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Pop Williams

Walter Merrill Williams

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 19, 1874 in Bowdoinham, ME
School: Bowdoin College (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1898
Teams (by GP): Orphans/Beaneaters/Senators/Phillies/Cubs 1898-1903

Final Game: September 15, 1903
Died: August 4, 1959 in Topsham, ME
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Topsham, ME
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1896	22	-min	B	14	16	.467	3.15	35	30		28	0		265.2	339	212	93		95	86	7		10			1.634	11.5		3.2	2.9	0.91	LWS,FRV · NENL
1897	23	-min	A	17	14	.548	1.95	34	33		27	0		276.2	329	194	60		66	62	16		8			1.428	10.7		2.1	2.0	0.94	TTO · EL
1898	24	-min	A	16	14	.533		37	34		26	1		270.0	276	159			49	70	10		3			1.204	9.2		1.6	2.3	1.43	TTO · EL
1898	24	WHS	NL	0	2	.000	8.47	2	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	32	18	16	0	7	3	0	0	0	88	44	2.294	16.9	0.0	3.7	1.6	0.43

1902	28	CHC	NL	11	16	.407	2.49	32	32	0	27	1	0	263.1	267	112	73	1	63	99	10	1	3	1089	108	1.253	9.1	0.0	2.2	3.4	1.57
1903	29	TOT	NL	5	7	.417	3.99	13	13	0	12	1	0	106.0	127	74	47	3	43	30	10	0	3	473	81	1.604	10.8	0.3	3.7	2.5	0.70
1903	29	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	9	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	64	1.800	16.2	0.0	0.0	3.6
1903	29	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	3.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	21	11	6	0	6	8	1	0	0	76	106	1.500	10.5	0.0	3.0	4.0	1.33
1903	29	BSN	NL	4	5	.444	4.12	10	10	0	9	1	0	83.0	97	60	38	3	37	20	9	0	3	375	78	1.614	10.5	0.3	4.0	2.2	0.54
3 Seasons				16	25	.390	3.17	47	47	0	41	2	0	386.1	426	204	136	4	113	132	20	1	6	1650	91	1.395	9.9	0.1	2.6	3.1	1.17
162 Game Avg.				12	18	.390	3.17	34	34	0	30	1	0	279	308	148	98	3	82	95	14	1	4	1194	91	1.395	9.9	0.1	2.6	3.1	1.17

CHC (2 yrs)				11	17	.393	2.55	33	33	0	28	1	0	268.1	276	115	76	1	63	101	10	1	3	1111	107	1.263	9.3	0.0	2.1	3.4	1.60
BSN (1 yr)				4	5	.444	4.12	10	10	0	9	1	0	83.0	97	60	38	3	37	20	9	0	3	375	78	1.614	10.5	0.3	4.0	2.2	0.54
PHI (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	21	11	6	0	6	8	1	0	0	76	106	1.500	10.5	0.0	3.0	4.0	1.33
WHS (1 yr)				0	2	.000	8.47	2	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	32	18	16	0	7	3	0	0	0	88	44	2.294	16.9	0.0	3.7	1.6	0.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1898	24	WHS	NL	17.0	2	18	11	-1	1.0	-7	-0.6	$

1902	28	CHC	NL	263.1	31	108	128	4	1.0	20	1.4	$
1903	29	CHC	NL	5.0	1	3	3	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
1903	29	PHI	NL	18.0	2	11	11	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
1903	29	BSN	NL	83.0	10	59	51	-2	1.0	-8	-0.7	$
3 Seasons				386.1	46	199	204	1	1.0	5	0.1	$

CHC (2 yrs)				268.1	32	111	131	4	1.0	20	1.4	$
BSN (1 yr)				83.0	10	59	51	-2	1.0	-8	-0.7	$
PHI (1 yr)				18.0	2	11	11	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
WHS (1 yr)				17.0	2	18	11	-1	1.0	-7	-0.6	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1896	22	-min	B	90	138	138	29	43	10	3	1		8			.312	.312	.449	.761		62			LWS,FRV · NENL
1897	23	-min	A	37	134	134	30	36	6	1	0		2			.269	.269	.328	.597		44			TTO · EL
1898	24	-min	A	41	128	128	21	39	4	2	0		2			.305	.305	.367	.672		47		0	TTO · EL
1898	24	WHS	NL	2	9	8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	170	4	1	0	/1

1902	28	CHC	NL	39	137	120	14	25	2	2	0	13	0	11	13	.208	.291	.258	.549	72	31	3	3	1/O
1903	29	TOT	NL	18	53	51	4	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	.235	.250	.235	.485	41	12	1	1	1/O
1903	29	CHC	NL	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	1	0	/1
1903	29	PHI	NL	2	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	69	2	0	0	/1
1903	29	BSN	NL	14	43	42	4	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	.238	.238	.238	.476	38	10	0	1	1/O
3 Seasons				59	199	179	21	40	3	2	0	18	0	11	14	.223	.287	.263	.550	68	47	5	4
162 Game Avg.				162	546	491	58	110	8	5	0	49	0	30	38	.223	.287	.263	.550	68	129	14	11

CHC (2 yrs)				41	140	122	14	25	2	2	0	13	0	11	13	.205	.292	.254	.546	70	31	4	3
BSN (1 yr)				14	43	42	4	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	.238	.238	.238	.476	38	10	0	1
PHI (1 yr)				2	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	69	2	0	0
WHS (1 yr)				2	9	8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	170	4	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1898	24	WHS	NL	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1

1902	28	CHC	NL	137	-4	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$	1/O
1903	29	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1903	29	PHI	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1903	29	BSN	NL	43	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1/O
3 Seasons				199	-7	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$

CHC (2 yrs)				140	-4	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$
BSN (1 yr)				43	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
PHI (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
WHS (1 yr)				9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G
1898	WHS	NL	24	P	2	17.0	3	0	2	1	0	.667	1.06	1.00	.917	2.65	2.55
1902	CHC	NL	28	P	32	263.1	96	14	78	4	1	.958	3.14	2.88	.933	2.72	2.68
1902	CHC	NL	28	OF	6		9	8	0	1	0	.889		1.33	.944		1.97	0-0-6
1903	TOT	NL	29	P	13	106.0	38	7	28	3	2	.921	2.97	2.69	.924	2.87	2.81
1903	CHC	NL	29	P	1	5.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80	1.00	.920	2.88	2.80
1903	PHI	NL	29	P	2	18.0	12	3	8	1	0	.917	5.50	5.50	.924	2.85	2.80
1903	BSN	NL	29	P	10	83.0	25	4	19	2	2	.920	2.49	2.30	.924	2.87	2.81
1903	BSN	NL	29	OF	2		5	4	1	0	0	1.000		2.50	.942		1.95	2-0-0
	3 Seasons			P	47	386.1	137	21	108	8	3	.942	3.01	2.74	.930	2.76	2.71
	2 Seasons			OF	8		14	12	1	1	0	.929		1.63	.944		1.96	2-0-6
	3 Seasons			TOT	55	386.1	151	33	109	9	3	.940	3.01	2.58	.931	2.76	2.60	2-0-6

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1902 NL 0.034 (8th)	Losses s c a p y 1902 NL 16 (8th)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1902 NL 3.14 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1902 NL 2.88 (4th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 1902 NL .958 (4th)

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Transactions

April, 1903: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs.
July, 1903: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
July 23, 1903: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Beaneaters.

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