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Charlie Williams
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 375 of 1252 players
Charles Prosek Williams
Born: October 11, 1947 at Flushing, N.Y.
Died: January 27, 2015 at Port Orange, Fla.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.02 Weight: 210

Charlie Williams was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on May 11, 2008, November 2, 2012, September 29, 2019, September 6, 2022, and May 11, 2024.

First Mets game: April 23, 1971
Last Mets game: September 27, 1971

Share your memories of Charlie Williams HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY: Jim Snedeker November 15, 2001 Charlie Williams is a name that should be revered by baseball fans everywhere. Once during 1951, Willie Mays' rookie year, Giant manager Leo Durocher proclaimed "I wouldn't trade Willie Mays for any player in baseball!" Durocher was one of the greatest managers in the game, and Mays clearly was one of the best to ever play the game. Even in his twilight years, he was still a threat. But for some strange reason, Horace Stoneham decided another relief pitcher was more important to him than having Mays play out his last years in a Giant uniform. And thus, 20 years after Durocher's emotional quip, Charlie Williams became the only player in history to be traded for Willie Mays. clubhouse report April 21, 2002 I remember my brother buying me a pack of baseball cards in the spring of 1972. The only Met in the pack was Charlie Williams but my brother had to break the bad news to me that Williams had been traded to the Giants. I was crushed. Ed K July 27, 2003 The Giants were in marginal financial shape at the end of Willie Mays career, while the Mets were were of the more profitable teams in baseball. Stoneham, knowing that he could not afford to set up Willie for his post- player career, agreed to send him to the Mets who could pay Willie well for his final playing seasons and then pay him to be a "coach" afterwards. Ironically, while the transaction brought Willie back to NYC, it sent Charlie Williams, the only Met in history who was born in Flushing, out to the West Coast where he pitched for SF most of the 1970's. Larry’s Mets Memories August 6, 2021 I just posted about his performance 50 years ago, in G2, August 3, 1971 doubleheader vs Cincy in which he threw his only CG as a Met, amid a rain-delay. I was going to say that he’s out there murmuring to himself “I was traded for Willie Mays.” Unbeknownst to me, Willie has survived him and more sadly almost unnoticed. Wasn’t the worst trade that broke the franchise’s back, but the Mets traded a young serviceable RHP for a human souvenir. In G1 of that DH, Nolan Ryan started and pitched well in defeat. The worst trade in Mets history and one of most underrated of the worst. Bittersweet memories. More Larry,50yrs Later May 10, 2022 Willie for Williams. Charlie for Willie. Mays was available due to poor performance, his request for a ten-year post-playing contract that would pay him about 3/4 million -a lot in the 1970’s- and his walkout before a doubleheader causing a rift with Frisco manager Charlie Fox (The 2 Charlies!.) Then, Mrs. Payson wanted him and Grant and Scheffing made the deal. I as a kid was excited and proud that he would wear the Orange & Blue. But in exchange for Charlie, in retrospect, I regret it. Never trade a young pitcher for a twilight veteran! By May 72, the Ryan-Fregosi trade had already proved lopsided, so management would be careful this time. Charlie would become an all-purpose, sort of a utility pitcher, yrs after Mays retired. But if you submit: "Willie helped the Mets in their 1973 quest -with 2 postseason GW-RBI’s- but Charlie didn’t become effective until 1974 and would’ve been of no help as the franchise began its dive." True, but while I admire Willie, I liked Charlie. I witnessed his only CGW. Charles Prosek Wlliams! Number35!! But I’m not calling for retiring his number. Perhaps Art Shamky’s!

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