","a (season, league) bucket below the sample floor (3000 AB batting / 1000 IP pitching) yields null — no noisy baselines","regular season only; postseason lines are excluded from league baselines and metrics","AL and NL and each historical/Negro league are normalized separately — never blended across leagues or eras"]}}],"dataSources":["MLB StatsAPI (statsapi.mlb.com — official public league API; facts only, raw payloads not republished)"],"generatedAt":"2026-07-03T03:00:12.318Z"}