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.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-2	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	10 (8)	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	GF	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	14 (3)	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	17 (2)	May 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
5	20 (2)	May 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-8	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	23 (2)	May 8 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-7	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	24	May 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	GS	0	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
8	26 (1)	May 11	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	31 (4)	May 16	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	GS	32	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
10	34 (2)	May 19	CHW		BOS	W,8-2	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	49 (14)	Jun 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	52 (2)	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	54 (1)	Jun 18 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	56 (1)	Jun 20	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
15	59 (2)	Jun 23	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	62 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GS	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
17	65 (2)	Jun 28	CHW		DET	L,5-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	67 (1)	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-11	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	72 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	77 (4)	Jul 9	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	81 (3)	Jul 13	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	GS	25	5.1	1	1	0	2	0
22	83 (1)	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	GS	38	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	88 (4)	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	90 (1)	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	T,5-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	92 (1)	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	GS	35	7.2	0	0	0	0	0
26	95 (2)	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	99 (3)	Jul 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	7	1.0	0	1	1	2	0
28	100	Jul 31	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	105 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	107 (1)	Aug 7	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	113 (5)	Aug 14 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	117 (3)	Aug 18	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	GS	32	6.1	0	2	1	3	0
33	122 (4)	Aug 22	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	GS	31	6.0	1	3	1	5	0
34	127 (4)	Aug 28	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	GS	22	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	131 (3)	Aug 31	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	GF	16	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	132	Sep 1	CHW		SLB	L,3-6	GF	13	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	134 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	135	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-5	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	136	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		DET	W,14-8		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	138 (1)	Sep 5	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	41	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
41	144 (5)	Sep 16	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
42	147 (2)	Sep 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	1
43	150 (2)	Sep 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	154 (3)	Sep 29 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-12	GS	7	0.2	0	2	0	2	0
45	156 (1)	Oct 1	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
							45gm		230.0	8	46	4	58	2