Lefty Williams

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: March 9, 1893 in Aurora, MO us

Died: November 4, 1959 in Laguna Beach, CA

Buried: Melrose Abbey Cemetery, Anaheim, CA

Debut: September 17, 1913 (Age 20-192d, 4,016th in major league history)
vs. WSH 9.0 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 25, 1920 (Age 27-200d)
vs. CLE 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: Claude Preston Williams

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1917 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.3

ERA

3.13

189

152

1186.0

515

WHIP

1.238

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-14 / in Starts: 24-14
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 116 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	71 (37-22-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 116 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	74 (35-24-14)

Most Driven In
F McMullin	3
S Risberg	3
R Schalk	2
S Collins	1
T Jourdan	1
J Jackson	1
H Felsch	1

Most Driven In By
B Weaver	2
E Collins	2
N Leibold	1

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	152	1	Apr 14	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG(11)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.00	-0.040	2.58	-0.06%	-0.39	P
2	153	3 (1)	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.45	-0.044	1.31	-0.08%	-1.12	P
3	154	6 (2)	Apr 25	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0				0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9						P
4	155	9 (2)	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.87	-0.042	3.09	-0.09%	-0.56	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	156	12 (2)	May 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.200	.158	.358	9	.99	0.069	3.92	0.17%	0.61	P
6	157	16 (3)	May 7	CHW		CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.208	.174	.382	9	.74	0.005	2.90	0.01%	0.06	P
7	158	20 (3)	May 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-14	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.222	.160	.382	9	1.37	-0.050	4.04	-0.09%	-0.60	P
8	159	23 (2)	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.179	.233	.179	.412	9	.46	0.057	1.39	0.10%	0.35	P
9	160	27 (3)	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.257	.212	.469	9	.27	-0.005	.82	-0.01%	0.36	P
10	161	31 (3)	May 26	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-10	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	9	2.96	0.160	8.49	0.28%	1.66	P
11	162	34 (2)	May 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.270	.229	.499	9	1.24	-0.035	4.57	-0.08%	-0.39	P
12	163	38 (3)	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG(10)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.211	.268	.211	.479	9	1.15	-0.109	2.71	-0.15%	-0.73	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	164	42 (3)	Jun 5	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2		0		0	0	.200	.256	.200	.456	9	.60	0.093	1.63	0.15%	0.54	P
14	165	46 (3)	Jun 9	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.244	.190	.435	9	1.05	-0.056	3.47	-0.11%	-0.49	P
15	166	50 (3)	Jun 13	CHW		WSH	W,9-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.286	.222	.508	9	.76	0.070	1.90	0.10%	1.97	P
16	167	53 (2)	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.280	.217	.497	9	.65	-0.017	2.18	-0.03%	-0.17	P
17	168	55 (1)	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.280	.217	.497	9						P
18	169	56	Jun 20	CHW		PHA	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.204	.264	.204	.468	9	.46	-0.045	.99	-0.06%	-0.96	P
19	170	59 (2)	Jun 25	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.250	.192	.442	9	.93	-0.084	3.27	-0.18%	-1.18	P
20	171	63 (3)	Jun 29	CHW	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.254	.200	.454	9	1.05	-0.004	3.05	-0.01%	-0.29	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	172	67 (3)	Jul 2	CHW		SLB	L,5-7	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.207	.258	.207	.465	9	1.77	-0.086	4.98	-0.15%	-0.71	P
22	173	70 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.273	.213	.486	9	.50	0.052	1.54	0.10%	0.85	P
23	174	74 (3)	Jul 9	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.219	.275	.219	.494	9	.84	0.042	3.01	0.09%	0.56	P
24	175	78 (3)	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.264	.209	.473	9	1.24	-0.095	4.31	-0.20%	-1.13	P
25	176	82 (3)	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.257	.203	.460	9	.33	-0.017	1.32	-0.04%	-0.23	P
26	177	87 (4)	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.260	.208	.468	9	.71	0.001	1.80	0.00%	0.17	P
27	178	91 (3)	Jul 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	9	1.23	-0.085	6.83	-0.28%	-0.64	P
28	179	95 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.265	.221	.486	9	.67	0.067	2.61	0.16%	0.77	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	180	100 (4)	Aug 2	CHW		NYY	L,0-7	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.274	.231	.505	9	1.77	0.035	9.18	0.11%	0.34	P
30	181	104 (3)	Aug 6	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.287	.238	.525	9	.76	-0.001	2.87	0.00%	0.01	P
31	182	108 (3)	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.232	.292	.268	.560	9	1.68	0.266	6.89	0.65%	0.97	P
32	183	115 (6)	Aug 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.286	.262	.548	9	1.09	-0.056	7.82	-0.24%	-0.42	P
33	184	119 (3)	Aug 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.216	.274	.250	.524	9	.71	-0.077	5.58	-0.37%	-1.31	P
34	185	124 (4)	Aug 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.268	.244	.512	9	1.09	-0.056	9.29	-0.29%	-0.41	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	186	129 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.270	.247	.517	9	.43	-0.015	3.44	-0.07%	-0.09	P
36	187	134 (4)	Sep 8	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.262	.240	.502	9	1.27	-0.082	10.13	-0.39%	-0.64	P
37	188	138 (3)	Sep 12	CHW		WSH	L,0-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.260	.237	.497	9	1.58	-0.037	16.07	-0.23%	-0.37	P
38	189	144 (5)	Sep 19	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.260	.237	.497	9						P
39	190	149 (4)	Sep 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.269	.257	.526	9	.50	0.079	13.64	1.30%	0.74	P
							25-14		116	101	5	22	2	1	0	12	7	0	17	0	8		1		0	0	.218	.269	.257	.526		.88	-0.142	3.98	0.01%	-2.85

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