Lefty Williams
Claude Preston Williams
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: March 9, 1893 in Aurora, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1913
Final Game: September 25, 1920
Died: November 4, 1959 in Laguna Beach, CA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1913 20 DET AL 1 3 .250 4.97 5 4 1 3 0 1 29.0 34 18 16 0 4 9 1 0 1 124 58 1.310 10.6 0.0 1.2 2.8 2.25
1914 21 DET AL 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 5.000 27.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
1916 23 CHW AL 13 7 .650 2.89 43 26 9 10 2 1 224.1 220 99 72 5 65 138 8 0 2 897 96 1.270 8.8 0.2 2.6 5.5 2.12
1917 24 CHW AL 17 8 .680 2.97 45 29 14 8 1 1 230.0 221 94 76 3 81 85 9 0 5 970 89 1.313 8.6 0.1 3.2 3.3 1.05
1918 25 CHW AL 6 4 .600 2.73 15 14 1 7 2 1 105.2 76 32 32 0 47 30 5 0 2 423 100 1.164 6.5 0.0 4.0 2.6 0.64
1919 26 CHW AL 23 11 .676 2.64 41 40 1 27 5 1 297.0 265 104 87 7 58 125 11 0 0 1155 121 1.088 8.0 0.2 1.8 3.8 2.16
1920 27 CHW AL 22 14 .611 3.91 39 38 1 25 0 0 299.0 302 145 130 15 90 128 12 1 4 1221 96 1.311 9.1 0.5 2.7 3.9 1.42
7 Seasons 82 48 .631 3.13 189 152 27 80 10 5 1186.0 1121 497 413 30 347 515 46 1 14 4799 99 1.238 8.5 0.2 2.6 3.9 1.48
162 Game Avg. 16 10 .631 3.13 38 30 5 16 2 1 237 224 99 82 6 69 103 9 0 3 957 99 1.238 8.5 0.2 2.6 3.9 1.48
CHW (5 yrs) 81 44 .648 3.09 183 147 26 77 10 4 1156.0 1084 474 397 30 341 506 45 1 13 4666 100 1.233 8.4 0.2 2.7 3.9 1.48
DET (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 4.80 6 5 1 3 0 1 30.0 37 23 16 0 6 9 1 0 1 133 60 1.433 11.1 0.0 1.8 2.7 1.50

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1917 24 CHW AL WS W NYG 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
1919 26 CHW AL WS L CIN 0 3 .000 6.61 3 3 0 1 0 0 16.1 12 12 12 0 8 0 4 0 0 0 66 1.224 6.6 0.0 4.4 2.2 0.50
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 3 .000 6.75 4 3 0 1 0 0 17.1 14 13 13 0 8 0 7 0 0 0 72 1.269 7.3 0.0 4.2 3.6 0.88
2 WS 0 3 .000 6.75 4 3 0 1 0 0 17.1 14 13 13 0 8 0 7 0 0 0 72 1.269 7.3 0.0 4.2 3.6 0.88

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1913 20 1 3 .250 4.97 5 4 1 3 0 1 29.0 34 18 16 0 4 9 1 0 1 124 58 1.310 10.6 0.0 1.2 2.8 2.25 58
1914 21 1 4 .200 4.80 6 5 1 3 0 1 30.0 37 23 16 0 6 9 1 0 1 133 60 1.433 11.1 0.0 1.8 2.7 1.50 60
1915 22 1 4 .200 4.80 6 5 1 3 0 1 30.0 37 23 16 0 6 9 1 0 1 133 60 1.433 11.1 0.0 1.8 2.7 1.50 60
1916 23 14 11 .560 3.11 49 31 10 13 2 2 254.1 257 122 88 5 71 147 9 0 3 1030 89 1.290 9.1 0.2 2.5 5.2 2.07 89
1917 24 31 19 .620 3.05 94 60 24 21 3 3 484.1 478 216 164 8 152 232 18 0 8 2000 89 1.301 8.9 0.1 2.8 4.3 1.53 89
1918 25 37 23 .617 2.99 109 74 25 28 5 4 590.0 554 248 196 8 199 262 23 0 10 2423 91 1.276 8.5 0.1 3.0 4.0 1.32 91
1919 26 60 34 .638 2.87 150 114 26 55 10 5 887.0 819 352 283 15 257 387 34 0 10 3578 100 1.213 8.3 0.2 2.6 3.9 1.51 100
1920 27 82 48 .631 3.13 189 152 27 80 10 5 1186.0 1121 497 413 30 347 515 46 1 14 4799 99 1.238 8.5 0.2 2.6 3.9 1.48 99

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1913 20 1 2 .333 5.90 29.0 37 21 19 0 4 9 1 1.414 11.5 1.2 2.8 2.25 0.0 5
1914 21 0 0 0.00 1.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5.000 27.0 18.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1916 23 11 11 .500 4.10 202.0 245 102 92 6 72 124 9 1.569 10.9 3.2 5.5 1.72 0.3 43
1917 24 12 12 .500 3.90 219.0 249 106 95 3 91 81 10 1.553 10.2 3.7 3.3 0.89 0.1 45
1918 25 7 6 .538 3.72 121.0 105 56 50 0 65 34 7 1.405 7.8 4.8 2.5 0.52 0.0 15
1919 26 21 13 .618 3.14 315.0 312 122 110 8 68 133 13 1.206 8.9 1.9 3.8 1.96 0.2 41
1920 27 16 16 .500 3.92 294.0 301 142 128 15 90 126 12 1.330 9.2 2.8 3.9 1.40 0.5 39
7 Seasons 68 60 .531 3.76 1181.0 1252 549 494 32 392 507 52 1.392 9.5 3.9 1.29 0.2 189

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1919 AL  2.636 (9th)
Career  3.134 (216th)

Wins s c a p y
1917 AL  17 (7th)
1919 AL  23 (3rd)
1920 AL  22 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1916 AL  .650 (7th)
1917 AL  .680 (5th)
1919 AL  .676 (4th)
Career  .631 (49th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1919 AL  1.088 (3rd)
1920 AL  1.311 (10th)
Career  1.238 (225th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1919 AL  8.030 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1919 AL  1.758 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 AL  5.536 (2nd)
1919 AL  3.788 (8th)
1920 AL  3.853 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1917 AL  45 (8th)
1919 AL  41 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1919 AL  1 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1919 AL  297.0 (3rd)
1920 AL  299.0 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1916 AL  138 (7th)
1919 AL  125 (3rd)
1920 AL  128 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1919 AL  40 (1st)
1920 AL  38 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1919 AL  27 (2nd)
1920 AL  25 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1919 AL  5 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1916 AL  5 (7th)
1917 AL  3 (9th)
1919 AL  7 (7th)
1920 AL  15 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1920 AL  90 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1919 AL  265 (3rd)
1920 AL  302 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1916 AL  2.123 (5th)
1919 AL  2.155 (3rd)
1920 AL  1.422 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  .228 (201st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1917 AL  76 (6th)
1919 AL  87 (6th)
1920 AL  130 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1916 AL  8 (7th)
1917 AL  9 (9th)
1919 AL  11 (1st)
1920 AL  12 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1919 AL  1155 (3rd)
1920 AL  1221 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1917 AL  14 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1919 AL  121 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 59 (417), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (489), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Gene Packard (942)
  6. Lady Baldwin (935)
  7. Tex Hughson (933)
  8. Ray Collins (932)
  9. Ben Sanders (932)
  10. Ferdie Schupp (929)
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  3. Hippo Vaughn (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Hod Eller (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Candelaria (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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