Johnny Williams

John Joseph Williams Jr.
(Nature Boy)

Born: 1916 in Shreveport, LA

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 210

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Notes:

• Played in the Minor Leagues

Pitching

Glossary

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+
1944	CIC	NAL	28	SP	2	3	.400	7	3		1	0	0	27.2	13	13	23		8	6	0		0		4.23	74
1945	CIC	NAL	29	SP	1	4	.200	11	6		4	0	0	54.2	41	34	69	4	15	29	0	0	0	246	5.60	70
1946	WES/CIC	EWA/NAL	30	SP	1	1	.500	5	2		1	0	1	18.2	9	8	18	0	7	5	0	0	2	78	3.86	95
1947	CIC/WES	NAL/EWA	31	SP	5	2	.714	9	7		7	0	1	62.1	34	23	70	0	16	20	0	0	2	274	3.32	136
1948	IC	NAL	32	SP	1	4	.200	7	4		4	0	0	40.1	35	27	44	2	16	11	0	0	5	191	6.02	83
5	2			RP	10	14	.417	39	22		17	0	2	203.2	132	105	224	6	62	71	0	0	9	789	4.64	89
162 Game Average					11	16	.417	43	25		19	0	2	227.0	147	117	250	8	69	79	0	0	10	1052	4.64	89

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+
5	Indianapolis Clowns			RP	10	14	.417	36	22		17	0	1	196.2	131	104	218	6	56	71	0	0	8	757	4.76	87
2	West All Stars			RP	0	0		3	0		0	0	1	7.0	1	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	1	32	1.29	193

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1944	CIC	NAL	28	SP	27.2	1.12	1.20	5.4%	11.7%	7.2%	6.9%	0.75	1.69
1945	CIC	NAL	29	SP	54.2	1.54	1.33	11.8%	12.8%	6.1%	7.7%	1.93	1.66	1.6%	0.7%
1946	WES/CIC	EWA/NAL	30	SP	18.2	1.34	1.29	6.4%	14.6%	9.0%	7.9%	0.71	1.75	0.0%	0.3%
1947	CIC/WES	NAL/EWA	31	SP	62.1	1.38	1.56	7.3%	13.1%	5.8%	9.5%	1.25	1.25	0.0%	0.4%
1948	IC	NAL	32	SP	40.1	1.49	1.61	5.8%	13.0%	8.4%	9.7%	0.69	1.34	1.0%	0.9%
5	2			RP	203.2	1.40	1.43	7.9%	12.7%	6.9%	8.8%	1.15	1.48	0.8%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
5	Indianapolis Clowns			RP	196.2	1.39	1.45	8.2%	12.6%	6.5%	8.8%	1.27	1.46	0.8%	0.8%
2	West All Stars			RP	7.0	1.71	1.00	0.0%	14.7%	18.8%	7.8%	0.00	2.01	0.0%	0.0%

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
1944	CIC	NAL	28	SP	7			13	23						8	6		0
1945	CIC	NAL	29	SP	11	246	227	41	69	6	4	4	2		15	29	0	0	4		4	.304	.347	.419	.766
1946	WES/CIC	EWA/NAL	30	SP	5	78	69	9	18	2	1	0	1	0	7	5	0	2	0	1	3	.261	.342	.319	.661
1947	CIC/WES	NAL/EWA	31	SP	9	274	249	34	70	12	4	0	6	0	16	20	0	2	7	0	4	.281	.330	.361	.691
1948	IC	NAL	32	SP	7	191	167	35	44	6	3	2	6		16	11	0	5	3		1	.263	.346	.371	.717
5	2			RP	39	789	712	132	224	26	12	6	15	0	62	71	0	9	14	1	12	.282	.340	.378	.718

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
5	Indianapolis Clowns			RP	36	757	687	131	218	26	12	6	14	0	56	71	0	8	14		11	.284	.338	.383	.721
2	West All Stars			RP	3	32	25	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	.240	.394	.240	.634

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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