finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1955 right 17 august 2009 dallas , texas dallas , texas 1949 july 30 .252 235 163 .320 .351 517 second baseman new york giants batting slugging average games played average runs scored runs batted in on-base percentage september 16 2 november 1927 davey williams 1953.jpg davey williams
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davey williams

david carlous williams -lrb- november 2 , 1927 -- august 17 , 2009 -rrb- williams graduated from sunset high school in dallas , texas in 1945 .
he was an all-star second baseman who played his entire career for the new york giants of the national league .
listed at , 160 lb. , williams batted and threw right-handed .
he was born in dallas , texas .
williams entered the majors with the giants in 1949 , playing for them in part of that season and from 1951 through 1955 .
his most productive season came in 1952 , when he posted career-numbers in home runs -lrb- 13 -rrb- , runs -lrb- 70 -rrb- , rbi -lrb- 48 -rrb- and extrabases -lrb- 42 -rrb- , while hitting a .254 batting average in 138 games .
in 1953 , he hit a career-high .297 , earned a selection on the nl all-star team , and was a member of the 1954 world series champions .
in a six-season career , williams was a .252 hitter -lrb- 450-for-1785 -rrb- with 32 home runs and 163 rbi in 517 games , including 235 runs , 163 rbi , 61 doubles , 10 triples and six stolen bases .
a good contact , free swinger hitter , he collected 164 walks and 144 strikeouts in 1993 appearances at the plate .
at second base , he recorded a .978 fielding percentage -lrb- 52 errors in 2323 chances -rrb- .
williams 's playing career was cut short when he was never able to fully recover after injuring his back in a collision with jackie robinson of the brooklyn dodgers , as williams covered first base on robinson bunt .
robinson later said that his intended target on the play had actually been giant pitcher sal maglie .
maglie had angered the dodgers by throwing several pitches high and inside on dodger hitters , so robinson had bunted specifically looking for the opportunity to crash into maglie on the play .
however , maglie did n't cover first base as robinson had expected , so instead , it was williams who took the brunt of robinson 's charge .
following his playing career , williams coached for the giants in the 1956 and 1957 seasons .
williams died in his home town of dallas , texas , at the age of 81 .
