Subject(s): Billy Williams Sport: Baseball Location: Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL Unveiled: 7/9/2010 Sculptor: Lou Cella Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Inscribed on plinth, side 1: "SWEET SWINGING". BILLY WILLIAMS. Inscribed on plinth, side 2: SOFT-SPOKEN, CLUTCH PERFORMER. WAS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED HITTERS OF HIS DAY. BATTED SOLID .290 OVER 18 SEASONS SOCKING 426 HOME RUNS. HIT 20 OR MORE HOME RUNS 13 STRAIGHT SEASONS. 1961 N.L. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. 1972 N.L. BATTING CHAMPION WITH .333. HELD NL RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE GAMES PLAYED WITH 1,117. NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME INSCRIPTION. Inscribed on plinth, side 3: Billy Williams was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York on July 26, 1987. Billy's uniform number, 26, was retired by the Cubs August 13, 1987. Links: Sculptor