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Lefty Williams Stats

Lefty Williams was born on Thursday, March 9, 1893, in Aurora, Missouri. Williams was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 17, 1913, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Lefty Williams baseball stats page.

"He (Lefty Williams) was a quiet, steady, almost scholarly type on the mound. His style was careful, almost delicate. His concentration was perfect." - Author Eliot Asinof in Eight Men Out (2000)

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Birth Name:	Claude Preston Williams
Nickname:	Lefty
Born On:	03-09-1893
Born In:	Aurora, Missouri
Zodiac:	Pisces
Died On:	11-04-1959
Died In:	Laguna Beach, California
Cemetery:	Melrose Abbey Cemetery, Anaheim, California

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Left
Height:	5-09
Weight:	160
First Game:	09-17-1913 (Age 20)
Last Game:	09-25-1920
Draft:	Not Applicable

Lefty Williams Lefty Williams Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1913	Tigers	5	4	1	1	3	.250	4.97	3	0	1	29.0	124	34	16	18	0	4	-	9	1	1	0	-
1914	Tigers	1	1	0	0	1	.000	0.00	0	0	0	1.0	9	3	0	5	0	2	-	0	0	0	0	-
1916	White Sox	43	26	9	13	7	.650	2.89	10	2	1	224.1	897	220	72	99	5	65	-	138	2	8	0	-
1917	White Sox	45	29	14	17	8	.680	2.97	8	1	1	230.0	970	221	76	94	3	81	-	85	5	9	0	-
1918	White Sox	15	14	1	6	4	.600	2.73	7	2	1	105.2	423	76	32	32	0	47	-	30	2	5	0	-
1919	White Sox	41	40	1	23	11	.676	2.64	27	5	1	297.0	1,155	265	87	104	7	58	-	125	0	11	0	-
1920	White Sox	39	38	1	22	14	.611	3.91	25	0	0	299.0	1,221	302	130	145	15	90	-	128	4	12	1	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
7 Years		189	152	27	82	48	.631	3.13	80	10	5	1,186.0	4,799	1,121	413	497	30	347	-	515	14	46	1	-

Lefty Williams Lefty Williams Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1913	Tigers	5	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	5	0	-	0	-	.100	.182	.100
1914	Tigers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1916	White Sox	43	74	5	10	2	1	0	0	4	7	-	30	0	-	1	-	.135	.220	.189
1917	White Sox	45	67	5	6	0	1	0	0	2	8	-	19	6	-	0	-	.090	.187	.119
1918	White Sox	15	38	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-	14	3	-	0	-	.132	.154	.132
1919	White Sox	41	94	10	17	2	2	0	0	10	9	-	28	12	-	0	-	.181	.252	.245
1920	White Sox	39	101	5	22	2	1	0	0	11	7	-	16	8	-	0	-	.218	.269	.257
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
7 Years		190	384	30	61	6	5	0	0	29	33	-	112	29	-	1	0	.159	.227	.201

Lefty Williams Lefty Williams Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1913 Tigers	P	5	4	87	3	0.6	3	0	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.93	-
1914 Tigers	P	1	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1916 White Sox	P	43	26	673	46	1.1	46	9	37	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.85	-
1917 White Sox	P	45	29	690	58	1.3	54	8	46	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.931	2.11	-
1918 White Sox	P	15	14	317	25	1.7	23	3	20	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.920	1.96	-
1919 White Sox	P	41	40	891	65	1.6	62	8	54	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.954	1.88	-
1920 White Sox	P	39	38	897	68	1.7	65	8	57	3	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.956	1.96	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		189	152	3,558	265	1.4	253	36	217	12	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	1.92	--
7 Years		189	152	3,558	265	1.4	253	36	217	12	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	1.92	--

Lefty Williams Lefty Williams Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1913 Tigers	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.25	2.79	1.24
1914 Tigers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	18.00
1916 White Sox	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.5	18.5	2.12	5.54	2.61
1917 White Sox	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.5	33.5	1.05	3.33	3.17
1918 White Sox	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.7	19.0	0.64	2.56	4.00
1919 White Sox	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.4	9.4	2.16	3.79	1.76
1920 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.3	9.2	1.42	3.85	2.71
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
7 Years	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.4	13.2	1.48	3.91	2.63

Lefty Williams Lefty Williams Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1913 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1914 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1916 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1917 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	Stats
1918 Chicago White Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1919 Chicago White Sox	n/a	$3,000.00	n/a	Stats
1920 Chicago White Sox	n/a	$6,000.00	n/a	-
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