Lefty Williams

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: March 9, 1893 in Aurora, MO us

Died: November 4, 1959 in Laguna Beach, CA

Buried: Melrose Abbey Cemetery, Anaheim, CA

Debut: September 17, 1913 (Age 20-192d, 4,016th in major league history)
vs. WSH 9.0 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 25, 1920 (Age 27-200d)
vs. CLE 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: Claude Preston Williams

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1917 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.3

ERA

3.13

189

152

1186.0

515

WHIP

1.238

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-5 / in Starts: 9-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1918 Pitching Game Log

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1918 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	95	2	Apr 18	CHW		SLB	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.00	2.90	33	78	0	2	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.58	0.65%
2	96	4	Apr 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	W(2-0)	7	9.0	6	2	2	5	4	0	1	1.00	3.12	37	66	0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	0.02%
3	97	6	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-4	GS-7	W(3-0)	2	6.0	3	3	3	6	2	0	1	1.88	3.61	28	50	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	0.28%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	98	10	May 3	CHW	@	DET	W,19-3	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.18	3.32	35	59	4	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.10%
5	99	14	May 7	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	GS-6	L(4-1)	3	6.0	6	5	5	6	2	0	0	3.00	3.51	30	36	1	1	0	21	2	0	1	0	1	2	2.69	-0.49%
6	100	15	May 8	CHW		CLE	W,9-5	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.81	3.53	8		0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.90	0.54%
7	101	18	May 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,1-0	SHO(5)	W(5-1)	3	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.51	3.54	20	59	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.34	0.59%
8	102	21	May 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG(18)	L(5-2)	2	17.1	8	1	1	2	3	0	1	1.97	3.23	63	109	0	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.16	2.35%
9	103	25	May 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	5	3	0	0	1.97	3.23	35	65	0	0	0	29	2	0	1	2	1	0	3.66	0.55%
10	104	28	May 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(6-3)	4	9.2	7	3	2	2	4	0	1	1.96	3.13	38	67	0	1	0	34	2	0	1	0	0	1	5.57	-0.24%
11	105	31	May 30(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-2		4	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	2	2.26	3.19	8	33	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.53	-0.42%
12	106	33	May 31	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-2		0	1.2	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	2.32	3.29	9	48	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.77	-0.17%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
13	107	34	Jun 1	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	GS-8	L(6-4)	0	8.0	9	5	5	3	3	0	0	2.60	3.23	33	44	1	3	0	28	4	1	0	0	0	0	2.83	-0.51%
14	108	38	Jun 5	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	GS-4		3	4.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.77	3.23	19	39	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.05	-0.37%
15	109	40	Jun 8	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	GS-8		2	8.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	2.73	3.18	32	60	0	2	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	6.12	-0.06%
							10-5		W-L:6-4,Sv:1	2.6	105.1	76	33	32	47	31	0	7	2.73	3.18	428	58	9	13	0	359	15	1	5	4	3	4	3.82	2.82%

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