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	21-22 / in Starts: 18-8
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 83 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	33 (13-12-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 83 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (23-16-9)

Most Driven In
J Fournier	2
R Schalk	1
Z Terry	0
B Lynn	0

Most Driven In By
B Weaver	2
F McMullin	1
S Collins	1
E Collins	0

1916 Batting Game Log

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1916 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	8	6 (5)	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	W,6-5	3-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.667	1.000	9	1.42	0.169	3.71	0.26%	1.12	P
2	9	12 (5)	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.500	.750	1	2.47	-0.061	6.62	-0.10%	-0.40	P
3	10	13	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.500	.750	8						P
4	11	16 (2)	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(10)	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0		.167	.286	.333	.619	9	1.09	-0.013	2.53	-0.02%	-0.05	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	12	19 (2)	May 2	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.167	.286	.333	.619	9						P
6	13	20	May 4	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.222	.250	.472	9	2.20	-0.197	6.48	-0.35%	-1.20	P
7	14	23 (2)	May 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.125	.222	.250	.472	9						P
8	15	24	May 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.200	.222	.422	9	.30	-0.007	.52	-0.01%	-0.08	P
9	16	29 (4)	May 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.200	.222	.422	9						P
10	17	37 (7)	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.083	.154	.167	.321	9	1.85	-0.021	2.94	-0.02%	-0.13	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
11	18	41 (3)	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.083	.154	.167	.321	9						P
12	19	49 (7)	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.083	.154	.167	.321	9						P
13	20	50	Jun 16	CHW		BOS	W,7-4	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.071	.188	.143	.330	9						P
14	21	53 (2)	Jun 20	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.111	.200	.167	.367	9						P
15	22	57 (3)	Jun 24	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.095	.174	.143	.317	9	1.03	-0.077	1.76	-0.08%	-0.85	P
16	23	60 (2)	Jun 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.083	.154	.125	.279	9	.78	-0.056	2.01	-0.09%	-0.48	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
17	24	64 (3)	Jul 1	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.074	.138	.111	.249	9	.92	-0.070	2.93	-0.13%	-0.58	P
18	25	68 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,7-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.069	.129	.103	.232	9						P
19	26	72 (3)	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0		.061	.114	.091	.205	9	.35	-0.012	1.17	-0.02%	-0.35	P
20	27	77 (4)	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.086	.135	.114	.249	9	.63	-0.001	1.89	0.00%	-0.02	P
21	28	84 (6)	Jul 20 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.079	.125	.105	.230	9	1.35	0.095	5.50	0.23%	0.56	P
22	29	88 (3)	Jul 23	CHW	@	DET	W,12-9	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.103	.146	.128	.275	9						P
23	30	89	Jul 24	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	11-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.143	.125	.268	9	4.22	-0.217	16.66	-0.52%	-0.87	P
24	31	93 (3)	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.095	.136	.119	.255	9	1.04	-0.050	5.95	-0.17%	-0.28	P
25	32	98 (4)	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	GS-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.114	.170	.136	.307	9						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
26	33	103 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,3-8	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	0				0		.109	.163	.130	.294	9						P
27	34	107 (3)	Aug 8	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.109	.163	.130	.294	9						P
28	35	109 (1)	Aug 10	CHW		BOS	L,5-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.109	.163	.130	.294	9						P
29	36	112 (2)	Aug 13	CHW		DET	L,4-9	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.106	.160	.128	.288	9						P
30	37	113	Aug 16 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.106	.160	.128	.288	9						P
31	38	114	Aug 16 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.104	.157	.125	.282	9	.99	-0.024	6.46	-0.09%	-0.20	P
32	39	116 (1)	Aug 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.182	.120	.302	9	.51	0.057	3.59	0.24%	0.87	P
33	40	119 (2)	Aug 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.098	.179	.118	.296	9	1.10	-0.025	6.17	-0.09%	-0.26	P
34	41	122 (2)	Aug 25	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	GS-6	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.132	.207	.151	.358	9	1.34	0.035	3.56	0.06%	0.25	P
35	42	125 (2)	Aug 29	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-9	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.130	.203	.148	.352	9	.24	-0.006	.99	-0.01%	-0.08	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
36	43	130 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.161	.242	.196	.438	9	2.18	0.198	14.67	0.80%	0.82	P
37	44	135 (4)	Sep 9	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.153	.242	.186	.429	9	.80	-0.071	6.86	-0.36%	-0.63	P
38	45	139 (3)	Sep 13	CHW		SLB	W,9-8	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.150	.239	.183	.422	9						P
39	46	142 (2)	Sep 16	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.141	.225	.172	.397	9	.37	-0.031	5.81	-0.29%	-0.85	P
40	47	144 (1)	Sep 18	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.136	.219	.167	.386	9	.48	-0.023	5.99	-0.17%	-0.17	P
41	48	147 (2)	Sep 21	CHW		PHA	L,0-8	5-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.132	.213	.162	.375	9	.60	-0.028	6.65	-0.19%	-0.39	P
42	49	150 (2)	Sep 24	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.141	.218	.197	.415	9						P
43	50	153 (2)	Sep 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS-11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.135	.220	.189	.409	9	1.00	-0.072	3.26	-0.14%	-0.82	P
							21-22		83	74	5	10	2	1	0	3	7	0	30	1	1		2		0		.135	.220	.189	.409		1.07	-0.508	4.65	-1.25%	-5.07

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