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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	W,6-5		25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	12 (5)	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	GF	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	13	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	16 (2)	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.1	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (2)	May 2	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	20	May 4	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	23 (2)	May 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	GF	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	24	May 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	16	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	29 (4)	May 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	37 (7)	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	41 (3)	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,0-5		7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	49 (7)	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	50	Jun 16	CHW		BOS	W,7-4	GS	0	5.2	0	2	0	2	0
14	53 (2)	Jun 20	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	57 (3)	Jun 24	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS	32	7.1	0	2	0	2	0
16	60 (2)	Jun 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	64 (3)	Jul 1	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	68 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,7-6	GS	0	7.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	72 (3)	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	77 (4)	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	84 (6)	Jul 20 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	88 (3)	Jul 23	CHW	@	DET	W,12-9	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	89	Jul 24	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	93 (3)	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	GS	28	6.1	0	3	0	3	0
25	98 (4)	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	GS	0	7.2	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	103 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,3-8		0	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
27	107 (3)	Aug 8	CHW		BOS	L,4-6		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	109 (1)	Aug 10	CHW		BOS	L,5-11	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	112 (2)	Aug 13	CHW		DET	L,4-9		0	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
30	113	Aug 16 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	114	Aug 16 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	116 (1)	Aug 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS	33	7.1	1	2	0	3	0
33	119 (2)	Aug 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	122 (2)	Aug 25	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	GS	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	125 (2)	Aug 29	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-9		9	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	130 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	135 (4)	Sep 9	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	139 (3)	Sep 13	CHW		SLB	W,9-8	GS	0	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
39	142 (2)	Sep 16	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
40	144 (1)	Sep 18	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GS	27	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
41	147 (2)	Sep 21	CHW		PHA	L,0-8	GF	21	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
42	150 (2)	Sep 24	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	153 (2)	Sep 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS	38	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
							43gm		224.0	9	37	0	46	0