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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Team Record in Appearances: 25-19 / in Starts: 19-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 6

1917 Pitching Game Log

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1917 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	50	1	Apr 11	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-2	GS-1		99	1.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	9.00	2.26	5	41	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	-0.13%
2	51	10	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	2-GF	W(1-0)	10	8.0	8	2	0	3	2	0	0	1.00	2.82	31		0	3	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	4.74	0.49%
3	52	14	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	4	1	1	5	5	0	0	1.06	2.85	31	70	1	1	0	24	1	1	2	0	1	0	4.59	0.43%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	53	17	May 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	8	3	2	2	5	0	0	1.38	2.49	37	64	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.79	0.26%
5	54	20	May 6(1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-8	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.17	2.43	14		0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	-0.07%
6	55	23	May 8(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-7	GS-2		1	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.90	2.42	11	34	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.72	-0.46%
7	56	24	May 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	GS-		0	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.45	2.52	4	38				3	1	0	0		0
8	57	26	May 11	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	9-GF		1	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.90	2.51	6		1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.04%
9	58	31	May 16	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	GS-9	W(3-0)	4	8.1	7	2	2	0	2	0	1	3.54	2.43	32	63	2	1	0	29	4	0	0	0	1	0	4.04	0.59%
10	59	34	May 19	CHW		BOS	W,8-2	GS-6	W(4-0)	2	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.47	2.35	25	54	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.04	0.38%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
11	60	49	Jun 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	W(5-0)	21	9.0	9	4	4	4	2	0	3	3.56	2.64	43	51	0	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.76	0.23%
12	61	52	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-0	SHO	W(6-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	4	6	0	0	3.06	2.59	35	81	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	0.96%
13	62	54	Jun 18(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	7-7	BS(1)	2	0.2	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.58	2.58	4		0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	22.50	-2.32%
14	63	56	Jun 20	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(7-0)	1	9.0	4	2	1	4	6	0	0	3.27	2.54	33	75	0	2	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	1	5.40	1.06%
15	64	59	Jun 23	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	12-GF(15)	W(8-0)	2	4.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.10	2.53	15		0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.14	1.51%
16	65	62	Jun 26(2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GS-9	W(9-0)	2	8.1	8	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.12	2.59	35	53	0	1	0	31	2	1	0	0	1	1	5.62	0.28%
17	66	65	Jun 28	CHW		DET	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	BL(9-1)	1	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	3.25	2.79	11		0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	9.73	-1.90%
18	67	67	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-11	GS-3	L(9-2)	1	3.0	6	5	4	1	1	0	0	3.53	2.79	17	29	2	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	4.54	-1.15%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
19	68	72	Jul 4(2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	W(10-2)	3	9.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.49	2.77	37	61	0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	1	11.09	1.00%
20	69	77	Jul 9	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	GS-7	L(10-3)	4	6.0	5	5	1	2	3	0	0	3.38	2.74	25	51	2	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	6.30	-0.68%
21	70	81	Jul 13	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	GS-6		3	5.1	7	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.38	2.81	25	43	0	1	0	19	2	1	1	1	0	1	6.51	-0.15%
22	71	83	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	GS-9	L(10-4)	1	8.1	7	3	3	5	6	0	1	3.37	2.82	38	58	1	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	8.77	-0.15%
23	72	88	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	GS-7	L(10-5)	3	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.39	2.86	29	54	1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	7.37	-0.64%
24	73	90	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	T,5-5			1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.37	2.85	3					3	0	0	0		0
25	74	92	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	GS-8	W(11-5)	1	7.2	9	3	3	4	5	0	1	3.38	2.86	35	50	0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	9.08	0.45%
26	75	95	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	6-GF(14)	BL(11-6)	2	8.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.25	2.84	30		0	1	0	26	1	0	1	0	1	0	11.26	1.21%
27	76	99	Jul 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-1	L(11-7)	3	1.0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.29	2.86	7	40	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	12.07	-1.19%
28	77	100	Jul 31	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	2.85	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.03%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
29	78	105	Aug 4(2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	1	3.25	2.91	37	61	1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	8.29	1.11%
30	79	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	2.90	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	80	113	Aug 14(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(13-7)	6	9.0	12	2	2	2	0	0	1	3.16	2.92	40	53	0	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	12.04	1.75%
32	81	117	Aug 18	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	GS-7		3	6.1	6	2	2	5	0	0	0	3.15	2.99	32	48	1	2	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	4	9.39	0.06%
33	82	122	Aug 22	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	GS-7	L(13-8)	3	6.0	8	4	3	4	0	0	0	3.20	3.03	31	38	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	17.82	-0.77%
34	83	127	Aug 28	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	GS-6	W(14-8)	5	5.1	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	3.10	3.01	22	52	0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	8.94	0.22%
35	84	131	Aug 31	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	6-GF	W(15-8)	2	3.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	3.04	3.03	16		0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.41	0.32%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
36	85	132	Sep 1	CHW		SLB	L,3-6	6-GF		0	3.1	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	3.04	3.00	13		0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.17	-0.16%
37	86	134	Sep 2(2)	CHW		DET	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(16-8)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.02	2.98	3		0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	11.07	0.44%
38	87	135	Sep 3(1)	CHW		DET	W,7-5	7-GF	S(1)	0	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.97	2.98	10		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.46	0.85%
39	88	136	Sep 3(2)	CHW		DET	W,14-8	3-3	BS(4)	-1	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.01	2.99	7		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.65	-0.63%
40	89	138	Sep 5	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG(11)	W(17-8)	1	11.0	8	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.89	2.95	41	78	1	1	0	35	4	0	0	0	1	0	3.15	0.48%
41	90	144	Sep 16	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	GS-7		10	7.0	5	3	2	3	3	0	0	2.88	2.94	26	57	1	3	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.85	-0.11%
42	91	147	Sep 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	1	1	2	0	0	2.83	2.91	27	56	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	1	1	.20	-0.02%
43	92	150	Sep 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	5-GF(8)		3	4.0	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.82	2.93	16		1	1	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
44	93	154	Sep 29(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-12	GS-1		4	0.2	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2.89	2.95	7	30	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
45	94	156	Oct 1	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-5		1	5.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.90	2.90	20	51	2	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							25-19		W-L:17-8,Sv:1,BSv:4	2.1	229.1	223	93	74	82	84	3	10	2.90	2.90	975	53	18	21	0	845	42	10	4	9	10	20	6.20	3.55%

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