Johnny Williams - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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

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	0	1.2	5	2	4	0	3	1			0	14	10.80	34
1944	BBB/CIC	NAL	26	SP	2	3	.400	8	3	5	1	0	0	30.1	13	13	24	0	8	7	0	0	0	123	3.86	83
1945	CIC	NAL	27	SP	1	4	.200	11	6	4	4	0	0	54.2	41	34	69	4	15	29	0	0	0	246	5.60	76
1946	CIC/WES	EWA/NAL	28	SP	1	1	.500	5	2	3	1	0	1	18.2	9	8	18	0	7	5	0	0	2	78	3.86	97
1947	CIC/WES	EWA/NAL	29	SP	5	2	.714	9	7	1	7	0	1	62.1	34	24	70	0	16	20	0	0	2	274	3.47	144
1948	IC	NAL	30	SP	1	4	.200	7	4	2	4	0	0	40.1	35	28	44	2	16	11	0	0	5	191	6.25	82
6	3			RP	10	15	.400	41	22	15	17	0	2	208.0	137	109	229	6	65	73	0	0	9	926	4.72	93
162 Game Average					11	16	.400	44	24	16	18	0	2	224.2	148	118	247	6	70	79	0	0	10	999	4.72	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	1	0	0	0	4.1	5	2	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	23	4.15	89
5	Indianapolis Clowns			SP	10	14	.417	36	22	12	17	0	1	196.2	131	106	218	6	56	72	0	0	8	871	4.85	91
2	West All Stars			RP	0	0		3	0	2	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	1.31		7.1%	11.8%		21.4%	7.4%		0.33	1.60		0.0%	0.5%
1944	BBB/CIC	NAL	26	SP	30.1		1.05	1.25		5.7%	12.4%		6.5%	7.4%		0.88	1.70		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	EWA/NAL	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	EWA/NAL	29	SP	62.1		1.38	1.60		7.3%	13.0%		5.8%	9.4%		1.25	1.24		0.0%	0.5%
1948	IC	NAL	30	SP	40.1		1.49	1.62		5.8%	13.0%		8.4%	9.5%		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	1.47		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	1.29		4.3%	12.0%		13.0%	7.4%		0.33	1.64		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			3	1		0	0			.364	.500	.636	1.136
1944	BBB/CIC	NAL	26	SP	8	123	114	13	24	2	0	0	1		8	7	0	0	1		2	.211	.262	.228	.490
1945	CIC	NAL	27	SP	11	246	229	41	69	6	4	4	2		15	29	0	0	2	2	4	.301	.341	.415	.756
1946	CIC/WES	EWA/NAL	28	SP	5	78	70	9	18	1	1	0	1	0	7	5	0	2	0		3	.257	.342	.300	.642
1947	CIC/WES	EWA/NAL	29	SP	9	274	249	34	70	12	6	0	6		16	20		2	7		4	.281	.330	.378	.707
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	840	137	229	28	15	6	16	0	65	73	0	9	13	2	14	.273	.331	.363	.694

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	0		3	1	0	0	0		1	.250	.348	.400	.748
5	Indianapolis Clowns			SP	36	871	794	131	218	27	14	6	15		56	72	0	8	13	2	12	.275	.328	.366	.694
2	West All Stars			RP	3	32	26	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	0		1	.231	.394	.231	.625

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