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: 21-22 / in Starts: 18-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 8

1916 Pitching Game Log

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1916 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	7	6	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	W,6-5	3-9		99	7.0	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	1.60	25		0	0	1	23	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.59	0.30%
2	8	12	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	5-GF(8)		6	4.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	0.00	2.59	17		0	1	0	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.13%
3	9	13	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.57	2		0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
4	10	16	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(0-1)	2	9.1	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	2.08	34	78	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	3.39	0.10%
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
5	11	19	May 2	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.09	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.91	0.21%
6	12	20	May 4	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	GS-7	L(0-2)	1	7.0	9	2	2	2	6	0	0	0.63	1.93	31	55	0	1	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.96	0.05%
7	13	23	May 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-5			2	1.2	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	1.19	1.82	6					6					0
8	14	24	May 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-3		1	2.2	4	4	4	4	2	1	0	2.18	2.50	16	32	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.31%
9	15	29	May 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5	7-7		8	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	2.49	2		0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.00%
10	16	37	May 30(1)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	GS-7		11	7.0	2	1	1	5	2	0	0	1.99	2.73	28	66	1	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.73	0.14%
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	17	41	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	8-8		3	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.38	2.80	7		0	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	.65	-0.09%
12	18	49	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	9-GF		11	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	2.79	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.03%
13	19	50	Jun 16	CHW		BOS	W,7-4	GS-	W(1-2)	0	5.2	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.64	3.01	25	46				22					0
14	20	53	Jun 20	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	8	1	0	2.54	3.00	35	70				31	1	0			0
15	21	57	Jun 24	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS-8	W(3-2)	3	7.1	9	4	2	2	1	0	0	2.53	2.99	32	47	0	0	0	30	5	1	0	0	0	1	2.17	-0.10%
16	22	60	Jun 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(4-2)	2	9.0	6	2	2	0	7	0	0	2.47	2.71	33	74	1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	1	1	3.11	0.61%
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
17	23	64	Jul 1	CHW		DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-2)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.20	2.63	32	75	0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.73%
18	24	68	Jul 4(2)	CHW		SLB	W,7-6	GS-		2	7.2	9	4	3	2	10	0	0	2.31	2.45	31	55				29					0
19	25	72	Jul 10(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-2)	5	9.0	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.10	2.32	32	81	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	0.76%
20	26	77	Jul 12(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-3)	1	7.0	6	3	2	3	1	0	0	2.13	2.38	30	53	1	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	2	2.92	-0.28%
21	27	84	Jul 20(1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-8		7	8.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	1	2.22	2.37	32	59	0	0	0	28	2	1	0	2	0	0	4.90	-0.50%
22	28	88	Jul 23	CHW	@	DET	W,12-9	GS-		2	3.0	8	5	1	0	1	0	0	2.24	2.35	17	32				17					0
23	29	89	Jul 24	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	11-GF(13)	W(7-3)	0	3.0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.18	2.39	10		0	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.71	0.99%
24	30	93	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	GS-7	L(7-4)	3	6.1	7	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.21	2.38	28	50	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	4.72	-0.20%
25	31	98	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	GS-		2	7.2	6	3	3	5	5	0	0	2.29	2.41	29	55				24					0
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
26	32	103	Aug 4(2)	CHW		WSH	L,3-8		L(7-5)	3	2.2	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.24	2.46	12					10					0
27	33	107	Aug 8	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	5-6		3	1.1	5	4	4	0	2	0	0	2.48	2.42	9		0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	9.11	-0.86%
28	34	109	Aug 10	CHW		BOS	L,5-11	9-GF		1	1.0	2	4	2	0	2	0	0	2.60	2.40	7		0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.14%
29	35	112	Aug 13	CHW		DET	L,4-9			2	4.1	6	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.64	2.39	19					18					0
30	36	113	Aug 16(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-9		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.64	2.41	2		0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	26.86	0.39%
31	37	114	Aug 16(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(5)	L(7-6)	-1	5.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.67	2.38	20	51	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.70	-0.23%
32	38	116	Aug 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS-8	W(8-6)	1	7.1	8	5	4	3	1	0	1	2.78	2.44	33	42	0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	4.25	-0.02%
33	39	119	Aug 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	5-GF(8)		3	4.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.82	2.42	20		1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	-0.17%
34	40	122	Aug 25	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	GS-5		2	5.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	1	2.84	2.37	19	52	0	2	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.55	-0.07%
35	41	125	Aug 29	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-9	6-7		3	1.1	4	5	4	2	1	1	1	3.04	2.49	9		0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.21%
Sept				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	42	130	Sep 4(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(9-6)	5	9.0	10	2	1	1	6	0	1	2.93	2.45	39	66	2	0	0	37	2	0	1	0	0	1	10.97	1.46%
37	43	135	Sep 9	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	6	4	3	2	6	0	1	2.93	2.42	35	65	0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	1	0	7.46	1.03%
38	44	139	Sep 13	CHW		SLB	W,9-8	GS-		3	2.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	1	3.04	2.47	13	35				10					0
39	45	142	Sep 16	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	W(11-6)	2	9.0	7	4	2	0	8	0	0	2.99	2.38	36	69	0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	1	1	15.16	1.78%
40	46	144	Sep 18	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GS-6	L(11-7)	1	5.1	9	3	0	3	4	0	0	2.92	2.39	27	45	0	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	1	16.17	-1.85%
41	47	147	Sep 21	CHW		PHA	L,0-8	5-GF		2	4.2	9	5	5	1	4	0	0	3.07	2.36	21		1	3	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.02%
42	48	150	Sep 24	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(12-7)	2	9.0	6	1	1	2	8	0	1	2.98	2.33	32	77				29	1	0			0
43	49	153	Sep 30(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS-10	W(13-7)	5	10.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.97	2.32	38	68	4	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.31	0.25%
							21-22		W-L:13-7,Sv:1	2.6	224.1	220	99	74	65	138	4	10	2.97	2.32	927	58	11	16	1	825	42	7	6	10	5	14	5.19	3.91%

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