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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
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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
1913 20 DET AL 5 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .100 .182 .100 .282 -17 1 0 0 /1
1914 21 DET AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1916 23 CHW AL 43 82 74 5 10 2 1 0 4 0 7 30 .135 .220 .189 .409 22 14 1 0 1
1917 24 CHW AL 45 81 67 5 6 0 1 0 2 0 8 19 .090 .187 .119 .306 -7 8 0 6 1
1918 25 CHW AL 15 42 38 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 14 .132 .154 .132 .285 -14 5 0 3 1
1919 26 CHW AL 41 115 94 10 17 2 2 0 10 0 9 28 .181 .252 .245 .497 39 23 0 12 1
1920 27 CHW AL 39 116 101 5 22 2 1 0 11 0 0 7 16 .218 .269 .257 .526 40 26 0 8 1
7 Seasons 190 447 384 30 61 6 5 0 29 0 0 33 112 .159 .227 .201 .428 22 77 0 1 29 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 381 327 26 52 5 4 0 25 0 28 95 .159 .227 .201 .428 22 66 1 25
CHW (5 yrs) 183 436 374 29 60 6 5 0 29 0 0 32 107 .160 .229 .203 .432 23 76 1 29
DET (2 yrs) 7 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .100 .182 .100 .282 -17 1 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1919 26 CHW AL WS CIN L 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1913 DET AL 20 P 5 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.60 .933 1.84
1914 DET AL 21 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70
1916 CHW AL 23 P 43 46 9 37 0 0 1.000 1.07 .941 1.69
1917 CHW AL 24 P 45 58 8 46 4 2 .931 1.20 .948 1.83
1918 CHW AL 25 P 15 25 3 20 2 0 .920 1.53 .952 1.85
1919 CHW AL 26 P 41 65 8 54 3 1 .954 1.51 .948 1.76
1920 CHW AL 27 P 39 68 8 57 3 5 .956 1.67 .949 1.66
7 Seasons P 189 265 36 217 12 8 .955 1.34 .947 1.75
7 Seasons TOT 189 265 36 217 12 8 .955 1.34 .902 1.75

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--223rd

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

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1914 AL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1914 AL--0--1st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1914 AL--0--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (822), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 59 (428), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (484), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (231), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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