William
Lamberth
 
Nickname: Boss
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 17, 1982 in Imperial beach Ca
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2011   
MVP 2014   
All-Star Selections 2009    2010    2014    2015    2019   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 24 CHN NL $ 300,000   62 62 62 61 61 61 70 68 69 94 92 93 41 40 40
2008 25 PHI NL $ 300,000   65 65 65 66 66 66 67 65 66 97 94 95 59 58 58
2009 26 PHI NL $ 300,000   66 66 66 70 70 70 67 65 66 98 96 97 63 62 62
2010 27 PHI NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
2011 28 TEX AL $ 3,421,429   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
2012 29 SFN NL $ 3,421,429   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
2013 30 NYN NL $ 5,157,143   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
2014 31 NYN NL $ 9,030,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
2015 32 NYN NL $ 9,030,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
2016 33 HOU NL $ 9,030,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
2017 34 HOU NL $ 9,030,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 6 6
2018 35 CHN NL $ 11,759,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 6 6
2019 36 HOU NL $ 11,759,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 6 6
2020 37 HOU NL $ 11,759,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
2021 38 MIN AL $ 15,200,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,200,000   66 66 66 70 70 70 70 68 69 98 96 97 63 62 62
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2007 24 CHN NL 157 513 60 130 18 2 12 58 8 0 70 140 .253 .345 .366 .712 66.7 11.1
2008 25 PHI NL 153 537 72 124 21 0 19 63 10 8 91 120 .231 .344 .376 .721 73.1 11.7
2009 26 PHI NL 161 585 93 163 36 5 16 68 8 10 106 97 .279 .392 .439 .831 102.2 18.1
2010 27 PHI NL 159 541 95 165 27 2 24 86 15 8 96 101 .305 .411 .495 .906 109.9 21.1
2011 28 PHI NL 56 203 23 44 4 0 3 15 2 1 35 30 .217 .333 .281 .614 20.6 1.2
  TEX AL 98 344 57 104 19 4 21 76 4 3 59 50 .302 .405 .564 .969 71.7 13.7
  TOT   154 547 80 148 23 4 24 91 6 4 94 80 .271 .379 .459 .838 92.3 14.8
2012 29 TEX AL 26 86 15 24 5 3 2 14 2 0 7 16 .279 .337 .477 .814 13.9 2.9
  SFN NL 121 432 90 145 20 3 24 76 11 1 69 65 .336 .428 .563 .991 99.0 24.7
  TOT   147 518 105 169 25 6 26 90 13 1 76 81 .326 .414 .548 .962 112.9 27.6
2013 30 SFN NL 39 140 23 38 7 0 6 18 1 1 17 23 .271 .360 .450 .810 22.6 4.6
  COL NL 22 82 20 21 8 1 4 13 1 1 16 13 .256 .386 .524 .911 16.5 3.0
  NYN NL 61 205 38 54 9 1 10 37 2 2 28 45 .263 .361 .463 .825 34.3 6.0
  TOT   122 427 81 113 24 2 20 68 4 4 61 81 .265 .366 .471 .837 73.3 13.7
2014 31 NYN NL 159 549 107 182 26 0 32 93 1 0 111 89 .332 .443 .554 .997 130.4 28.1
2015 32 NYN NL 159 550 100 172 25 4 30 85 5 1 98 93 .313 .419 .536 .955 114.9 25.8
2016 33 NYN NL 44 164 18 39 5 0 9 26 0 1 14 34 .238 .298 .433 .731 20.1 3.6
  HOU NL 64 231 41 74 19 1 9 41 0 1 30 37 .320 .399 .528 .927 44.0 11.1
  TOT   108 395 59 113 24 1 18 67 0 2 44 71 .286 .358 .489 .847 64.2 14.7
    AAA   7 24 9 12 2 0 4 8 0 0 7 5 .500 .613 1.083 1.696 11.4  
2017 34 HOU NL 122 417 83 121 15 4 26 77 0 0 64 90 .290 .388 .532 .920 81.6 20.6
2018 35 CHN NL 157 560 90 132 24 2 22 83 11 9 86 107 .236 .344 .404 .747 77.5 13.1
2019 36 CHN NL 57 215 40 61 12 0 12 46 1 1 30 40 .284 .373 .507 .880 38.8 7.9
  HOU NL 101 373 69 110 16 2 23 79 3 1 43 60 .295 .369 .534 .902 69.4 15.2
  TOT   158 588 109 171 28 2 35 125 4 2 73 100 .291 .371 .524 .894 108.2 23.1
2020 37 HOU NL 155 573 111 162 27 3 34 112 0 0 76 89 .283 .372 .518 .890 106.4 23.0
2021 38 MIN AL 154 574 86 128 17 5 21 85 0 0 74 138 .223 .322 .380 .702 72.7 10.2
15 Years Sim 2225 7874 1331 2193 360 42 359 1251 85 49 1220 1477 .279 .378 .472 .850 1386.1 276.8
1 Years AAA 7 24 9 12 2 0 4 8 0 0 7 5 .500 .613 1.083 1.696 11.4  
162 Game Average 573 96 159 26 3 26 91 6 3 88 107 .279 .378 .472 .850 100.9  
Career Highs 161 588 111 182 36 6 35 125 15 10 111 140 .332 .443 .554 .997 130.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5871 968 1621 272 30 253 916 60 38 917 1124 .276 .377 .462 .839 1026.8
vs LH   2003 363 572 88 12 106 335 25 11 303 353 .286 .383 .500 .883 378.1
Home 1096 3743 646 1037 180 16 160 579 42 15 594 702 .277 .379 .462 .841 662.1
Away 1129 4131 685 1156 180 26 199 672 43 34 626 775 .280 .378 .481 .859 742.8
RISP   1908 0 551 92 10 93 854 0 0 411 374 .289 .410 .494 .904 398.0
Pinch Hitting   130 20 31 6 2 5 18 0 0 15 34 .238 .317 .431 .748 18.2
Close/Late   924 135 252 39 6 35 114 0 0 176 166 .273 .396 .442 .838 166.0
Mar/Apr 273 980 176 273 40 6 46 170 11 9 141 196 .279 .374 .472 .847 170.9
May 344 1228 206 339 59 4 57 194 17 11 202 233 .276 .379 .470 .849 221.1
June 389 1374 236 386 63 5 65 227 11 8 219 262 .281 .382 .476 .858 249.7
July 381 1323 208 353 69 11 56 214 9 6 222 228 .267 .374 .463 .837 232.3
August 401 1409 226 403 58 6 77 238 13 8 227 282 .286 .390 .500 .889 270.3
Sep/Oct 437 1560 279 439 71 10 58 208 24 7 209 276 .281 .369 .451 .821 260.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2007 24 CHN NL RF 136 113 1062.3 229 8 1 3 .996 2.01 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    CF 5 4 40.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.93 0 0 .000 0  
    C 3 3 28.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 6.28 1 0 .000 2 0.1
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2008 25 PHI NL RF 144 141 1239.3 297 5 2 0 .993 2.19 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
2009 26 PHI NL RF 161 161 1414.7 343 8 9 0 .975 2.23 0 0 .000 0 2.6
2010 27 PHI NL RF 149 148 1316.7 279 2 5 0 .983 1.92 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    CF 5 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
2011 28 PHI NL RF 42 42 381.6 96 2 1 0 .990 2.31 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 14 12 113.5 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TEX AL RF 73 73 647.1 163 3 3 0 .982 2.31 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    CF 24 22 192.5 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 115 115 1028.7 259 5 4 0 .985 2.31   3.5
      CF 38 34 306.0 73 0 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.0
2012 29 TEX AL RF 19 18 147.2 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 2 0 3.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SFN NL RF 86 86 788.5 156 4 2 0 .988 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    CF 7 1 20.2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 105 104 935.7 185 5 2 0 .990 1.83   1.6
      CF 9 1 24.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
      C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2013 30 SFN NL RF 37 35 317.3 68 1 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  COL NL RF 21 20 199.0 43 1 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYN NL RF 58 56 469.0 100 2 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 2 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 116 111 985.3 211 4 0 0 1.000 1.96   2.1
      CF 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2014 31 NYN NL LF 95 95 847.3 207 1 1 0 .995 2.21 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    CF 37 34 307.0 98 1 3 0 .971 2.90 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 22 16 143.7 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 0 0 .000 0  
2015 32 NYN NL RF 139 137 1220.0 290 4 2 1 .993 2.17 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    LF 9 7 65.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 7 0 10.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0  
2016 33 NYN NL RF 26 26 228.0 51 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 15 15 137.4 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  HOU NL RF 38 37 337.0 75 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 23 23 203.0 40 1 1 1 .976 1.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 64 63 565.0 126 0 0 0 1.000 2.01   2.2
      CF 38 38 340.4 67 2 1 1 .986 1.82   0.0
      LF 4 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2017 34 HOU NL RF 112 110 976.0 256 0 1 0 .996 2.36 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2018 35 CHN NL RF 97 95 867.0 188 4 4 3 .980 1.99 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    CF 54 51 455.7 138 1 3 0 .979 2.75 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
2019 36 CHN NL RF 35 33 305.0 63 0 1 0 .984 1.86 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 21 21 188.1 58 0 1 0 .983 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  HOU NL RF 62 59 518.0 107 1 2 0 .982 1.88 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    CF 36 36 319.6 99 0 2 0 .980 2.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 6.1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 97 92 823.0 170 1 3 0 .983 1.87   3.4
      CF 57 57 507.7 157 0 3 0 .981 2.78   0.0
      LF 3 0 9.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.64   0.0
2020 37 HOU NL CF 140 139 1244.3 387 3 8 0 .980 2.82 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    RF 10 9 79.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.81 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
2021 38 MIN AL CF 146 143 1300.0 379 5 4 2 .990 2.66 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    RF 6 2 25.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1473 1417 12682.3 2881 46 33 7 .989 2.08 0 0 .000 0 34.2
  CF 543 501 4551.4 1320 12 22 3 .984 2.63 0 0 .000 0 6.7
  LF 121 102 945.3 232 1 1 0 .996 2.22 0 0 .000 0 3.9
  C 4 3 30.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 5.87 1 0 .000 2 0.1
  SS 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2142 2023 18211.1 4453 60 56 10 .988 2.23 1 0 .000 2 45.0
Career Highs   161 161 1414.7 404 9 9 3 1.000 2.76 1 0 .000 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2011 28 TEX AL 17 66 13 21 3 0 2 15 0 0 11 12 .318 .423 .455 .878
Career Post-Season Batting 17 66 13 21 3 0 2 15 0 0 11 12 .318 .423 .455 .878
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2012-6-.336
2014-5-.332
On-Base Pct
2009-10-.392
2010-5-.411
2012-2-.428
2014-1-.443
2015-1-.419
CAR-24-.378
Slugging Pct
2012-6-.563
2014-3-.554
2015-5-.536
2017-10-.514*
2019-9-.524
2020-6-.518
OPS
2012-3-.991
2014-2-.997
2015-3-.955
2019-8-.894
2020-6-.890
CAR-30-.850
XR
2010-9-109.9
2014-1-130.4
2015-3-114.9
2019-7-108.2
2020-6-106.4
CAR-3-1386.1
Games
2007-5-157
2009-1-161
2010-1-159
2014-4-159
2015-6-159
2018-8-157
2019-5-158
CAR-2-2225
At-Bats
CAR-2-7874
Runs
2014-3-107
2015-10-100
2019-3-109
2020-2-111
CAR-3-1331
Hits
2014-8-182
CAR-4-2193
Total Bases
2014-5-304
2015-9-295
2019-3-308
2020-6-297
CAR-3-3714
Singles
CAR-12-1432
Doubles
CAR-17-360
Triples
CAR-47-42
Homeruns
2014-3-32
2019-2-35
2020-3-34
CAR-7-359
RBIs
2019-2-125
2020-4-112
CAR-5-1251
Walks
2008-5-91
2009-3-106
2010-1-96
2014-1-111
2015-1-98
2018-3-86
CAR-2-1220
Strikeouts
2021-5-138
CAR-10-1477
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 8)
   Gray Ink Test: 80    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 47)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 54    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 33)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 4/7/2007, off Francisco Cordero (ARI)
Hit first career homerun on 4/29/2007, off Ryan Dempster (CIN)
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 7/18/2007
Traded from Chicago (N) to Philadelphia on 7/15/2008 (Going to PHI: RF William Lamberth, P Joey DeLeon. Going to CHN: LF Lee Tacker, 1B Erubiel Durazo, P Jon Papelbon)
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Traded from Philadelphia to Texas on 6/7/2011 (Going to PHI: P Rob Henkel, LF Prince Gilbreath, P Liam McGilp, P Jack Stolte. Going to TEX: RF William Lamberth, P Tim Stauffer)
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 9/2/2011
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 9/4/2011
Won Player of the Week award on 9/6/2011, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won World Championship with Texas in 2011
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Texas to San Francisco on 5/17/2012 (Going to TEX: LF David Barker, 2B Dylan Lammond. Going to SFN: RF William Lamberth)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/16/2012, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 11 RBI