Chester Williams
1932–1942 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ASW, Chicago American Giants, Homestead Grays, IN4, IN5, Memphis Red Sox, NAS
599G
.279AVG
.327OBP
.365SLG
More career statistics
612H
10HR
276RBI
47SB
1–0W–L
9.0IP
0K
0.00ERA
1GS
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 599 | 381 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,190 | 1,392 |
| Batting · Doubles | 92 | 56 |
| Batting · Hits | 612 | 375 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 9 | 1 |
| Batting · Home runs | 10 | 8 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,411 | 1,501 |
| Batting · Runs | 309 | 200 |
| Batting · RBI | 276 | 83 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 47 | 19 |
| Batting · Triples | 33 | 17 |
| Batting · Walks | 146 | 86 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 599 | 2,411 | 2,190 | 309 | 612 | 92 | 33 | 10 | 276 | 146 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 800 | .279 | .327 | .365 | .692 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1939-06-24 to 1939-08-05
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1934-08-04 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1939-05-30 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1935-09-22 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 216 | 820 | 203 | 3 | 45 | 41 | 4 | .265 | .298 | .336 |
| Away | 165 | 681 | 172 | 5 | 38 | 45 | 1 | .275 | .319 | .370 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| May | 84 | 320 | 81 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 1 | .274 | .316 | .378 |
| June | 98 | 389 | 81 | 1 | 17 | 31 | 1 | .228 | .288 | .273 |
| July | 97 | 386 | 106 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 2 | .290 | .308 | .348 |
| August | 66 | 266 | 74 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 1 | .303 | .338 | .422 |
| September | 30 | 115 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .231 | .270 | .343 |
| October | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .312 | .467 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 89 | 337 | 92 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 0 | .290 | .320 | .385 |
| homestead-grays | 44 | 171 | 48 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .304 | .339 | .418 |
| newark-eagles | 42 | 175 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .189 | .263 | .226 |
| chicago-american-giants | 37 | 153 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .236 | .268 | .299 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 31 | 116 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .387 | .431 | .453 |
| new-york-cubans | 26 | 98 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .202 | .224 | .255 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 22 | 86 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .171 | .233 | .224 |
| NSH | 19 | 75 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .240 | .257 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1933 | Homestead Grays, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 50 | 196 | 54 | – | 4 | – | .276 | – | – |
| 1934 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 57 | 214 | 63 | 4 | 15 | 5 | .294 | – | – |
| 1935 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 56 | 199 | 47 | 2 | 8 | 3 | .236 | 9 | – |
| 1936 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 36 | 118 | 33 | 1 | 10 | – | .280 | – | – |
| 1937 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 34 | 127 | 38 | – | 10 | 3 | .299 | – | – |
| 1938 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 31 | 107 | 33 | – | 13 | 1 | .308 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Philadelphia Stars | 46 | 187 | 59 | 1 | 12 | 2 | .316 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Homestead Grays | 46 | 168 | 35 | – | 9 | 5 | .208 | – | – |
| 1942 | Homestead Grays | 24 | 72 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .167 | – | – |