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	SP	1	2	.333	4	4		4	0	0	34.0	13	7	41	0	5	19	0		0	140	1.85	0
1922	HG	IND	27	LF	0	0		1	1		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	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		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		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		7	1	0	99.2	72	62	106	2	36	40	0	0	1	431	5.60	100
1930	HG	IND	35	SP	9	1	.900	14	10		7	1	0	92.2	50	44	94	0	24	39	0	0	3	385	4.27	133
1931	HG	IND	36	SP	6	3	.667	12	9		8	1	0	77.2	37	30	79	1	17	33	0		0	322	3.48	106
1932	DW/HG	EWL	37	SP	7	1	.875	10	8		6	1	0	59.2	29	24	58	1	21	28	1	0	4	257	3.62	121
1933	HG	NN2	38	SP	0	0		2	1		0	0	0	9.2	10	8	16	1	3	3	0	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	371
1935	HG	NN2	40	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	2.2	3	2	5	0	3	4	1	0	0	16	6.75	79
13	2			SP	34	18	.654	78	55		38	4	1	473.2	272	220	501	13	130	201	3	0	11	2014	4.18	114
162 Game Average					17	9	.654	40	28		19	2	1	242.1	139	112	256	7	66	103	2	0	6	1030	4.18	114

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				33	16	.673	75	52		37	4	1	458.0	261	213	480	11	127	199	3	0	11	1941	4.19	115
2	vs Major Leagues				1	2	.333	3	3		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	29	18	.617	72	51		35	3	1	442.2	263	213	473	13	122	193	2	0	8	1886	4.33	110
1	Detroit Wolves			SP	5	0	1.000	6	4		3	1	0	31.0	9	7	28	0	8	8	1	0	3	128	2.03	213

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1921	HG	WES	26	SP	34.0		1.35	0.00		13.6%	16.5%		3.6%	0.0%		3.80	0.00		0.0%	0.8%
1922	HG	IND	27	LF	7.0		1.71	1.54		10.8%	12.0%		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%	9.2%		2.67	1.15		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%	8.3%		1.63	1.28		0.0%	1.6%
1931	HG	IND	36	SP	77.2		1.24	1.25		10.2%	11.6%		5.3%	7.3%		1.94	1.59		0.3%	1.0%
1932	DW/HG	EWL	37	SP	59.2		1.32	1.45		10.9%	11.6%		8.2%	8.4%		1.33	1.39		0.4%	0.8%
1933	HG	NN2	38	SP	9.2		1.97	1.39		6.3%	12.2%		6.3%	6.8%		1.00	1.79		2.1%	1.0%
1934	HG	IND	39	RP	8.2		1.04	1.33		14.3%	12.6%		8.6%	7.2%		1.67	1.74		0.0%	0.8%
1935	HG	NN2	40	RP	2.2		3.00	1.57		25.0%	11.1%		18.8%	8.7%		1.33	1.28		0.0%	1.4%
13	2			SP	473.2		1.33	1.35		10.0%	11.7%		6.5%	7.7%		1.55	1.35		0.6%	1.2%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
13	Negro Leagues				458.0		1.33	1.35		10.3%	11.7%		6.5%	7.8%		1.57	1.30		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	442.2		1.34	1.34		10.2%	11.7%		6.5%	7.6%		1.58	1.34		0.7%	1.3%
1	Detroit Wolves			SP	31.0		1.16	1.44		6.3%	11.6%		6.3%	8.3%		1.00	1.40		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	SP	4	140	131	13	41	10	1	0	4		5	19		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		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	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	12	322	296	37	79	10	7	1	3		17	33		0	9		6	.267	.307	.358	.665
1932	DW/HG	EWL	37	SP	10	257	225	29	58	9	1	1	1		21	28		4	7		3	.258	.332	.320	.652
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	78	2014	1818	272	501	81	33	13	25	2	130	201		11	56		43	.276	.328	.378	.706

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				75	1941	1750	261	480	78	32	11	23	2	127	199		11	54		40	.274	.327	.374	.702
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	72	1886	1705	263	473	76	33	13	25	2	122	193		8	52		41	.277	.329	.384	.712
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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