Lefty Williams

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Full Name: Claude Preston Williams	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/160	First Game: September 17, 1913
Birthdate: March 9, 1893	Final Game: September 25, 1920
Birthplace: Aurora, Missouri	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: November 4, 1959
Deathplace: Laguna Beach, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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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.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
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

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
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

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
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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