Gus Williams
August Joseph Williams (Gloomy Gus)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 7, 1888 in Omaha, NE (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1911
Final Game: June 18, 1915
Died: April 16, 1964 in Sterling, IL
Relatives: Brother of Harry Williams
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Standard Batting

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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 .269 .296 .385 .681 93 10 1 0 /O
1912 24 SLB AL 64 246 216 32 63 13 7 2 32 18 27 .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 Seasons 410 1560 1398 171 367 58 31 12 147 95 21 126 223 .263 .327 .374 .702 110 523 9 27
162 Game Avg. 162 616 552 68 145 23 12 5 58 38 50 .263 .327 .374 .702 110 207 4 11

Advanced Batting

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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 .269 .269 .276 .296 .342 .385 .363 .681 .705 93 .510 -0.3 -0.0 .579 .115 .115
1912 24 SLB AL 246 156 36 6.1 88 .285 .292 .268 .370 .336 .444 .352 .815 .688 137 .694 10.2 1.1 .922 .361 .153 3.6
1913 25 SLB AL 605 398 74 5.0 85 .318 .273 .261 .346 .332 .400 .343 .746 .675 121 .640 12.8 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 Seasons 1560 1079 172 4.3 83 .305 .263 .258 .327 .330 .374 .339 .702 .668 110 .584 13.1 1.4 .696 .255 .112 21.3
162 Game Avg. 616 426 68 4.3 83 .305 .263 .258 .327 .330 .374 .339 .702 .668 110 .584 5 1 .696 .255 .112 8

Cumulative Batting

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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 .269 .296 .385 .681 93 10 1 0
1912 24 73 273 242 33 70 16 7 2 36 18 27 .289 .363 .438 .801 132 106 1 3
1913 25 221 878 780 105 217 37 23 7 89 49 84 87 .278 .351 .412 .763 124 321 4 10
1914 26 365 1431 1279 156 343 56 29 11 136 84 20 120 207 .268 .335 .383 .718 114 490 8 24
1915 27 410 1560 1398 171 367 58 31 12 147 95 21 126 223 .263 .327 .374 .702 110 523 9 27

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
1911 23 9 28 27 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .036 .000 .036 3 9
1912 24 67 256 227 35 67 14 7 2 35 19 29 0 .295 .375 .445 .820 39 64
1913 25 156 650 581 88 170 24 19 6 65 36 66 92 .293 .368 .430 .798 90 148
1914 26 148 575 528 66 146 22 7 5 61 41 42 123 .277 .336 .373 .709 65 144
1915 27 47 138 129 19 30 2 2 1 14 14 8 17 .233 .283 .302 .585 11 45
5 Seasons 427 1647 1492 209 413 62 35 14 180 110 145 232 .277 .345 .393 .738 208 410
162 Game Avg. 162 625 566 79 157 24 13 5 68 42 55 .277 .345 .393 .738 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 (1315), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Fred Odwell (972)
  3. Leon Culberson (972)
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  5. Tom Long (970)
  6. Al Wickland (969)
  7. Jim Gleeson (969)
  8. Tom Poquette (965)
  9. Hal Rice (965)
  10. Beauty McGowan (963)
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Name and misspellings: August Gloomy Gus Joseph wiliams willaims willams Williams

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