Lefty Williams
1913–1920 · bats R / throws L · Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers
190G
.159AVG
.227OBP
.201SLG
More career statistics
61H
0HR
29RBI
0SB
82–48W–L
1,186.0IP
515K
3.11ERA
152GS
5SV
4Rare feats
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 · At bats | 384 | 383 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 447 | 448 |
| Batting · Runs | 30 | 29 |
| Batting · RBI | 29 | 30 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,794 | 4,919 |
| Pitching · p er | 410 | 412 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,121 | 1,123 |
| Pitching · p hr | 30 | 29 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,558 | 3,551 |
| Pitching · p k | 515 | 517 |
| Pitching · p r | 501 | 500 |
| Pitching · p w | 347 | 350 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 190 | 447 | 384 | 30 | 61 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | .159 | .227 | .201 | .428 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,186.0 | 189 | 152 | 80 | 82 | 48 | 5 | 1,121 | 501 | 410 | 30 | 347 | 515 | 0 | 0 | 3.11 | 1.238 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1920-06-29 to 1920-07-09
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Platinum Sombrero | 1918-05-15 | 1 in 927 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1917-06-10 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1913-09-23 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 94 | 202 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 54 | .140 | .188 | .175 |
| Away | 96 | 246 | 37 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 58 | .175 | .228 | .222 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | .178 | .188 | .244 |
| May | 40 | 89 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | .176 | .213 | .176 |
| June | 32 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | .109 | .177 | .141 |
| July | 37 | 87 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 22 | .184 | .241 | .237 |
| August | 32 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | .175 | .225 | .228 |
| September | 30 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 23 | .143 | .214 | .206 |
| October | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 34 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 16 | .174 | .241 | .203 |
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 18 | .088 | .186 | .105 |
| st-louis-browns | 32 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 22 | .186 | .225 | .243 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 25 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | .163 | .231 | .186 |
| new-york-yankees | 23 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .083 | .146 | .139 |
| detroit-tigers | 22 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | .160 | .161 | .200 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 19 | 64 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 17 | .232 | .250 | .304 |
| chicago-white-sox | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Detroit Tigers | 5 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | 29 | 9 |
| 1914 | Detroit Tigers | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1916 |  Chicago White Sox | 43 | 74 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .135 | 224 | 138 |
| 1917 | Chicago White Sox | 45 | 66 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .091 | 229 | 84 |
| 1918 | Chicago White Sox | 15 | 38 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .132 | 105 | 31 |
| 1919 | Chicago White Sox | 41 | 94 | 17 | – | 10 | – | .181 | 297 | 126 |
| 1920 | Chicago White Sox | 39 | 101 | 22 | – | 12 | – | .218 | 298 | 129 |