Dewey Williams

Dewey Edgar Williams (Dee)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: February 5, 1916 in Durham, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1944
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Reds 1944-1948

Final Game: September 26, 1948
Died: March 19, 2000 in Williston, ND
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Williston, ND
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1937	21	MAC,ATA	B,A1	128	378	378		100	6	7	1						.265	.265	.325	.590		123					MAC,ATA · SALL,SOUA
1938	22	ATA	A1	75	167	167		42	7	3	0						.251	.251	.329	.581		55					ATA · SOUA
1939	23	ATA	A1	29	58	58		14	1	0	0						.241	.241	.259	.500		15					ATA · SOUA
1940	24	ATA	A1	99	317	317		82	18	6	3						.259	.259	.382	.640		121					ATA · SOUA
1941	25	OAK-min	A,AA	83	243	238	3	46	13	1	0	5	0		4	4	.193	.207	.256	.463		61		0	1		WPT,TTO · EL,IL
1942	26	DET-LAD-min	A,B,AA	95	266	260	4	53	5	1	1	4	1	0	5	5	.204	.219	.242	.461		63	0	0	1		ELM,DHM,TTO · EL,PIED,IL
1943	27	PIT-min	AA	98	287	253	27	61	6	4	0	23	6	5	26	25	.241	.314	.296	.611		75		1	7		TTO · IL
1944	28	PIT-min	AA	48	178	150	21	47	7	0	1	20	6	3	22	12	.313	.405	.380	.785		57	5	1	5		TTO · IL
1944	28	CHC	NL	79	288	262	23	63	7	2	0	27	2		23	18	.240	.302	.282	.584	66	74	10	0	3	2
1945	29	CHC	NL	59	115	100	16	28	2	2	2	5	0		13	13	.280	.363	.400	.763	114	40	5	0	2	2
1946	30	CHC-min	AAA	98	305	260	21	52	9	2	1	21	1		38	46	.200	.307	.262	.568		68		2	5		LOS · PCL
1946	30	CHC	NL	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	0	/2
1947	31	STL-min	AAA	71	187	149	15	33	4	1	0	10	2		34	15	.221	.366	.262	.628		39		0	4		ROC · IL
1947	31	CHC	NL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/2
1948	32	CIN	NL	48	108	95	9	16	2	0	1	5	0		10	18	.168	.248	.221	.469	29	21	1	0	3	2
1949	33	CIN-min	AA	122	369	369		100	19	3	2						.271	.271	.355	.626		131					TUL · TL
1950	34	CIN-min	AA,AAA	120	364	359	5	98	11	2	3	4	0		5	6	.273	.283	.340	.623		122		0	0		TUL,SLE · TL,PCL
1951	35	CIN-min	AA	137	375	375		83	4	1	0						.221	.221	.237	.459		89					TUL · TL
1952	36	ATL-min	AAA	84	316	272	33	80	14	3	1	36	3		39	49	.294	.385	.379	.763		103	8	1	4		MLW · AA
1953	37	ATL-min	AAA	98	322	278	28	57	6	0	3	28	2		43	53	.205	.312	.259	.571		72	6	0	1		TOL · AA
1954	38	CHW-min	AA	40	107	107		23	3	0	0						.215	.215	.243	.458		26					MEM · SOUA
5 Yrs				193	518	464	48	108	11	4	3	37	2		46	52	.233	.302	.293	.595	67	136	16	0	8
162 Game Avg.				162	435	389	40	91	9	3	3	31	2		39	44	.233	.302	.293	.595	67	114	13	0	7

CHC (4 yrs)				145	410	369	39	92	9	4	2	32	2		36	34	.249	.316	.312	.628	77	115	15	0	5
CIN (1 yr)				48	108	95	9	16	2	0	1	5	0		10	18	.168	.248	.221	.469	29	21	1	0	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1944	28	CHC	NL	79	288	-11	-0	0	1	2	-8	-0.8	9	1	0.0	.490	.495	-0.1	0.4	0	$	2
1945	29	CHC	NL	59	115	2	0	0	-1	1	2	0.2	3	5	0.6	.503	.501	0.7	0.0	6	$	2
1946	30	CHC	NL	4	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.483	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/2
1947	31	CHC	NL	3	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.479	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1948	32	CIN	NL	48	108	-9	0	-0	-1	1	-10	-1.0	4	-6	-0.6	.479	.494	-0.5	-0.0	-5	$	2
5 Seasons				193	518	-20	0	-0	-1	4	-16	-1.8	16	-0	-0.2	.491	.498	-0.1	0.4	1	$

CHC (4 yrs)				145	410	-10	0	0	0	3	-7	-0.8	12	6	0.4	.495	.499	0.4	0.4	6	$
CIN (1 yr)				48	108	-9	0	-0	-1	1	-10	-1.0	4	-6	-0.6	.479	.494	-0.5	-0.0	-5	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1944	28	CHC	NL	288	212	22	2.8	93	.258	.240	.267	.302	.334	.282	.375	.584	.709	66	.321	-11.8	-1.2	.474	.137	.042	.0
1945	29	CHC	NL	115	79	15	5.1	95	.306	.280	.271	.363	.340	.400	.374	.763	.714	114	.579	1.8	0.2	.688	.250	.120	.0
1946	30	CHC	NL	5	4	0	0.0	91	.333	.200	.260	.200	.335	.200	.364	.400	.700	15	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1947	31	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.269	.000	.344	.000	.399	.000	.743	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1948	32	CIN	NL	108	83	5	1.6	99	.197	.168	.265	.248	.339	.221	.393	.469	.732	29	.133	-9.4	-1.0	.388	.158	.053	.0
5 Yrs				518	380	42	3.0	95	.257	.233	.267	.302	.336	.293	.378	.595	.715	67	.338	-20.6	-2.1	.495	.164	.060	2.4
162 Game Avg.				435	319	35	3.0	95	.257	.233	.267	.302	.336	.293	.378	.595	.715	67	.338	-20.6	-2.1	.495	.164	.060	2

CHC (4 yrs)				410	297	37	3.3	94	.270	.249	.268	.316	.336	.312	.375	.628	.710	77	.395	-11.2	-1.2	.524	.165	.062	2.0
CIN (1 yr)				108	83	5	1.6	99	.197	.168	.265	.248	.339	.221	.393	.469	.732	29	.133	-9.4	-1.0	.388	.158	.053	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1945	29	CHC	NL	WS	DET	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	28	CHC	NL	288	0.0%	6.3%	8.0%	3.1%	14%	0.78	14.6		9.7		85%
1945	29	CHC	NL	115	1.7%	11.3%	11.3%	5.2%	21%	1.00	7.7	50.0	20.0		74%
1946	30	CHC	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5				60%
1947	31	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1948	32	CIN	NL	108	0.9%	16.7%	9.3%	2.8%	19%	1.80	5.3	95.0	19.0	1.67	70%
5 Yrs				518	0.6%	10.0%	8.9%	3.5%	17%	1.13	8.9	154.7	12.5	1.67	79%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.3%	9.2%	5.9%	26%	1.01	9.6	66.4	8.6	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1944	28	CHC	NL	-11.8	-1.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	29	CHC	NL	1.8	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	30	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	31	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	32	CIN	NL	-9.4	-1.0	31	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.79	-0.3	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.79	-4.2	0
5 Yrs				-20.6	-2.1	31	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.79	-0.3	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.79	-4.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	32	CIN	NL	0	0	32%	8	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	30%	8	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	32	CIN	NL	108	68%	16			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	300%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				108	68%	108			0	0	0	0		3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	800%	2	16	800%	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			786%			80%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1944	28	79	288	262	23	63	7	2	0	27	2	23	18	.240	.302	.282	.584	66	74	10	3
1945	29	138	403	362	39	91	9	4	2	32	2	36	31	.251	.319	.315	.634	79	114	15	5
1946	30	142	408	367	39	92	9	4	2	32	2	36	33	.251	.318	.313	.631	78	115	15	5
1947	31	145	410	369	39	92	9	4	2	32	2	36	34	.249	.316	.312	.628	77	115	15	5
1948	32	193	518	464	48	108	11	4	3	37	2	46	52	.233	.302	.293	.595	67	136	16	8

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	28	82	301	274	25	67	7	2	0	29	2	24	19	.245	.305	.285	.590	24	79
1945	29	62	121	105	17	30	2	2	2	5	0	14	14	.286	.370	.400	.770	16	59
1946	30	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1947	31	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1948	32	50	112	99	9	16	2	0	1	5	0	10	19	.162	.239	.212	.451	5	48
5 Yrs		201	541	485	51	113	11	4	3	39	2	48	55	.233	.302	.291	.593	45	193
162 Game Avg.		162	436	391	41	91	9	3	2	31	2	39	44	.233	.302	.291	.593	36	193

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