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	69
1946	CIC/WES	NAL/EWA	30	RP	0	1	.000	3	0		0	0	1	6.2	5	5	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	19	6.75	42
1947	WES/CIC	EWA/NAL	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			SP	9	14	.391	37	20		16	0	2	191.2	128	102	213	6	58	66	0	0	9	730	4.79	86
162 Game Average					11	17	.391	44	24		19	0	2	228.2	153	122	254	9	69	79	0	0	11	1079	4.79	86

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			SP	9	14	.391	34	20		16	0	1	184.2	127	101	207	6	52	66	0	0	8	698	4.92	84
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	190

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	1.70
1945	CIC	NAL	29	SP	54.2	1.54	1.32	11.8%	12.8%	6.1%	7.7%	1.93	1.67	1.6%	0.7%
1946	CIC/WES	NAL/EWA	30	RP	6.2	1.50	1.06	0.0%	14.6%	10.0%	7.8%	0.00	2.06	0.0%
1947	WES/CIC	EWA/NAL	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			SP	191.2	1.41	1.43	7.7%	12.7%	6.8%	8.7%	1.14	1.48	0.8%	0.8%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
5	Indianapolis Clowns			SP	184.2	1.40	1.45	8.0%	12.6%	6.3%	8.8%	1.27	1.46	0.9%	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	CIC/WES	NAL/EWA	30	RP	3	19	17	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	.412	.522	.412	.934
1947	WES/CIC	EWA/NAL	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			SP	37	730	660	128	213	24	11	6	15	0	58	66	0	9	14	1	10	.283	.339	.380	.719

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			SP	34	698	635	127	207	24	11	6	14	0	52	66	0	8	14		9	.285	.336	.386	.722
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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