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	186
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	184
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	BRG/HIL	EAS	21	SP	1	3	.250	9	7		2	0	0	55.2	32	25	58	1	18	21	1		0	240	4.04	79
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	138
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	196
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	NLG	EAS	25	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	1.2	3	3	4	0	0	2	0		1	10	16.20	28
1923	CAG	NNL/NvM	26	SP	9	1	.900	22	8	7	5	1	0	100.1	41	31	96	1	38	25	0	0	3	422	2.78	160
1924	CAG/DS	NNL	27	RP	6	4	.600	28	9		4	0	6	113.2	59	47	103		32	39	0		2		3.72	89
9	7			SP	60	27	.690	146	84	7	58	10	11	816.2	318	236	682	12	219	337	3	0	24	2861	2.60	132
162 Game Average					18	8	.690	43	25	17	17	3	3	241.1	94	70	202	4	65	100	1	0	7	1008	2.60	132

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				60	27	.690	144	84	7	58	10	11	810.1	315	236	678	12	216	335	3	0	23	2834	2.62	131
1	vs Major Leaguers				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	336
5	Chicago American Giants			SP	53	19	.736	114	63	7	49	9	10	634.2	225	166	521	10	163	254	1	0	17	2200	2.35	143
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	15	40	1	11	15	1		0	169	3.40	88
2	Hilldale Club			SP	5	4	.556	13	9		5	0	0	76.0	41	32	67	1	24	38	1		1	322	3.79	105
1	New York Lincoln Giants			-	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	1.2	3	3	4	0	0	2	0		1	10	16.20	28
1	Detroit Stars I			RP	1	0	1.000	6	3		0	0	0	22.2	17	12	25		10	9	0		0		4.76	81

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	1.83		11.8%	10.2%		5.9%	9.3%		2.00	1.10		0.0%	0.5%
1917	CAG	WES	20	SP	126.2		0.84	1.11		11.7%	12.2%		6.0%	8.4%		1.97	1.46		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	BRG/HIL	EAS	21	SP	55.2		1.37	1.36		8.8%	11.5%		7.5%	8.3%		1.17	1.43		0.4%	0.4%
1919	HIL/AC	EAS	22	SP	67.0		1.03	1.47		12.4%	11.7%		6.9%	9.9%		1.79	1.15		0.4%	0.3%
1920	CAG	NNL	23	SP	157.0		1.04	1.32		10.3%	11.5%		5.9%	8.5%		1.76	1.36		0.3%	0.5%
1921	CAG	NNL	24	SP	159.2		1.13	1.23		11.6%	11.3%		5.6%	7.0%		2.08	1.62		0.8%	0.8%
1922	NLG	EAS	25	RP	1.2		2.40	1.49		20.0%	11.2%		0.0%	8.8%			1.27		0.0%	1.0%
1923	CAG	NNL/NvM	26	SP	100.1		1.34	1.45		5.9%	10.9%		9.0%	7.8%		0.66	1.16		0.2%	1.6%
1924	CAG/DS	NNL	27	RP	113.2		1.19	1.19		8.3%	11.2%		6.8%	7.3%		1.22	1.60
9	7			SP	816.2		1.10	1.28		10.1%	11.4%		6.6%	8.0%		1.54	1.44		0.4%	0.6%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
9	Negro Leagues				810.1		1.10	1.28		10.1%	11.4%		6.5%	8.0%		1.55	1.44		0.4%	0.6%
1	vs Major Leaguers				6.1		1.11	1.33		7.4%	13.0%		11.1%	7.6%		0.67	1.69		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	1.62		10.3%	10.8%		6.9%	9.3%		1.50	1.16		0.0%	0.4%
5	Chicago American Giants			SP	634.2		1.08	1.25		9.9%	11.2%		6.3%	7.8%		1.56	1.45		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	1.31		8.9%	11.9%		6.5%	8.0%		1.36	1.48		0.6%	0.4%
2	Hilldale Club			SP	76.0		1.20	1.49		11.8%	11.7%		7.5%	10.0%		1.58	1.17		0.3%	0.3%
1	New York Lincoln Giants			-	1.2		2.40	1.49		20.0%	11.2%		0.0%	8.8%		0.00	1.27		0.0%	1.0%
1	Detroit Stars I			RP	22.2		1.54	1.31		8.9%	10.9%		9.9%	7.5%		0.90	1.45

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	BRG/HIL	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	NLG	EAS	25	RP	1	10	9	3	4	1	0	0	0		0	2		1	0		0	.444	.500	.556	1.056
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	28			59	103						32	39		2
9	7			SP	146	2861	2567	318	682	59	21	12	37		219	337		24	74		31	.226	.284	.280	.564

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				144	2834	2544	315	678	57	21	12	37		216	335		23	74		30	.226	.284	.280	.564
1	vs Major Leaguers				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			-	1	10	9	3	4	1	0	0	0		0	2		1	0		0	.444	.500	.556	1.056
1	Detroit Stars I			RP	6			17	25						10	9		0				.000	.000	.000	.000

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