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Gus Williams

August Joseph Williams (Gloomy Gus)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 7, 1888 in Omaha, NE (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1911
Team: Browns 1911-1915

Final Game: June 18, 1915
Died: April 16, 1964 in Sterling, IL
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Sterling, IL
Relatives: Brother of Harry Williams
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1911 23 SLB AL 9 27 26 1 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 6 .269 .296 .385 .681 93 10 1 0 /O
1912 24 SLB AL 64 246 216 32 63 13 7 2 32 18 10 27 51 .292 .370 .444 .815 137 96 0 3 O
1913 25 SLB AL 148 605 538 72 147 21 16 5 53 31 57 87 .273 .346 .400 .746 121 215 3 7 *O
1914 26 SLB AL 144 553 499 51 126 19 6 4 47 35 20 36 120 .253 .308 .339 .647 98 169 4 14 *O
1915 27 SLB AL 45 129 119 15 24 2 2 1 11 11 1 6 16 .202 .246 .277 .523 59 33 1 3 O
5 Yrs 410 1560 1398 171 367 58 31 12 147 95 31 126 280 .263 .327 .374 .702 110 523 9 27
162 Game Avg. 162 616 552 68 145 23 12 5 58 38 50 111 .263 .327 .374 .702 110 207 4 11

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 Awards
1911 23 SLB AL 9 27 -0 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .491 .499 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /O
1912 24 SLB AL 64 246 8 1 0 -2 -3 4 0.4 8 12 1.2 .506 .502 1.4 -0.5 14 $ O
1913 25 SLB AL 148 605 11 0 0 0 -8 4 0.4 21 25 2.5 .503 .503 2.6 -0.9 25 $ *O
1914 26 SLB AL 144 553 -4 2 0 -1 -7 -11 -1.4 19 8 0.4 .491 .492 0.7 -1.1 9 $ *O
1915 27 SLB AL 45 129 -6 2 0 -3 -2 -8 -1.0 4 -4 -0.5 .479 .494 -0.2 -0.5 -1 $ O
5 Seasons 410 1560 9 5 0 -6 -20 -13 -1.7 54 41 3.6 .496 .498 4.5 -3.1 47 $

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
1911 23 SLB AL 27 19 3 4.2 93 .350 .269 .276 .296 .342 .385 .363 .681 .705 93 .510 -0.3 -0.0 .579 .115 .115
1912 24 SLB AL 246 166 35 5.6 88 .374 .292 .268 .370 .336 .444 .352 .815 .688 137 .668 10.1 1.1 .804 .315 .153 3.6
1913 25 SLB AL 605 398 74 5.0 85 .318 .273 .261 .346 .332 .400 .343 .746 .675 121 .640 12.7 1.4 .783 .290 .126 8.6
1914 26 SLB AL 553 407 50 3.3 79 .325 .253 .252 .308 .325 .339 .330 .647 .654 98 .503 -2.9 -0.3 .570 .188 .086 7.2
1915 27 SLB AL 129 99 9 2.4 80 .225 .202 .251 .246 .328 .277 .329 .523 .657 59 .349 -6.7 -0.8 .521 .210 .076 1.8
5 Yrs 1560 1089 171 4.2 83 .321 .263 .258 .327 .330 .374 .339 .702 .669 110 .579 13.0 1.3 .680 .247 .112 21.3
162 Game Avg. 616 430 68 4.2 83 .321 .263 .258 .327 .330 .374 .339 .702 .669 110 .579 5 1 .680 .247 .112 8

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1911 23 9 27 26 1 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 6 .269 .296 .385 .681 93 10 1 0
1912 24 73 273 242 33 70 16 7 2 36 18 10 27 57 .289 .363 .438 .801 132 106 1 3
1913 25 221 878 780 105 217 37 23 7 89 49 10 84 144 .278 .351 .412 .763 124 321 4 10
1914 26 365 1431 1279 156 343 56 29 11 136 84 30 120 264 .268 .335 .383 .718 114 490 8 24
1915 27 410 1560 1398 171 367 58 31 12 147 95 31 126 280 .263 .327 .374 .702 110 523 9 27

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1911 23 9 29 28 1 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 6 .286 .310 .393 .703 3 9
1912 24 67 259 227 35 67 14 7 2 35 19 29 53 .295 .375 .445 .820 39 64
1913 25 156 657 581 88 170 24 19 6 65 36 66 92 .293 .368 .430 .798 90 148
1914 26 148 593 531 66 149 22 7 5 61 41 43 123 .281 .340 .377 .717 67 144
1915 27 47 137 126 18 27 2 2 1 13 12 7 17 .214 .261 .286 .547 9 45
5 Yrs 427 1675 1493 208 421 65 35 14 179 108 145 291 .282 .350 .401 .750 208 410
162 Game Avg. 162 635 566 79 160 25 13 5 68 41 55 110 .282 .350 .401 .750 79 410

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1913 AL  16 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1913 AL  5 (5th)
1914 AL  4 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1913 AL  87 (2nd)
1914 AL  120 (1st)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1914 AL  35 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1913 AL  42 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1913 AL  8.6 (6th)
1914 AL  7.2 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1913 AL  107.6 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1346), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: August Gloomy Gus Joseph wiliams willaims willams Williams

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