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Gus Williams
August Joseph Williams (Gloomy Gus)

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

Debut April 12, 1911
Final Game June 18, 1915
Born May 7, 1888 in Omaha, NE
Died April 16, 1964 in Sterling, IL

Brother of Harry Williams

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1911 23 SLB AL   9   26    1    7   3  0   0    4   0      0      .269  .296  .385   93   10   0           1    
 1912 24 SLB AL  64  216   32   63  13  7   2   32  18     27      .292  .370  .444  137   96   3           0    
 1913 25 SLB AL 148  538   72  147  21 16   5   53  31     57  87  .273  .346  .400  121  215   7           3    
 1914 26 SLB AL 144  499   51  126  19  6   4   47  35 20  36 120  .253  .308  .339   98  169  14           4    
 1915 27 SLB AL  45  119   15   24   2  2   1   11  11  1   6  16  .202  .246  .277   59   33   3           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      410 1398  171  367  58 31  12  147  95 21 126 223  .263  .327  .374  110  523  27   0   0   9   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        552   68  145  23 12   5   58  38  8  50  88  .263  .327  .374  110  207  11   0   0   4   0
 Career High    148  538   72  147  21 16   5   53  35 20  57 120  .292  .370  .444  137  215  14   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1911 23 SLB AL   27   19    3   4.2    93| .269  .276| .296  .342| .385  .363| .681  .705|  93  .510  -0.3   0.0     
 1912 24 SLB AL  246  156   36   6.1    88| .292  .268| .370  .336| .444  .352| .814  .688| 137  .694  10.2   1.1     
 1913 25 SLB AL  605  398   74   5.0    85| .273  .261| .346  .332| .400  .343| .746  .675| 121  .640  12.8   1.4     
 1914 26 SLB AL  553  407   50   3.3    79| .253  .252| .308  .325| .339  .330| .647  .654|  98  .503  -2.9  -0.3  63%
 1915 27 SLB AL  129   99    9   2.4    80| .202  .251| .246  .328| .277  .329| .523  .657|  59  .349  -6.7  -0.8  91%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1560 1079  172   4.3    83| .263  .258| .327  .330| .374  .339| .701  .668| 110  .584  13.1   1.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1911 23 SLB AL OF 7 13 0 2 0 .867 .949 1.86 1.93 7 0 0 1912 24 SLB AL OF 62 94 12 8 3 .930 .951 1.71 1.98 0 0 62 1913 25 SLB AL OF 143 225 26 13 7 .951 .953 1.76 1.95 0 0 143 1914 26 SLB AL OF 142 200 24 16 2 .933 .956 1.58 1.92 0 0 141 1915 27 SLB AL OF 35 35 2 2 1 .949 .959 1.06 1.98 0 0 35
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 23 SLB AL OF 7 13 0 2 0 .867 .949 1.86 1.93 7 0 0 1912 24 SLB AL OF 62 94 12 8 3 .930 .951 1.71 1.98 0 0 62 1913 25 SLB AL OF 143 225 26 13 7 .951 .953 1.76 1.95 0 0 143 1914 26 SLB AL OF 142 200 24 16 2 .933 .956 1.58 1.92 0 0 141 1915 27 SLB AL OF 35 35 2 2 1 .949 .959 1.06 1.98 0 0 35
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 389 567 64 41 13 .939 .954 1.62 1.95 7 0 381 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 389 567 64 41 13 .939 .954 1.62 1.95
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1913 AL-16-4

Home Runs
1913 AL-5-5
1914 AL-4-7

Strikeouts
1913 AL-87-2
1914 AL-120-1

Stolen Bases
1914 AL-35-9

Extra-Base Hits
1913 AL-42-8

Power/Speed Number
1913 AL-8.6-6
1914 AL-7.2-8

At Bats per Home Run
1913 AL-107.6-6

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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