Johnny Williams

John Henry Williams
(Stringbean)

Born: May 1, 1918 in Shreveport, LA
Died: May 4, 1986 in Shreveport, LA
(68 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'4"

Wt: 180

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Notes:

• Buried: Lincoln Memorial Park (Shreveport, LA)
• 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+
1943	BBB	NAL	25	RP	0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	1.2	5	2	4	0	3	1	0		0	14	10.80	34
1944	BBB/CIC	NAL	26	SP	2	3	.400	8	3		1	0	0	30.1	13	13	24	0	8	7	0	0	0	123	3.86	85
1945	CIC	NAL	27	SP	1	4	.200	11	6		4	0	0	54.2	41	34	69	4	15	29	0	0	0	246	5.60	73
1946	CIC/WES	NAL/EWA	28	SP	1	1	.500	5	2		1	0	1	18.2	9	8	18	0	7	5	0	0	2	78	3.86	97
1947	CIC/WES	NAL/EWA	29	SP	5	2	.714	9	7		7	0	1	62.1	34	23	70	0	16	20	0	0	2	274	3.32	147
1948	IC	NAL	30	SP	1	4	.200	7	4		4	0	0	40.1	35	27	44	2	16	11	0	0	5	191	6.02	85
6	3			RP	10	15	.400	41	22		17	0	2	208.0	137	107	229	6	65	73	0	0	9	926	4.63	93
162 Game Average					11	16	.400	44	24		18	0	2	224.2	148	115	247	6	70	79	0	0	10	999	4.63	93

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	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	0	1	.000	2	0		0	0	0	4.1	5	2	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	23	4.15	90
5	Indianapolis Clowns			SP	10	14	.417	36	22		17	0	1	196.2	131	104	218	6	56	72	0	0	8	871	4.76	91
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	203

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1943	BBB	NAL	25	RP	1.2	4.20	1.29	7.1%	11.7%	21.4%	7.1%	0.33	1.64	0.0%	0.5%
1944	BBB/CIC	NAL	26	SP	30.1	1.05	1.25	5.7%	12.4%	6.5%	7.3%	0.88	1.73	0.0%	0.3%
1945	CIC	NAL	27	SP	54.2	1.54	1.37	11.8%	12.7%	6.1%	8.0%	1.93	1.58	1.6%	0.7%
1946	CIC/WES	NAL/EWA	28	SP	18.2	1.34	1.31	6.4%	14.6%	9.0%	7.9%	0.71	1.74	0.0%	0.3%
1947	CIC/WES	NAL/EWA	29	SP	62.1	1.38	1.59	7.3%	13.0%	5.8%	9.4%	1.25	1.25	0.0%	0.5%
1948	IC	NAL	30	SP	40.1	1.49	1.62	5.8%	13.0%	8.4%	9.6%	0.69	1.36	1.0%	1.0%
6	3			RP	208.0	1.41	1.46	7.9%	12.7%	7.0%	8.8%	1.12	1.48	0.6%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
2	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	4.1	1.85	1.28	4.3%	12.0%	13.0%	7.2%	0.33	1.67	0.0%	0.4%
5	Indianapolis Clowns			SP	196.2	1.39	1.48	8.3%	12.7%	6.4%	8.9%	1.29	1.45	0.7%	0.8%
2	West All Stars			RP	7.0	1.71	1.03	0.0%	14.6%	18.8%	7.9%	0.00	1.95	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
1943	BBB	NAL	25	RP	1	14	11	5	4	1	1	0	1		3	1		0	0			.364	.500	.636	1.136
1944	BBB/CIC	NAL	26	SP	8	123	114	13	24	2	0	0	1	0	8	7	0	0	1		2	.211	.262	.228	.490
1945	CIC	NAL	27	SP	11	246	227	41	69	6	4	4	2		15	29	0	0	4		4	.304	.347	.419	.766
1946	CIC/WES	NAL/EWA	28	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	29	SP	9	274	249	34	70	12	4	0	6		16	20	0	2	7	0	4	.281	.330	.361	.691
1948	IC	NAL	30	SP	7	191	167	35	44	6	3	2	6		16	11	0	5	3		1	.263	.346	.371	.717
6	3			RP	41	926	837	137	229	29	13	6	17	0	65	73	0	9	15	1	14	.274	.332	.361	.693

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	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	2	23	20	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0		1	.250	.348	.400	.748
5	Indianapolis Clowns			SP	36	871	792	131	218	28	12	6	15	0	56	72	0	8	15		12	.275	.329	.364	.693
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, 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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