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  1. ↑ "Billy Williams | National Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum . Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Armour, Mark. "Billy Williams". Society for American Baseball Research . Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ Williams, p. 1.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Billy Williams Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "Billy Williams Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ Williams, p. 8-11.
  7. ↑ "Ebony". Johnson Publishing Company. July 1967.
  8. ↑ Iron Man. Open Library. 1970. OL   5077239M.
  9. ↑ Cooperstown: Where the Legends Live Forever, by Lowell Reidenbaugh, edited by Joe Hoppel, and compiled by the Editors of The Sporting News. New York, Gramercy Books, 1999.
  10. ↑ "July 11, 1972: Williams Goes 8-FOR-8 In Doubleheader". baseballhall.org. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  11. ↑ A's get Billy Williams in trade with Chicago
  12. ↑ Williams, p. 210.
  13. ↑ http://archive.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/09/billy-williams-statue-unveiled-during-ceremonies.html%5B%5D
  14. ↑ National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, December 5, 2011: "Ron Santo Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by Golden Era Committee" Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine

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Billy Williams
Billy Williams 1969.jpg
Williams with the Chicago Cubs in 1969
Left fielder
Born: (1938-06-15) June 15, 1938 (age 85)
Whistler, Alabama, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 6, 1959, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1976, for the Oakland Athletics
Preceded by Major League Player of the Month
May 1964
July 1972		Succeeded by
Preceded by Hitting for the cycle
July 17, 1966		Succeeded by
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