What is Billy Williams?
{{Infobox MLB player |name=Billy Williams |image=Billy Williams 2013.jpg |position=[[Left fielder]] |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1938|6|15}} |birth_place=[[Whistler, Alabama]] |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 6 |debutyear=1959 |debutteam=Chicago Cubs |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 2 |finalyear=1976 |finalteam=Oakland Athletics |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Batting average]] |stat1value=.290 |stat3label=[[Home run]]s |stat3value=426 |stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]] |stat2value=2,711 |stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]] |stat4value=1,475 |teams=<nowiki></nowiki> * [[Chicago Cubs]] (1959–1974) * [[Oakland Athletics]] (1975–1976) |highlights=<nowiki></nowiki> * 6× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1962 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)|1962²]], [[1964 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1964]], [[1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1965]], [[1968 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1968]], [[1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1972]], [[1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1973]]) * [[NL Rookie of the Year]] (1961) * [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|NL batting champion]] (1972) * [[Chicago Cubs#Retired numbers|Chicago Cubs #26]] retired |hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |hoftype = National |hofdate={{Baseball year|1987}} |hofvote=85.71% (sixth ballot) }} '''Billy Leo Williams''' (born June 15, 1938) is a retired American [[baseball]] [[left fielder]]. He played sixteen seasons in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) for the [[Chicago Cubs]] and two seasons for the [[Oakland Athletics]]. Williams was added into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1987.<ref>National Baseball Hall of Fame [http://www.baseballhall.org/hof/williams-billy] Retrieved May 5, 2015</ref> In 1999, he was named a finalist for the [[Major League Baseball All-Century Team]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Baseballstats|br=w/willibi01 |fangraphs=1013975 |cube=billy-williams |brm=willia004bil}}