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: 25-14 / in Starts: 24-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1920 Pitching Game Log

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1920 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	151	1	Apr 14	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(1-0)	99	11.0	4	2	2	4	8	1	0	1.64	3.62	40	85	1	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	4.21	0.87%
2	152	3	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,7-4	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	12	4	2	1	3	0	0	1.80	3.10	41	53	0	0	0	40	1	1	0	2	0	3	1.92	0.14%
3	153	6	Apr 25	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	W(3-0)	3	10.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	1.50	3.10	34	82				29	1	0	0		0
4	154	9	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	2	1	1	3	4	0	1	1.38	3.14	32	80	0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	1	3.96	0.98%
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	155	12	May 3	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	W(5-0)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.31	3.03	30	74	0	0	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	0	2.48	0.49%
6	156	16	May 7	CHW		CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(6-0)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	2	1.26	2.99	36	72	0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	3.56	0.86%
7	157	20	May 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-14	GS-6	L(6-1)	4	5.0	14	10	10	1	3	2	0	2.61	3.35	29	1	0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	-1.02%
8	158	23	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(7-1)	5	9.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.66	3.21	35	60	1	1	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.58	0.73%
9	159	27	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	W(8-1)	3	9.0	12	6	5	1	6	0	1	2.93	3.09	41	46	0	0	0	39	2	3	0	0	0	0	.89	0.23%
10	160	31	May 26	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-10	GS-4	L(8-2)	3	4.0	11	7	7	3	4	2	0	3.54	3.40	25	13	1	0	0	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.43	-0.71%
11	161	34	May 29(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS-3		2	3.0	8	6	5	1	2	0	0	3.93	3.37	19	22	0	0	0	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	-0.71%
12	162	38	May 31(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG(10)	W(9-2)	1	10.0	16	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.80	3.36	44	47	0	0	0	40	2	0	0	2	1	0	4.31	0.21%
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
13	163	42	Jun 5	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	W(10-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.57	3.30	31	76	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.85	0.64%
14	164	46	Jun 9	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	GS-7	L(10-3)	3	7.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.58	3.31	27	56	0	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.04	0.03%
15	165	50	Jun 13	CHW		WSH	W,9-3	CG	W(11-3)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.54	3.19	37	65	0	0	0	34	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.94	0.50%
16	166	53	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	GS-4	L(11-4)	3	4.0	4	6	4	6	2	1	0	3.71	3.39	24	30	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	3.64	-0.57%
17	167	55	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(12-4)	1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.76	3.41	4		0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.09	-0.42%
18	168	56	Jun 20	CHW		PHA	W,7-5	CG	W(13-4)	0	9.0	14	5	5	1	3	0	1	3.84	3.37	41	41	0	1	0	37	2	1	0	1	1	1	2.38	0.12%
19	169	59	Jun 25	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(14-4)	4	9.0	8	3	2	4	4	0	0	3.72	3.36	37	61	0	0	0	32	4	0	0	1	0	0	3.74	0.31%
20	170	63	Jun 29	CHW	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-7	W(15-4)	3	7.0	9	7	7	5	4	1	0	3.97	3.47	34	30	0	0	0	27	3	1	1	0	1	0	3.91	-0.95%
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
21	171	67	Jul 2	CHW		SLB	L,5-7	CG(10)	L(15-5)	2	10.0	14	7	5	5	5	0	0	4.00	3.46	50	40	1	1	0	45	4	0	1	1	0	1	3.98	-1.06%
22	172	70	Jul 5(1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-3	CG	W(16-5)	2	9.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.95	3.44	36	59	0	1	1	31	2	3	0	0	1	1	3.65	0.51%
23	173	74	Jul 9	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(16-6)	3	8.0	5	5	4	2	4	2	2	3.97	3.58	33	56	0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.72	-0.37%
24	174	78	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(16-7)	4	8.0	10	6	6	2	4	1	0	4.09	3.60	35	40	0	0	0	32	0	3	0	1	0	0	4.25	-0.94%
25	175	82	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS-5	L(16-8)	3	5.0	8	8	8	5	3	1	0	4.36	3.70	27	17	0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	-0.91%
26	176	87	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(16-9)	2	8.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.28	3.66	33	61	2	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	1	1	2.53	0.16%
27	177	91	Jul 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG(8)	L(16-10)	3	8.0	10	7	2	4	5	1	0	4.20	3.70	38	45	1	2	0	32	5	0	1	0	2	1	3.75	-0.65%
28	178	95	Jul 29(1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-2	CG	W(17-10)	3	9.0	4	2	2	4	7	0	0	4.11	3.65	33	74	0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.08	0.88%
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
29	179	100	Aug 2	CHW		NYY	L,0-7	GS-5	L(17-11)	3	5.0	7	6	6	5	4	2	0	4.26	3.78	27	28	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	-0.89%
30	180	104	Aug 6	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.23	3.77	30	58	0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.76	0.03%
31	181	108	Aug 9(2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	W(18-11)	2	9.0	8	4	4	1	6	1	1	4.22	3.76	37	60	1	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.18	0.35%
32	182	115	Aug 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-1	GS-7	L(18-12)	8	7.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.13	3.75	27	61	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.28	1.00%
33	183	119	Aug 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	W(19-12)	3	9.0	10	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.13	3.72	39	51	0	0	0	36	2	2	0	0	1	1	7.42	0.73%
34	184	124	Aug 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS-7	L(19-13)	7	7.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.12	3.69	28	52	0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	7.20	0.20%
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
35	185	129	Sep 4(2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(20-13)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	7	0	1	4.05	3.64	38	66	1	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	0	9.32	1.59%
36	186	134	Sep 8	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(21-13)	3	9.0	12	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.99	3.62	39	53	1	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.13	0.82%
37	187	138	Sep 12	CHW		WSH	L,0-5	GS-6	L(21-14)	3	6.0	8	4	4	4	1	0	2	4.03	3.66	30	37	1	1	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	1	12.91	-0.62%
38	188	144	Sep 19	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	GS-3		6	3.0	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	3.99	3.67	13	47	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	1	12.85	-0.99%
39	189	149	Sep 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(22-14)	5	9.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.90	3.63	31	75	0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	1	0	20.18	4.89%
							25-14		W-L:22-14	3.3	298.0	301	148	129	91	129	15	12	3.90	3.63	1265	52	11	16	1	1116	70	22	4	14	13	18	4.88	6.45%

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