Lefty Williams - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Lefty Williams

Charles Henry Williams

Born: September 24, 1894 in Tanners, VA
Died: April 26, 1952 in Homestead, PA
(57 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'6"

Wt: 165

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Notes:

• Buried: Homestead Cemetery (Homestead, PA)

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+
1921	HG	WES	26	-	1	2	.333	4	4	0	4	0	0	34.0	13	7	41	0	5	19	0	0	0	140	1.85	287
1922	HG	IND	27	LF	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	11	7	11	2	1	4	0		1	37	9.00	56
1924	HG	IND	29	SP	1	1	.500	4	2	1	1	0	0	19.2	7	6	19	2	3	8	0	0	0	78	2.75	174
1926	HG	IND	31	RP	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	0.00
1927	HG	IND/NVM	32	SP	2	1	.667	4	4	0	2	0	0	22.2	20	16	30	2	7	4	1		1	102	6.35	42
1928	HG	EAS/NVM	33	SP	3	2	.600	6	5		3	0	0	37.0	18	13	36	2	7	13	0		1	155	3.16	151
1929	HG	ANL	34	SP	5	6	.455	16	11	4	7	1	0	99.2	72	62	106	2	36	40	0		1	431	5.60	100
1930	HG	IND	35	SP	9	1	.900	14	10	3	7	1	0	92.2	50	44	94	0	24	39	0	0	3	385	4.27	132
1931	HG	IND	36	SP	5	3	.625	11	8	3	7	1	0	68.2	36	29	69	1	15	22	0		0	282	3.80	97
1932	DW/HG	EWL	37	SP	7	0	1.000	9	7	2	5	1	0	51.2	25	20	51	1	16	24	1		4	221	3.48	123
1933	HG	NN2	38	SP	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	0	9.2	10	8	16	1	3	3	0		0	48	7.45	61
1934	HG	IND	39	RP	0	1	.000	3	0		0	0	0	8.2	2	1	6	0	3	5	0		0	35	1.04	374
1935	HG	NN2	40	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	2.2	3	2	5	0	3	4	1		0	16	6.75	79
13	2			SP	33	17	.660	76	53	15	36	4	1	456.2	267	215	484	13	123	186	3	0	11	1938	4.24	109
162 Game Average					17	9	.660	40	28	9	19	2	1	240.2	141	113	255	7	65	98	2	0	6	1022	4.24	109

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+
13	Negro Leagues				32	15	.681	73	50	15	35	4	1	441.0	256	208	463	11	120	184	3	0	11	1865	4.24	110
2	vs Major Leagues				1	2	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	15.2	11	7	21	2	3	2	0		0	73	4.02	84

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+
13	Homestead Grays			SP	28	17	.622	70	49	13	33	3	1	425.2	258	208	456	13	115	178	2	0	8	1810	4.40	106
1	Detroit Wolves			SP	5	0	1.000	6	4	2	3	1	0	31.0	9	7	28	0	8	8	1		3	128	2.03	208

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1921	HG	WES	26	-	34.0		1.35	1.66		13.6%	10.5%		3.6%	8.0%		3.80	1.32		0.0%	0.5%
1922	HG	IND	27	LF	7.0		1.71	1.53		10.8%	12.1%		2.7%	8.7%		4.00	1.38		5.4%	0.9%
1924	HG	IND	29	SP	19.2		1.12	1.55		10.3%	10.6%		3.8%	9.3%		2.67	1.14		2.6%	1.3%
1926	HG	IND	31	RP	2.2		0.00	1.14		12.5%	18.0%		0.0%	1.8%			10.24		0.0%	1.0%
1927	HG	IND/NVM	32	SP	22.2		1.63	1.10		3.9%	17.5%		6.9%	7.3%		0.57	2.37		2.0%	0.7%
1928	HG	EAS/NVM	33	SP	37.0		1.16	1.43		8.4%	11.6%		4.5%	6.1%		1.86	1.77		1.3%	2.8%
1929	HG	ANL	34	SP	99.2		1.42	1.63		9.3%	9.2%		8.4%	9.3%		1.11	0.99		0.5%	1.3%
1930	HG	IND	35	SP	92.2		1.27	1.54		10.1%	10.6%		6.2%	8.2%		1.63	1.29		0.0%	1.6%
1931	HG	IND	36	SP	68.2		1.22	1.25		7.8%	11.4%		5.3%	7.3%		1.47	1.56		0.4%	1.0%
1932	DW/HG	EWL	37	SP	51.2		1.30	1.45		10.9%	11.4%		7.2%	8.3%		1.50	1.38		0.5%	0.8%
1933	HG	NN2	38	SP	9.2		1.97	1.39		6.3%	12.2%		6.3%	6.7%		1.00	1.81		2.1%	1.0%
1934	HG	IND	39	RP	8.2		1.04	1.33		14.3%	12.4%		8.6%	7.4%		1.67	1.69		0.0%	0.8%
1935	HG	NN2	40	RP	2.2		3.00	1.57		25.0%	11.0%		18.8%	8.7%		1.33	1.27		0.0%	1.4%
13	2			SP	456.2		1.33	1.47		9.6%	11.2%		6.3%	8.2%		1.51	1.44		0.7%	1.2%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
13	Negro Leagues				441.0		1.32	1.48		9.9%	11.2%		6.4%	8.3%		1.53	1.39		0.6%	1.1%
2	vs Major Leagues				15.2		1.53	1.38		2.7%	12.5%		4.1%	4.7%		0.67	2.67		2.7%	3.3%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
13	Homestead Grays			SP	425.2		1.34	1.48		9.8%	11.2%		6.4%	8.2%		1.55	1.44		0.7%	1.2%
1	Detroit Wolves			SP	31.0		1.16	1.43		6.3%	11.5%		6.3%	8.3%		1.00	1.39		0.0%	0.8%

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
1921	HG	WES	26	-	4	140	131	13	41	10	1	0	4		5	19	0	0	4		3	.313	.338	.405	.743
1922	HG	IND	27	LF	1	37	34	11	11	5	0	2	1		1	4		1	1		0	.324	.361	.647	1.008
1924	HG	IND	29	SP	4	78	75	7	19	2	1	2	1		3	8		0	0	0	1	.253	.282	.387	.669
1926	HG	IND	31	RP	1	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1927	HG	IND/NVM	32	SP	4	102	93	20	30	6	0	2	4		7	4		1	1		5	.323	.376	.452	.828
1928	HG	EAS/NVM	33	SP	6	155	141	18	36	3	2	2	1		7	13		1	6		4	.255	.295	.348	.643
1929	HG	ANL	34	SP	16	431	380	72	106	19	12	2	6		36	40		1	15		9	.279	.343	.408	.751
1930	HG	IND	35	SP	14	385	348	50	94	14	6	0	4	1	24	39		3	10		10	.270	.323	.345	.667
1931	HG	IND	36	SP	11	282	258	36	69	9	7	1	3		15	22		0	9		6	.267	.308	.368	.676
1932	DW/HG	EWL	37	SP	9	221	195	25	51	9	1	1	1		16	24		4	6		3	.262	.330	.333	.664
1933	HG	NN2	38	SP	2	48	43	10	16	3	2	1	0		3	3		0	2		1	.372	.413	.605	1.018
1934	HG	IND	39	RP	3	35	31	2	6	0	1	0	0		3	5		0	1		1	.194	.265	.258	.523
1935	HG	NN2	40	RP	1	16	13	3	5	0	0	0	0		3	4		0	0		0	.385	.500	.385	.885
13	2			SP	76	1938	1750	267	484	80	33	13	25	1	123	186	0	11	55	0	43	.277	.328	.382	.710

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
13	Negro Leagues				73	1865	1682	256	463	77	32	11	23	1	120	184	0	11	53	0	40	.275	.328	.379	.706
2	vs Major Leagues				3	73	68	11	21	3	1	2	2		3	2		0	2		3	.309	.338	.471	.809

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
13	Homestead Grays			SP	70	1810	1637	258	456	75	33	13	25	1	115	178	0	8	51	0	41	.279	.329	.389	.717
1	Detroit Wolves			SP	6	128	113	9	28	5	0	0	0		8	8		3	4		2	.248	.315	.292	.607

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