Tom Williams - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Tom Williams

Thomas Williams
(Wrist)

Born: September 28, 1896 in Charleston, SC
Died: January 19, 1937 in Bremen, IL
(40 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

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Notes:

• College: Morris Brown College (Atlanta, GA)
• Buried: Restvale Cemetery (Alsip, IL)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1916	AC	EAS	19	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	8.2	4	3	6	0	2	4	0		3	34	3.12	133
1917	CAG	WES	20	SP	13	2	.867	16	14		12	3	1	126.2	26	18	77	2	29	57	0		3	487	1.28	146
1917-18	RP	FHL	21	SP	1	1	.500	4	3		2	0	1	26.1	7	5	18	0	7	13	0		2	102	1.71	123
1918	HIL/BRG	EAS	21	SP	1	3	.250	9	7		2	0	0	55.2	32	21	58	1	18	21	1		0	240	3.40	100
1919	HIL/AC	EAS	22	SP	4	4	.500	11	8		5	1	0	67.0	30	22	50	1	19	34	1		1	275	2.96	116
1920	CAG	NNL	23	SP	12	4	.750	23	17		15	2	3	157.0	50	32	127	2	37	65	0		3	630	1.83	167
1921	CAG	NNL	24	SP	14	8	.636	31	18		13	3	0	159.2	66	50	143	5	37	77	1		6	661	2.82	122
1922	OBG/NLG	IND	25	SP	1	1	.500	4	2		1	0	0	12.1	12	12	18	0	6	9	0		2	64	8.76	52
1923	CAG	NNL/NvM	26	SP	9	1	.900	22	8		5	1	0	100.1	41	31	96	1	38	25	0	0	3	422	2.78	140
1924	CAG/DS	NNL	27	RP	6	4	.600	30	9		4	0	6	119.2	62	50	110		33	45	0		2		3.76	101
9	8			SP	61	28	.685	151	86		59	10	11	833.1	330	244	703	12	226	350	3	0	25	2915	2.64	125
162 Game Average					18	8	.685	43	25		17	3	3	239.0	95	70	202	4	65	100	1	0	7	1001	2.64	125

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
9	Negro Leagues				61	28	.685	149	86		59	10	11	827.0	327	244	699	12	223	348	3	0	24	2888	2.66	124
1	vs Major Leagues				0	0		2	0		0	0	0	6.1	3	0	4	0	3	2	0		1	27	0.00	0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
2	Bacharach Giants			SP	0	0		2	1		1	1	0	15.2	4	3	7	0	4	6	0		3	58	1.72	241
5	Chicago American Giants			SP	53	19	.736	114	63		49	9	10	634.2	225	166	521	10	163	254	1	0	17	2200	2.35	135
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			SP	1	1	.500	4	3		2	0	1	26.1	7	5	18	0	7	13	0		2	102	1.71	123
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants			SP	0	3	.000	6	5		1	0	0	39.2	21	12	40	1	11	15	1		0	169	2.72	125
2	Hilldale Club			SP	5	4	.556	13	9		5	0	0	76.0	41	31	67	1	24	38	1		1	322	3.67	93
1	Original Bacharach Giants			SP	1	0	1.000	1	1		1	0	0	6.0	2	2	5	0	3	3	0		0	28	3.00	144
1	New York Lincoln Giants			-	0	1	.000	3	1		0	0	0	6.1	10	10	13	0	3	6	0		2	36	14.21	34
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	1	0	1.000	8	3		0	0	0	28.2	20	15	32		11	15	0		0		4.71	95

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1916	AC	EAS	19	RP	8.2		0.92	1.50		11.8%	11.0%		5.9%	8.2%		2.00	1.34		0.0%	0.5%
1917	CAG	WES	20	SP	126.2		0.84	0.98		11.7%	12.4%		6.0%	7.5%		1.97	1.65		0.4%	0.2%
1917-18	RP	FHL	21	SP	26.1		0.95	1.02		12.7%	16.5%		6.9%	8.1%		1.86	2.04		0.0%	0.0%
1918	HIL/BRG	EAS	21	SP	55.2		1.37	1.44		8.8%	11.3%		7.5%	8.4%		1.17	1.34		0.4%	0.4%
1919	HIL/AC	EAS	22	SP	67.0		1.03	1.33		12.4%	12.1%		6.9%	9.2%		1.79	1.27		0.4%	0.3%
1920	CAG	NNL	23	SP	157.0		1.04	1.20		10.3%	11.8%		5.9%	7.9%		1.76	1.49		0.3%	0.5%
1921	CAG	NNL	24	SP	159.2		1.13	1.24		11.6%	11.3%		5.6%	7.0%		2.08	1.62		0.8%	0.8%
1922	OBG/NLG	IND	25	SP	12.1		1.95	1.46		14.1%	12.3%		9.4%	8.4%		1.50	1.47		0.0%	1.0%
1923	CAG	NNL/NvM	26	SP	100.1		1.34	1.35		5.9%	11.2%		9.0%	7.4%		0.66	1.25		0.2%	1.6%
1924	CAG/DS	NNL	27	RP	119.2		1.19	1.29		9.1%	11.0%		6.7%	7.7%		1.36	1.49
9	8			SP	833.1		1.11	1.23		10.3%	11.6%		6.6%	7.8%		1.55	1.50		0.4%	0.6%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
9	Negro Leagues				827.0		1.11	1.23		10.3%	11.5%		6.6%	7.8%		1.56	1.50		0.4%	0.6%
1	vs Major Leagues				6.1		1.11	1.25		7.4%	13.2%		11.1%	7.3%		0.67	1.81		0.0%	1.8%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
2	Bacharach Giants			SP	15.2		0.70	1.38		10.3%	11.4%		6.9%	8.4%		1.50	1.36		0.0%	0.4%
5	Chicago American Giants			SP	634.2		1.08	1.19		9.9%	11.3%		6.3%	7.5%		1.56	1.52		0.5%	0.7%
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			SP	26.1		0.95	1.02		12.7%	16.5%		6.9%	8.1%		1.86	2.04		0.0%	0.0%
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants			SP	39.2		1.29	1.44		8.9%	11.4%		6.5%	8.5%		1.36	1.33		0.6%	0.4%
2	Hilldale Club			SP	76.0		1.20	1.36		11.8%	12.0%		7.5%	9.4%		1.58	1.28		0.3%	0.3%
1	Original Bacharach Giants			SP	6.0		1.33	1.40		10.7%	12.5%		10.7%	8.2%		1.00	1.52		0.0%	1.0%
1	New York Lincoln Giants			-	6.1		2.53	1.51		16.7%	12.2%		8.3%	8.6%		2.00	1.41		0.0%	1.0%
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	28.2		1.50	1.43		11.8%	10.7%		8.7%	8.0%		1.36	1.34

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1916	AC	EAS	19	RP	1	34	29	4	6	1	1	0	3		2	4		3	0		2	.207	.324	.310	.634
1917	CAG	WES	20	SP	16	487	441	26	77	7	1	2	7		29	57		3	14		4	.175	.230	.209	.439
1917-18	RP	FHL	21	SP	4	102	88	7	18	4	0	0	0		7	13		2	5		0	.205	.278	.250	.528
1918	HIL/BRG	EAS	21	SP	9	240	216	32	58	9	3	1	7		18	21		0	6		6	.269	.325	.352	.677
1919	HIL/AC	EAS	22	SP	11	275	245	30	50	10	5	1	2		19	34		1	10		2	.204	.264	.298	.562
1920	CAG	NNL	23	SP	23	630	568	50	127	11	6	2	4		37	65		3	22		6	.224	.275	.275	.549
1921	CAG	NNL	24	SP	31	661	601	66	143	14	5	5	14		37	77		6	17		10	.238	.289	.303	.592
1922	OBG/NLG	IND	25	SP	4	64	56	12	18	2	1	0	4		6	9		2	0		0	.321	.406	.393	.799
1923	CAG	NNL/NvM	26	SP	22	422	370	41	96	2	0	1	0		38	25		3	0		1	.259	.333	.273	.606
1924	CAG/DS	NNL	27	RP	30			62	110						33	45		2
9	8			SP	151	2915	2614	330	703	60	22	12	41		226	350		25	74		31	.227	.286	.281	.567

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
9	Negro Leagues				149	2888	2591	327	699	58	22	12	41		223	348		24	74		30	.227	.286	.282	.567
1	vs Major Leagues				2	27	23	3	4	2	0	0	0		3	2		1	0		1	.174	.296	.261	.557

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2	Bacharach Giants			SP	2	58	51	4	7	1	1	0	3		4	6		3	0		2	.137	.241	.196	.437
5	Chicago American Giants			SP	114	2200	1980	225	521	34	12	10	25		163	254		17	53		21	.224	.280	.267	.547
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			SP	4	102	88	7	18	4	0	0	0		7	13		2	5		0	.205	.278	.250	.528
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants			SP	6	169	153	21	40	7	1	1	6		11	15		0	5		6	.261	.311	.340	.651
2	Hilldale Club			SP	13	322	286	41	67	12	7	1	3		24	38		1	11		2	.234	.296	.336	.631
1	New York Lincoln Giants			-	3	36	31	10	13	1	1	0	1		3	6		2	0		0	.419	.500	.516	1.016
1	Original Bacharach Giants			SP	1	28	25	2	5	1	0	0	3		3	3		0	0		0	.200	.286	.240	.526
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	8			20	32						11	15		0				.000	.000	.000	.000

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