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Lefty Williams
Claude Preston Williams

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.

Debut September 17, 1913
Final Game September 25, 1920
Born March 9, 1893 in Aurora, MO
Died November 4, 1959 in Laguna Beach, CA

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1913 20 DET AL   1   3   5   4   3   0   1  1   29.0   34   18   16   0    4    9   1   1   124       0  4.97  2.90   58 1.310
 1914 21 DET AL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    1.0    3    5    0   0    2    0   0   0     9       0  0.00  2.79  inf 5.000
 1916 23 CHW AL  13   7  43  26  10   2   9  1  224.3  220   99   72   5   65  138   8   2   897       0  2.89  2.77   96 1.270
 1917 24 CHW AL  17   8  45  29   8   1  14  1  230.0  221   94   76   3   81   85   9   5   970       0  2.97  2.66   89 1.313
 1918 25 CHW AL   6   4  15  14   7   2   1  1  105.7   76   32   32   0   47   30   5   2   423       0  2.73  2.71  100 1.164
 1919 26 CHW AL  23  11  41  40  27   5   1  1  297.0  265  104   87   7   58  125  11   0  1155       0  2.64  3.19  121 1.088
 1920 27 CHW AL  22  14  39  38  25   0   1  0  299.0  302  145  130  15   90  128  12   4  1221       1  3.91  3.75   96 1.311
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .631  82  48 189 152  80  10  27  5 1186.0 1121  497  413  30  347  515  46  14  4799       1  3.13  3.10   99 1.238
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16   9  37  30  15   1   5  0  236.3  223   99   82   5   69  102   9   2   956   0   0  3.13  3.10   99 1.238
 Career High     23  14  45  40  27   5  14  1  299.0  302  145  130  15   90  138  12   5  1221   0   1  2.64  3.75  121 1.088

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 20 DET AL   5   10    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   5  .100  .182  .100  -17    1   0           0    
 1916 23 CHW AL  43   74    5   10   2  1   0    4   0      7  30  .135  .220  .189   22   14   0           1    
 1917 24 CHW AL  45   67    5    6   0  1   0    2   0      8  19  .090  .187  .119   -7    8   6           0    
 1918 25 CHW AL  15   38    4    5   0  0   0    2   0      1  14  .132  .154  .132  -14    5   3           0    
 1919 26 CHW AL  41   94   10   17   2  2   0   10   0      9  28  .181  .252  .245   39   23  12           0    
 1920 27 CHW AL  39  101    5   22   2  1   0   11   0  0   7  16  .218  .269  .257   40   26   8           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      190  384   30   61   6  5   0   29   0  0  33 112  .159  .227  .201   22   77  29   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        327   26   52   5  4   0   25   0  0  28  95  .159  .227  .201   22   66  25   0   0   1   0
 Career High     45  101   10   22   2  2   0   11   0  0   9  30                          26  12   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 20 DET AL   11    9    0   0.0    86| .100  .263| .182  .335| .100  .346| .282  .681| -17  .000  -1.5  -0.2     
 1916 23 CHW AL   82   64    3   1.3    83| .135  .258| .220  .332| .189  .337| .409  .669|  22  .138  -7.2  -0.8     
 1917 24 CHW AL   81   67    1   0.4    81| .090  .257| .187  .329| .119  .333| .306  .661|  -7  .020  -8.8  -1.0     
 1918 25 CHW AL   42   36    1   0.8    83| .132  .262| .154  .333| .132  .334| .286  .666| -14  .058  -5.4  -0.6     
 1919 26 CHW AL  115   89    6   1.8    96| .181  .277| .252  .344| .245  .373| .497  .716|  39  .185  -8.0  -0.9     
 1920 27 CHW AL  116   87    7   2.2   106| .218  .291| .269  .356| .257  .400| .526  .756|  40  .201  -9.0  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       447  352   18   1.4    92| .159  .272| .227  .341| .201  .361| .428  .702|  22  .130 -40.0  -4.4     

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1913 20 DET AL   P    5      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.60  1.84  0.93  3.01    4   29.0
 1914 21 DET AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.70    1    1.0
 1916 23 CHW AL   P   43      9   37    0    0 1.000  .945  1.07  1.69  1.85  2.95   26  224.3
 1917 24 CHW AL   P   45      8   46    4    2  .931  .947  1.20  1.83  2.11  3.04   29  230.0
 1918 25 CHW AL   P   15      3   20    2    0  .920  .950  1.53  1.85  1.96  2.82   14  105.7
 1919 26 CHW AL   P   41      8   54    3    1  .954  .948  1.51  1.76  1.88  2.83   40  297.0
 1920 27 CHW AL   P   39      8   57    3    5  .956  .949  1.67  1.66  1.96  2.70   38  299.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1913 20 DET AL   P    5      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.60  1.84  0.93  3.01    4   29.0
 1914 21 DET AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.70    1    1.0
 1916 23 CHW AL   P   43      9   37    0    0 1.000  .945  1.07  1.69  1.85  2.95   26  224.3
 1917 24 CHW AL   P   45      8   46    4    2  .931  .947  1.20  1.83  2.11  3.04   29  230.0
 1918 25 CHW AL   P   15      3   20    2    0  .920  .950  1.53  1.85  1.96  2.82   14  105.7
 1919 26 CHW AL   P   41      8   54    3    1  .954  .948  1.51  1.76  1.88  2.83   40  297.0
 1920 27 CHW AL   P   39      8   57    3    5  .956  .949  1.67  1.66  1.96  2.70   38  299.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 189     36  217   12    8  .955  .948  1.34  1.75  1.92  2.86  152 1186.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       189     36  217   12    8  .955  .948  1.34  1.75  1.92  2.86  152   1186

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1917   WS    CHW NYG     W   1   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   1     2   1   0   3 
 1919   WS    CHW CIN     L   3   3   6.61  0  3  0  1  16.1  12  12   8   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   4   3   6.75  0  3  0  1  17.1  14  13   8   7 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1917   WS    CHW NYG     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1919   WS    CHW CIN     L   3   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   4   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

ERA
1919 AL-2.64-9

Wins
1917 AL-17-7
1919 AL-23-3
1920 AL-22-5

Won-Loss %
1916 AL-.650-8
1917 AL-.680-5
1919 AL-.676-4
Car-.631-48

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1919 AL-1.088-3
1920 AL-1.311-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1919 AL-8.03-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1919 AL-1.76-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1916 AL-5.54-2
1919 AL-3.79-8
1920 AL-3.85-5

Games
1917 AL-45-8
1919 AL-41-5

Saves
1919 AL-1-10

Innings
1919 AL-297.0-3
1920 AL-299.0-6

Strikeouts
1916 AL-138-7
1919 AL-125-3
1920 AL-128-2

Games Started
1919 AL-40-1
1920 AL-38-2

Comp. Games
1919 AL-27-2
1920 AL-25-6

Shutouts
1919 AL-5-2

Home Runs Allow.
1916 AL-5-7
1917 AL-3-9
1919 AL-7-7
1920 AL-15-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1920 AL-90-6

Hits Allowed
1919 AL-265-3
1920 AL-302-8

SO to Walk
1916 AL-2.12-5
1919 AL-2.16-3
1920 AL-1.42-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1917 AL-76-6
1919 AL-87-6
1920 AL-130-1

Hit Batsmen
1916 AL-8-7
1917 AL-9-9
1919 AL-11-1
1920 AL-12-2

Batters Faced
1919 AL-1155-3
1920 AL-1221-6

Games Finished
1917 AL-14-5

Adjusted ERA+
1919 AL-121-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (836) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 59 (411) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 23.0 (229) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 26.0 (475) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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ERA 1919 AL-2.64-9	Wins 1917 AL-17-7 1919 AL-23-3 1920 AL-22-5	Won-Loss % 1916 AL-.650-8 1917 AL-.680-5 1919 AL-.676-4 Car-.631-48	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1919 AL-1.088-3 1920 AL-1.311-10	Hits Allowed/9IP 1919 AL-8.03-7	Bases on Balls/9IP 1919 AL-1.76-4
Strikeouts/9IP 1916 AL-5.54-2 1919 AL-3.79-8 1920 AL-3.85-5	Games 1917 AL-45-8 1919 AL-41-5	Saves 1919 AL-1-10	Innings 1919 AL-297.0-3 1920 AL-299.0-6	Strikeouts 1916 AL-138-7 1919 AL-125-3 1920 AL-128-2	Games Started 1919 AL-40-1 1920 AL-38-2
Comp. Games 1919 AL-27-2 1920 AL-25-6	Shutouts 1919 AL-5-2	Home Runs Allow. 1916 AL-5-7 1917 AL-3-9 1919 AL-7-7 1920 AL-15-1	Bases On Balls Allow. 1920 AL-90-6	Hits Allowed 1919 AL-265-3 1920 AL-302-8	SO to Walk 1916 AL-2.12-5 1919 AL-2.16-3 1920 AL-1.42-6
Earned Runs Allow. 1917 AL-76-6 1919 AL-87-6 1920 AL-130-1	Hit Batsmen 1916 AL-8-7 1917 AL-9-9 1919 AL-11-1 1920 AL-12-2	Batters Faced 1919 AL-1155-3 1920 AL-1221-6	Games Finished 1917 AL-14-5	Adjusted ERA+ 1919 AL-121-10