Joe Williams

Positions: Starting Pitcher, First Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: April 6, 1886 in Seguin, TX us

Died: February 25, 1951 in New York, NY

Buried: Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, MD

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1999. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
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Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Joseph Williams

Nicknames: Smokey Joe or Cyclone

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.6

ERA

3.51

356.1

201

WHIP

1.263

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1909	23	-2.1	San Antonio	BLK	N/A		0	1	.000	3.38	4.50	1	1		1	0	0	8.0	8	4	3	0	2		8	0		0	34	1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	9.0	4.00
1910	24	-1.2	Chicago Giants	BLK	Non		5	2	.714	1.89	3.16	8	6		5	0	0	57.0	44	20	12	0	8		45	0		0	219	0.912	6.9	0.0	1.3	7.1	5.63
1911	25	0.2	Chicago Giants	BLK	Non		3	5	.375	4.10	4.90	10	10		6	2	0	68.0	74	37	31	2	25		52	1		0	293	1.456	9.8	0.3	3.3	6.9	2.08
1911-12	25	1.6	Habana	CUWL	FgW		10	7	.588	1.68	3.08	21	16		12	0	1	155.0	117	53	29	3	66		80	2		3	612	1.181	6.8	0.2	3.8	4.6	1.21
1912	26	0.5	New York	BLK	N/A		7	2	.778	2.18	3.01	11	10		9	0	0	86.2	76	29	21	1	15		61	3		0	352	1.050	7.9	0.1	1.6	6.3	4.07
1912-13	26	2.4	Fé	CUWL	FgW		9	4	.692	2.40	3.99	20	14		9	1	0	124.0	98	55	33	1	46		78	3		8	509	1.161	7.1	0.1	3.3	5.7	1.70
1913	27	0.3	New York	BLK	N/A		9	2	.818	1.87	3.02	14	11		11	3	1	101.1	111	34	21	1	25		70	0		1	441	1.342	9.9	0.1	2.2	6.2	2.80
1914	28	1.2	New York Lincoln Giants	BLK	Non		5	3	.625	2.36	4.33	10	8		5	1	0	68.2	68	33	18	1	21		43	1		0	298	1.296	8.9	0.1	2.8	5.6	2.05
1915	29	2.8	New York Lincoln Giants	BLK	Non		6	1	.857	2.10	3.88	7	6		5	0	0	55.2	49	24	13	0	10		34	2		2	227	1.060	7.9	0.0	1.6	5.5	3.40
1916	30	2.9	New York Lincoln Giants	BLK	Non		5	2	.714	1.56	2.98	9	6		6	1	0	63.1	70	21	11	1	17		37	1		2	282	1.374	9.9	0.1	2.4	5.3	2.18
1917	31	4.1	New York	BLK	Non		10	0	1.000	1.69	2.67	12	9		9	1	0	101.0	88	30	19	0	31		70	1		0	416	1.178	7.8	0.0	2.8	6.2	2.26
1918	32	4.5	New York	BLK	Non		10	6	.625	1.07	2.87	16	14	2	14	0	0	134.2	128	43	16	1	32		93	2		1	561	1.188	8.6	0.1	2.1	6.2	2.91
1919	33	5.9	New York	BLK	Non		9	3	.750	2.63	4.21	13	11		11	2	1	102.2	93	48	30	1	22		86	3		1	416	1.120	8.2	0.1	1.9	7.5	3.91
1920	34	6.3	New York	BLK	Non		2	3	.400	1.84	3.68	5	5		5	1	0	44.0	42	18	9	0	7		26	0		0	184	1.114	8.6	0.0	1.4	5.3	3.71
1921	35	8.2	New York	BLK	Non		3	1	.750	3.05	3.92	5	2	3	2	0	1	20.2	17	9	7	1	4	0	16	0	0	0	83	1.016	7.4	0.4	1.7	7.0	4.00
1922	36	9.0	New York Lincoln Giants	BLK	Non		4	3	.571	1.91	2.86	8	7	0	6	0	0	56.2	51	18	12	0	12		40	0	0	2	227	1.112	8.1	0.0	1.9	6.4	3.33
1923	37	10.8	NLG	ECL	Maj	NLG	3	3	.500	4.80	7.29	8	7		4	0	0	54.1	66	44	29	2	6		33	1		0	241	1.325	10.9	0.3	1.0	5.5	5.50
1924	38	10.9	BRG	ECL	Maj	BRG	3	8	.273	3.74	5.04	15	12		8	1	1	96.1	107	54	40		13		55	1		2		1.246	10.0		1.2	5.1	4.23
1925	39	0.0	Homestead	BLK	Non		2	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	2	2	0	2	0	0	16.0	10	4	4	2	4		22	0		0	62	0.875	5.6	1.1	2.3	12.4	5.50
1926	40	8.4	Homestead	BLK	Non		0	0		4.00	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	4	4	0	0		7	0		0	36	1.222	11.0	0.0	0.0	7.0
1927	41	6.6	Homestead	BLK	Non		2	0	1.000	1.13	1.13	2	2	0	2	1	0	16.0	9	2	2	0	1		16	0		0	58	0.625	5.1	0.0	0.6	9.0	16.00
1928	42	13.8	Homestead	BLK	Non		3	1	.750	4.50	5.14	4	3		2	0	0	28.0	32	16	14	2	5		16	0		0	116	1.321	10.3	0.6	1.6	5.1	3.20
1929	43	13.4	HG	ANL	Maj	HG	5	7	.417	3.26	4.51	18	14	4	13	0	1	129.2	134	65	47	7	28		85	2		0	537	1.249	9.3	0.5	1.9	5.9	3.04
1930	44	12.4	Homestead	BLK	Non		11	5	.688	2.60	3.36	17	15	2	13	1	0	131.1	104	49	38	6	22		116	3		0	502	0.959	7.1	0.4	1.5	7.9	5.27
1931	45	15.1	Homestead	BLK	Non		6	2	.750	2.41	2.99	11	11	0	7	0	0	78.1	59	26	21	1	25		54	1		1	314	1.072	6.8	0.1	2.9	6.2	2.16
1932	46		2 Teams	EWL	Maj	DW-HG	5	1	.833	2.72	3.79	12	9	3	3	0	0	76.0	77	32	23	0	19		28	2		0	324	1.263	9.1	0.0	2.3	3.3	1.47
1932	46	16.7	DW	EWL	Maj	DW	1	0	1.000	3.33	4.33	4	3	1	1	0	0	27.0	29	13	10	0	5		11	2		0	117	1.259	9.7	0.0	1.7	3.7	2.20
1932	46	16.7	HG	EWL	Maj	HG	4	1	.800	2.39	3.49	8	6	2	2	0	0	49.0	48	19	13	0	14		17	0		0	207	1.265	8.8	0.0	2.6	3.1	1.21
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		16	19	.457	3.51	4.93	53	42	7	28	1	2	356.1	384	195	139	9	66		201	6		2	1102	1.263	9.7		1.7	5.1	3.05
Black Baseball (17 seasons)					Black Baseball		86	37	.699	2.24	3.44	140	118	7	101	10	2	1051.0	949	402	261	18	246	0	773	15	0	9	4294	1.137	8.1	0.2	2.1	6.6	3.14
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		19	11	.633	2.00	3.48	41	30		21	1	1	279.0	215	108	62	4	112		158	5		11	1121	1.172	6.9	0.1	3.6	5.1	1.41
Other (3 seasons)					Other		16	5	.762	2.07	3.08	26	22		21	3	1	196.0	195	67	45	2	42		139	3		1	827	1.209	9.0	0.1	1.9	6.4	3.31
All Levels (24 Seasons)							137	72	.656	2.42	3.69	260	212	14	171	15	6	1882.1	1743	772	507	33	466	0	1271	29	0	23	7344	1.174	8.3		2.2	6.1	2.73