# Dib Williams

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1910–1992)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Dib Williams
|image=DibWilliamsGoudeycard.jpg
|position=[Infielder](/source/Infielder)
|birth_date={{Birth date|1910|1|19}}
|birth_place=[Greenbrier, Arkansas](/source/Greenbrier%2C_Arkansas), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1992|4|2|1910|1|19}}
|death_place=[Searcy, Arkansas](/source/Searcy%2C_Arkansas), U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 27
|debutyear=1930
|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 29
|finalyear=1935
|finalteam=Boston Red Sox
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.267
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=29
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=201
|teams=
*[Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics) ({{mlby|1930}}–{{mlby|1935}})
*[Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) ({{mlby|1935}})
}}

'''Edwin Dibrell Williams''' (January 19, 1910 – April 2, 1992) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [infielder](/source/infielder) who played in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) (MLB) from 1930 to 1935 with the [Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics) and [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox). Listed at {{convert|5|ft|11|in|m}} and {{convert|175|lb|kg}}, he batted and threw right-handed.

==Biography==
Williams was born in 1910 in [Greenbrier, Arkansas](/source/Greenbrier%2C_Arkansas), and attended [Hendrix College](/source/Hendrix_College) and Oklahoma A&M (now [Oklahoma State University](/source/Oklahoma_State_University)).<ref name=brm/> At Hendrix, he played [college basketball](/source/college_basketball), [college football](/source/college_football), and competed in [track and field](/source/track_and_field).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hendrixwarriors.com/sports/2013/11/23/BB_1123131724.aspx?id=62 |title=Warriors in the Pros |website=hendrixwarriors.com |publisher=Hendrix College Athletics |accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref> At Oklahoma A&M, he played on the non-varsity baseball team in 1928,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73972297/eight-freshmen-to-get-numerals/ |title=Eight Freshmen to Get Numerals |newspaper=[Cushing Daily Citizen](/source/Cushing_Daily_Citizen) |location=[Cushing, Oklahoma](/source/Cushing%2C_Oklahoma) |page=8 |date=May 23, 1928 |accessdate=March 20, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> was a [quarterback](/source/quarterback) on the football team—earning a [varsity letter](/source/varsity_letter) in 1926, 1927, and 1928<ref>{{cite web |url=https://okstate.com/sports/2020/12/21/football-letterwinners.aspx |title=All-Time Letterwinners: W |website=okstate.com |accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref>—and was a member of [Lambda Chi Alpha](/source/Lambda_Chi_Alpha).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/OYearbook/id/7049 |title=The Redskin |volume=20 |page=333 |date=1929 |via=okstate.edu |accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref>

Williams' professional baseball career spanned 1929 to 1947; he missed the 1943–1945 seasons while serving in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army).<ref name=brm/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/record/629725692/edwin-williams-1910-veterans-affairs-birls-death-file |title=Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File |publisher=[United States Department of Veterans Affairs](/source/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs) |website=fold3.com |url-access=subscription |accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref> Primarily a [second baseman](/source/second_baseman), he played every infield position, and one game as a [left fielder](/source/left_fielder), during his time playing professionally.<ref name=brm/>

Williams played in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) with the [Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics) from 1930 to 1935, including all seven games of the Athletics' loss to the [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) in the [1931 World Series](/source/1931_World_Series).<ref name=br/> Williams' contract was sold to the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) on May 1, 1935, and he finished the year with Boston, his final major league season.<ref name=retro/> In six major league seasons, Williams compiled a .267 [batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)) with 29 [home run](/source/home_run)s and 201 [runs batted in](/source/runs_batted_in) in 475 games played.<ref name=br/> Defensively, he had a .955 [fielding percentage](/source/fielding_percentage) in 215 games at second base, and fielded .930 in 195 games at shortstop.<ref name=br>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willidi01.shtml |title=Dib Williams Stats |website=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com) |accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref>

In addition to playing professionally as late as 1947, Williams [managed](/source/Manager_(baseball)) minor league teams in 1941 and 1946–1948.<ref name=brm>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=willia008edw |title=Dib Williams Minor League Statistics & History |website=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com) |accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref>

Williams died in 1992 at age 82 in [Searcy, Arkansas](/source/Searcy%2C_Arkansas), and was buried in his hometown of Greenbrier.<ref name=retro>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwilld107.htm |title=Dib Williams |website=[Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) |accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73917176/edwin-dibrell-williams/ |title=Edwin Dibrell Williams |newspaper=[New York Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News) |agency=[AP](/source/Associated_Press) |page=38 |date=April 5, 1992 |accessdate=March 20, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dib-williams/ |title=Dib Williams |first=Bill |last=Nowlin |website=[SABR](/source/Society_for_American_Baseball_Research) |accessdate=March 20, 2021}}

==External links==
*{{Baseballstats|br=w/willidi01|brm=willia008edw|retro=W/Pwilld107}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Dib}}
Category:1910 births
Category:1992 deaths
Category:People from Greenbrier, Arkansas
Category:Hendrix College alumni<!--does not appear to have played college baseball here-->
Category:Oklahoma State Cowboys football players<!--lettered in football for three seasons here-->
Category:Major League Baseball infielders
Category:Philadelphia Athletics players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Boston Red Sox players
Category:Baseball players from Arkansas
Category:Minor league baseball managers
Category:Little Rock Travelers players
Category:Syracuse Chiefs players
Category:Sacramento Solons players
Category:Decatur Commodores players
Category:Columbus Red Birds players
Category:New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players
Category:Augusta Tigers players
Category:Borger Gassers players
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II
Category:Sportspeople from Faulkner County, Arkansas

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