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: 27-14 / in Starts: 26-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1919 Pitching Game Log

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1919 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	110	1	Apr 23	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-4	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	10	4	2	1	6	0	0	2.00	1.49	39	60	2	0	0	38	1	2	0	0	0	1	1.55	-0.25%
2	111	5	Apr 27	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	8	4	2	1	2	0	0	2.00	1.93	36	60	1	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	4	3.91	0.34%
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
3	112	8	May 2	CHW		SLB	L,4-11	GS-	L(2-1)	4	1.2	5	5	3	0	1	0	0	3.20	1.88	11	30				9	4	0	0		1
4	113	10	May 6	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.51	2.00	30	77	0	1	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	4.64	0.94%
5	114	14	May 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	1	2.39	2.01	38	67	1	0	0	36	5	0	0	0	0	1	2.91	0.89%
6	115	18	May 15	CHW		BOS	L,5-6	GS-4		3	3.0	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	2.88	2.05	16	27	0	0	0	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	4.41	-0.63%
7	116	20	May 17	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	GS-8	L(4-2)	1	8.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	1	2.59	2.06	27	76	0	3	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	3.63	0.74%
8	117	23	May 22	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.18	1.99	34	73	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	8.43	2.40%
9	118	27	May 26	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.16	2.02	35	65	1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	6.73	1.38%
10	119	30	May 30(2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	8	2	1	0	4	0	0	2.02	1.97	33	69	0	2	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	12.00	0.75%
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	120	34	Jun 2(2)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-3)	2	7.0	4	2	2	2	3	2	0	2.07	2.33	27	62	0	0	0	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.91	0.21%
12	121	37	Jun 7	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-7	L(7-4)	4	7.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	2.31	2.38	31	45	2	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	7.20	-1.15%
13	122	40	Jun 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-4)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.10	2.37	34	77	0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.62	1.48%
14	123	44	Jun 16	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.01	2.35	34	73	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.87	0.74%
15	124	48	Jun 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	1	2.01	2.32	31	76	1	2	0	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.43	0.82%
16	125	52	Jun 24	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	L(10-5)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	1	2.01	2.38	34	68	0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.98	0.46%
17	126	56	Jun 28	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	2	2.00	2.42	35	71	0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.29	1.22%
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
18	127	59	Jul 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-14	GS-1	L(11-6)	2	0.1	4	6	5	0	0	0	1	2.33	2.44	7	21	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.56	-1.15%
19	128	61	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,17-1	CG	W(12-6)	1	9.0	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.25	2.49	35	71	0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	1	2	2.01	0.17%
20	129	65	Jul 6	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	W(13-6)	2	9.0	9	1	1	2	3	0	1	2.18	2.51	38	66	0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	7.26	1.36%
21	130	69	Jul 10	CHW		PHA	W,9-2	CG	W(14-6)	3	9.0	8	2	1	1	2	0	0	2.11	2.50	36	66	1	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.96	1.00%
22	131	73	Jul 14	CHW		BOS	W,9-3	CG	W(15-6)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	1	2.16	2.50	34	61	0	1	0	29	4	0	0	2	2	0	3.71	0.50%
23	132	77	Jul 18	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(16-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	2.05	2.48	30	82	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.60	1.50%
24	133	80	Jul 21(1)	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	GS-9		2	8.2	14	6	6	2	5	0	0	2.24	2.46	40	35	0	1	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	1	15.99	-3.14%
25	134	84	Jul 25	CHW		SLB	W,6-4	GS-2		3	1.2	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.27	2.52	8	46	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.35	-0.19%
26	135	86	Jul 27	CHW		SLB	L,5-11	GS-3		1	3.0	6	4	3	1	2	0	0	2.37	2.52	17	34	1	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	1	1	5.48	-0.95%
27	136	88	Jul 30(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-2		2	2.0	4	4	4	3	0	1	0	2.53	2.63	13	29	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	8.42	-1.46%
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
28	137	92	Aug 2(2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	W(17-6)	2	9.0	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	2.42	2.59	32	75	2	2	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.58	0.81%
29	138	95	Aug 7(2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(17-7)	4	8.0	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.46	2.61	35	51	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	5.71	-0.03%
30	139	100	Aug 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	W(18-7)	3	9.0	8	4	4	2	5	0	0	2.52	2.59	37	58	0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	2	0	2.22	0.46%
31	140	102	Aug 15	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	GS-8		3	8.0	8	5	3	1	4	0	0	2.55	2.56	32	53	0	0	0	29	3	0	1	0	1	0	6.81	-0.81%
32	141	106	Aug 19	CHW		PHA	W,8-7	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.54	2.55	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.17	0.48%
33	142	108	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	W,11-4	CG	W(19-7)	1	9.0	10	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.59	2.56	36	51	1	1	0	34	2	3	0	1	0	0	2.82	-0.24%
34	143	111	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(20-7)	2	9.0	7	1	0	4	3	0	0	2.50	2.58	35	70	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.30	1.15%
35	144	114	Aug 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	W(21-7)	2	9.0	7	5	4	3	2	1	0	2.55	2.65	38	54	0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	1	1	4.87	0.06%
36	145	117	Aug 31	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-1	L(21-8)	3	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	2.69	2.66	5	28	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.88	-0.47%
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
37	146	118	Sep 1(1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(22-8)	0	9.0	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.60	2.62	34	75	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.51	1.05%
38	147	122	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	L,2-11	GS-4	L(22-9)	4	4.0	6	4	4	1	3	1	0	2.69	2.66	19	36	0	0	0	17	0	3	0	0	1	0	1.31	-0.23%
39	148	126	Sep 11(2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-0	SHO	W(23-9)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	6	0	1	2.61	2.65	32	86	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.16%
40	149	134	Sep 20(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	L(23-10)	8	8.1	5	4	4	2	5	1	0	2.66	2.68	31	60	1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
41	150	137	Sep 25	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	L(23-11)	4	9.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.67	2.65	34	60	0	1	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
							27-14		W-L:23-11,Sv:1	2.9	297.0	265	104	88	59	126	7	11	2.67	2.65	1186	59	14	17	0	1074	58	22	2	10	13	17	4.90	10.39%

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