Nick Williams (baseball)
| Nick Williams | |||
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| Philadelphia Phillies – No. 5 | |||
| Outfielder | |||
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Born: September 8, 1993 Galveston, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 30, 2017, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| MLB statistics (through August 22, 2017) |
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| Batting average | .283 | ||
| Home runs | 7 | ||
| Runs batted in | 26 | ||
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Billy Nicholas Williams (born September 8, 1993) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Williams was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the second round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft out of Ball High School in Galveston, Texas. He was committed to Texas A&M University, but signed with the Rangers. He made his professional debut with the Arizona League Rangers, hitting .313/.375/.448 with two home runs in 201 at-bats over 48 games. He played the 2013 season with the Hickory Crawdads. He played in 95 games during the season, hitting .293/.337/.543 with 17 home runs over 376 at-bats.
Prior to the 2014 season, Williams was ranked by Baseball America as the Rangers fourth best prospect and the 97th best overall in baseball.
On July 31, 2015, Williams was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies along with Matt Harrison, Jorge Alfaro, Jake Thompson, Alec Asher, and Jerad Eickhoff in exchange for Cole Hamels and Jake Diekman. The Phillies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.
The Phillies promoted Williams to the major leagues on June 30, 2017, and Williams made his MLB debut the same night. On July 9, 2017, Williams hit his first MLB home run off of Trevor Cahill during a 7-1 Phillies win versus the Padres. Nine days later, on July 18, 2017, Nick Willams led the Phillies to victory with his first career grand slam against the Brewers.
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