Lefty Williams
[edit] Biography
Born on March 9, 1893 in Aurora, Missouri, Lefty Williams (Claude Preston Williams) played for the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 7 year career. Williams broke into the bigs on September 17, 1913 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 2.89 ERA in 224.1 innings pitched in 1916, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Lefty Williams's best season was 1919, when he posted a 2.64 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 125 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1913
| DET
| A
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 4.97
| 9
| 18
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 29
| 34
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1914
| DET
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .00
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| 43
| 26
| 13
| 7
| 2.89
| 138
| 99
| 72
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 224.1
| 220
| 5
| 65
| 0
| 2
| 8
|
| 1917
| CHI
| A
| 45
| 29
| 17
| 8
| 2.97
| 85
| 94
| 76
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 230
| 221
| 3
| 81
| 0
| 5
| 9
|
| 1918
| CHI
| A
| 15
| 14
| 6
| 4
| 2.73
| 30
| 32
| 32
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 105.2
| 76
| 0
| 47
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1919
| CHI
| A
| 41
| 40
| 23
| 11
| 2.64
| 125
| 104
| 87
| 27
| 5
| 1
| 297
| 265
| 7
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 11
|
| 1920
| CHI
| A
| 39
| 38
| 22
| 14
| 3.91
| 128
| 145
| 130
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 299
| 302
| 15
| 90
| 0
| 4
| 12
|
| Total
|
|
| 189
| 152
| 82
| 48
| 3.13
| 515
| 497
| 413
| 80
| 10
| 5
| 1186
| 1121
| 30
| 347
| 0
| 14
| 46
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1913
| DET
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| DET
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| CHI
| A
| P
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 46
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1918
| CHI
| A
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1919
| CHI
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 54
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1920
| CHI
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 57
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 189
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 217
| 12
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1913
| DET
| A
| 5
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .182
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| DET
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| 43
| 74
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 4
| .135
| .220
| .189
| 2
| 1
| 7
| 30
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| CHI
| A
| 45
| 67
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .090
| .187
| .119
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 19
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| CHI
| A
| 15
| 38
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .132
| .154
| .132
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| CHI
| A
| 41
| 94
| 10
| 17
| 0
| 10
| .181
| .252
| .245
| 2
| 2
| 9
| 28
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| CHI
| A
| 39
| 101
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 11
| .218
| .269
| .257
| 2
| 1
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 189
| 384
| 30
| 61
| 0
| 29
| .159
| .227
| .201
| 6
| 5
| 33
| 112
| 1
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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