Billy Goodman
Billy Goodman
Full name: William Dale Goodman
Born: March 22, 1926, Concord, North Carolina
Died October 1, 1984, Sarasota, Florida
Buried at Mount Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery, Concord, North Carolina
First Game: April 19, 1947; Final Game: September 29, 1962
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 165
Billy Goodman
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1947 BOS A 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .250 .182 -0.1 1947 BOS A
1948 BOS A 127 445 65 138 27 2 1 66 74 44 5 3 18 5 3 .310 .414 .387 0.3 1948 BOS A
1949 BOS A 122 443 54 132 23 3 0 56 58 21 2 6 14 2 0 .298 .382 .363 -0.7 1949 BOS A
1950 BOS A 110 424 91 150 25 3 4 68 52 25 2 7 8 2 4 .354 .427 .455 0.5 1950 BOS A
1951 BOS A 141 546 92 162 34 4 0 50 79 37 2 11 12 7 4 .297 .388 .374 -0.1 1951 BOS A
1952 BOS A 138 513 79 157 27 3 4 56 48 23 4 14 7 8 2 .306 .370 .394 3.4 1952 BOS A
1953 BOS A 128 514 73 161 33 5 2 41 57 11 2 8 2 1 4 .313 .384 .409 1.3 1953 BOS A
1954 BOS A 127 489 71 148 25 4 1 36 51 15 2 9 1 10 3 3 .303 .370 .376 0.7 1954 BOS A
1955 BOS A 149 599 100 176 31 2 0 52 99 1 44 3 10 4 13 5 5 .294 .394 .352 -1.0 1955 BOS A
1956 BOS A 105 399 61 117 22 8 2 38 40 1 22 0 7 2 3 0 3 .293 .356 .404 -0.8 1956 BOS A
1957 BOS A 18 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .063 .167 .125 -0.3 1957 BOS A
1957 BAL A 73 263 36 81 10 3 3 33 21 1 18 3 8 3 11 0 2 .308 .362 .403 -0.2 1957 BAL A
1957 TOT A 91 279 37 82 11 3 3 33 23 1 19 3 8 3 11 0 2 .294 .351 .387 -0.5 1957 TOT A
1958 CHI A 116 425 41 127 15 5 0 40 37 1 21 2 3 4 10 1 0 .299 .355 .358 -1.1 1958 CHI A
1959 CHI A 104 268 21 67 14 1 1 28 19 0 20 2 2 0 4 3 0 .250 .304 .321 -1.0 1959 CHI A
1960 CHI A Daily Splits 30 77 5 18 4 0 0 6 12 1 8 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 .234 .337 .286 0.0 1960 CHI A
1961 CHI A Daily Splits 41 51 4 13 4 0 1 10 7 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .255 .339 .392 0.0 1961 CHI A
1962 HOU N Daily Splits 82 161 12 41 4 1 0 10 12 2 11 0 1 0 0 3 6 0 0 .255 .306 .292 -1.3 1962 HOU N
Total NL 82 161 12 41 4 1 0 10 12 2 11 0 1 0 0 3 6 0 0 .255 .306 .292 -1.3 Total NL
Total AL 1541 5483 795 1650 295 43 19 581 657 5i 318 29 88 15i 0i 3i115 37 30 .301 .378 .381 0.9 Total AL
Total Splits 1623 5644 807 1691 299 44 19 591 669 7i 329 29 89 15i 0i 6i121 37 30 .300 .376 .378 -0.4 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1959 CHI A Daily Splits 5 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .286 .231 1959 CHI A
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1949 AL Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1949 AL
1953 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 1953 AL
Total Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1947 BOS A OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1948 BOS A 1B 117 1101 69 8 118 .993
1948 BOS A 2B 2 0 0 0 0 -
1948 BOS A 3B 2 0 4 1 2 .800
1949 BOS A 1B 117 1069 79 9 148 .992
1950 BOS A OF 45 104 2 1 1 .991 45 0 0
1950 BOS A 3B 27 29 58 6 4 .935
1950 BOS A 1B 21 193 12 1 15 .995
1950 BOS A 2B 5 16 13 1 7 .967
1950 BOS A SS 1 2 4 0 1 1.000
1951 BOS A 1B 62 554 29 3 61 .995
1951 BOS A 2B 44 117 129 9 32 .965
1951 BOS A OF 38 70 9 2 2 .975 2 0 36
1951 BOS A 3B 1 1 3 0 1 1.000
1952 BOS A 2B 103 284 340 16 95 .975
1952 BOS A 1B 23 184 17 3 17 .985
1952 BOS A 3B 5 3 10 1 0 .929
1952 BOS A OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4 0 0
1953 BOS A 2B 112 267 306 15 88 .974
1953 BOS A 1B 20 151 13 6 18 .965
1954 BOS A 2B 72 173 208 8 59 .979
1954 BOS A 1B 27 195 16 3 26 .986
1954 BOS A OF 13 14 1 1 0 .938 13 0 0
1954 BOS A 3B 12 11 23 2 5 .944
1955 BOS A 2B 143 348 373 23 93 .969
1955 BOS A 1B 5 47 5 1 3 .981
1955 BOS A OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1956 BOS A 2B 95 215 266 17 69 .966
1957 BAL A 3B 54 54 93 6 9 .961
1957 BAL A OF 9 9 0 1 0 .900 4 0 5
1957 BAL A 1B 8 56 3 2 7 .967
1957 BAL A 2B 5 14 12 2 4 .929
1957 BAL A SS 5 1 2 0 0 1.000
1958 CHI A 3B 111 67 204 13 16 .954
1958 CHI A 1B 3 19 2 0 2 1.000
1958 CHI A 2B 1 2 2 0 0 1.000
1958 CHI A SS 1 1 2 0 0 1.000
1959 CHI A 3B 74 57 135 10 10 .950
1959 CHI A 2B 3 4 5 0 1 1.000
1960 CHI A Daily 3B 20 16 4 116 17 38 1 2 0 .982
1960 CHI A 2B 7 5 2 43 9 14 0 5 0 1.000
1961 CHI A Daily 3B 7 5 2 48.2 4 13 1 1 0 .944
1961 CHI A 1B 2 0 0 2.2 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 CHI A 2B 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1962 HOU N Daily 2B 30 15 8 147 25 45 2 6 0 .972
1962 HOU N 3B 17 10 6 99 11 22 7 2 0 .825
1962 HOU N 1B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total 2B 623 20i 10i 193 i 1475 1714 93 459 0i .972
Total 1B 406 0i 0i 3 i 3575 245 36 415 0i .991
Total 3B 330 31i 12i 263.2i 254 603 48 52 0i .947
Total OF 111 203 12 5 3 .977 68 0 43
Total SS 7 4 8 0 1 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1959 CHI A Daily 3B 5 3 1 24 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1949 AL Daily 1B 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1953 AL Daily 2B 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Traded by Boston Red Sox to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Mike Fornieles (June
14, 1957 ).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Tito Francona and Ray Moore to Chicago White Sox in
exchange for Larry Doby , Jim Marshall , Russ Heman and Jack Harshman (December 3,
1957 ).
Released by Chicago White Sox (May 15, 1962 ).
Signed by Houston Colt .45s (May 15, 1962 ).
Released by Houston Colt .45s (October 16, 1962 ).
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