Joe Williams, baseball player, Final season: 1932

Joe Williams

⭐ Hall of Fame 1999

Born: 4/6/1886 in Seguin, TX, USA

Died: 2/25/1951 in New York, NY, USA

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'3" | Weight: 190 lbs

Full name: Joseph Williams

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Biography

Joe Williams, born in 1886, was a notable figure in the history of baseball, recognized for his contributions to the game despite an unusual career marked by a lack of recorded statistics. Active from 1932 until his retirement, Williams played primarily as a position player, though he did not appear in any official Major League Baseball games, finishing his career with 0 games, 0 hits, 0 home runs, 0 RBIs, a batting average of 0.0, and 0 stolen bases. His career, spanning a transformative era in baseball, underscores the complexities of player opportunities and the challenges faced by many aspiring athletes during that time. Williams's significance in baseball history was solidified with his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999. This honor reflects not only his potential and impact on the sport but also the broader narrative of players who contributed to the game in ways that transcended traditional statistics. His legacy serves as a reminder of the diverse stories that shape baseball's rich history, illustrating that the spirit of the game encompasses more than just numbers on a stat sheet.

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
7.0 7.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0.143 0.143 0.143 0.286

Pitching

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
43.0 0 0 25.0 23.0 0 0 0.0 239.0 127.0 23.0 11.0 0 0 0.89

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1912 4.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1913 30.0 27.0 5.0 7.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 7.0 2.0 0 0 0.259 0.333 0.593 0.926
1920 8.0 8.0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500
1924 5.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0 1.0 3.0 2.0 0 0 0.667 0.800 2.000 2.800
1925 4.0 3.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.250 .000 0.250
1926 5.0 5.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400
1927 5.0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 8.0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1930 31.0 29.0 4.0 7.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 2.0 1.0 0.241 0.267 0.345 0.612
1932 4.0 3.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0.333 0.500 0.333 0.833
1939 7.0 7.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0.143 0.143 0.143 0.286

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
1912 1.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 6.0 2.0 2.0 0 0 0 2.00
1913 17.0 0 0 7.0 7.0 0 0 0.0 79.0 32.0 12.0 1.0 0 0 1.51
1920 1.0 0 0 2.0 2.0 0 0 0.0 20.0 11.0 5.0 0 0 0 2.65
1924 1.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 9.0 5.0 3.0 0 0 0 3.00
1925 1.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0 2.0 0 0 0.00
1926 1.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 6.0 5.0 0 1.0 0 0 0.00
1927 1.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1928 1.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 17.0 8.0 0 1.0 0 0 0.00
1930 16.0 0 0 9.0 7.0 0 0 0.0 71.0 41.0 1.0 5.0 0 0 0.12
1932 3.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 19.0 20.0 0 1.0 0 0 0.00

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
109 59 207 172 140 14 5 1517.0 1456 433 26 339 1033 2.57 0

Career ERA 2.57 vs. league average 3.60 across their career seasons — 28.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1910 COG WES 5 2 8 6 5 0 0 57.0 44 12 8 45 1.89 2.79 (+32%) 2302.9
1911 COG WES 3 5 10 10 6 2 0 68.0 74 31 25 52 4.10 3.37 (-22%) 988.8
1912 NLG EAS 7 2 11 10 9 0 0 86.7 76 21 15 61 2.18 3.36 (+35%) 2496.6
1913 NLG EAS 9 2 14 11 11 3 1 101.3 111 21 25 70 1.87 3.07 (+39%) 2565.2
1914 NLG EAS 5 3 10 8 5 1 0 68.7 68 18 21 43 2.36 2.93 (+19%) 991.3
1915 NLG EAS 6 1 7 6 5 0 0 55.7 49 13 10 34 2.10 2.90 (+27%) 1486.4
1916 NLG EAS 5 2 9 6 6 1 0 63.3 70 11 17 37 1.56 2.78 (+44%) 829.1
1917 NLG EAS 10 0 12 9 9 1 0 101.0 88 19 31 70 1.69 2.69 (+37%) 2183.5
1918 NLG EAS 10 6 16 14 14 1 0 134.7 128 17 32 93 1.14 2.83 (+60%) 3694.5
1919 NLG EAS 9 3 13 11 11 2 1 102.7 93 33 20 88 2.89 3.09 (+6%) 3853.9
1920 NLG EAS 1 2 3 3 3 1 0 26.0 27 5 2 15 1.73 3.45 (+50%) 1029.5
1921 NLG EAS 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 1 0 1 9.00 — 0.0
1922 NLG IND 2 3 6 6 5 0 0 49.0 42 12 10 36 2.20 4.18 (+47%) 2279.8
1923 NLG ECL 3 3 8 7 4 0 0 53.7 61 26 8 33 4.36 4.03 (-8%) 1684.5
1924 BRG ECL 3 8 15 12 8 1 1 96.0 107 43 16 53 4.03 4.13 (+2%) 3659.9
1928 HG EAS 3 1 4 3 2 0 0 28.0 32 14 5 16 4.50 4.13 (-9%) 505.9
1929 HG ANL 6 7 19 15 14 0 1 138.7 144 51 28 88 3.31 4.60 (+28%) 4279.2
1930 HG IND 11 5 17 15 13 1 0 131.3 104 41 22 116 2.81 4.80 (+41%) 6058.4
1931 HG IND 6 2 11 11 7 0 0 78.3 59 21 25 54 2.41 4.10 (+41%) 2345.8
1932 DW EWL 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 27.0 29 10 5 11 3.33 4.13 (+19%) 703.8
1932 HG EWL 4 1 8 6 2 0 0 49.0 48 13 14 17 2.39 4.13 (+42%) 1035.4

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
256 728 99 216 31 6 15 121 13 60 3 0.297 0.353 0.418 0.770 770.5

Career AVG .297 vs. league average .271 across their career seasons — +9.7% above league average.

Career OBP .353 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — +5.7% above league average.

Career SLG .418 vs. league average .369 across their career seasons — +13.1% above league average.

Career OPS 0.770 vs. league average 0.703 across their career seasons — +9.5% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1910 COG WES 9 23 4 6 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0.261 — — — — 0.0
1911 COG WES 15 50 6 11 2 0 1 7 1 3 0 0.220 .266 (-17%) .336 (-21%) .356 (-10%) .693 (-16%) -135.9
1912 NLG EAS 11 40 5 13 4 0 2 11 0 1 0 0.325 — — — — 0.0
1913 NLG EAS 15 49 5 9 2 0 1 8 1 2 0 0.184 — — — — -183.2
1914 NLG EAS 10 25 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.160 — — — — 0.0
1915 NLG EAS 7 22 6 12 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 0.545 — — — — 0.0
1916 NLG EAS 12 34 6 11 1 0 2 6 1 4 0 0.324 — — — — 0.0
1917 NLG EAS 23 67 15 27 4 1 3 17 1 10 0 0.403 .248 (+62%) .312 (+54%) .323 (+94%) .635 (+74%) 763.1
1918 NLG EAS 21 73 11 29 2 1 1 9 0 7 0 0.397 .255 (+56%) .318 (+41%) .326 (+51%) .645 (+46%) 518.3
1919 NLG EAS 15 54 7 21 4 0 1 13 2 5 0 0.389 .262 (+48%) .322 (+39%) .347 (+49%) .670 (+44%) 385.1
1920 NLG EAS 5 20 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.250 — — — — 0.0
1921 NLG EAS 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1922 NLG IND 7 21 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0.143 — — — — 0.0
1923 NLG ECL 16 28 4 10 1 0 1 9 1 3 0 0.357 — — — — 0.0
1924 BRG ECL 20 43 1 11 3 0 1 6 0 2 1 0.256 — — — — 0.0
1928 HG EAS 4 10 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.300 — — — — 0.0
1929 HG ANL 20 57 6 8 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.140 .289 (-51%) .353 (-52%) .415 (-62%) .769 (-57%) -575.7
1930 HG IND 18 48 6 15 3 1 0 10 1 3 2 0.312 — — — — -1.1
1931 HG IND 13 31 4 10 0 0 1 5 0 3 0 0.323 — — — — 0.0
1932 DW EWL 5 10 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0.200 — — — — 0.0
1932 HG EWL 8 22 5 6 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0.273 — — — — 0.0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 27 5 212 7 5 12
OF 11 4 9 2 0 0
P 207 98 56 451 31 6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1910 COG 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0
1910 COG P 8 0 4 27 1 0
1911 COG 1B 8 0 65 1 2 2
1911 COG P 10 0 2 23 1 0
1912 NLG P 11 0 5 25 1 0
1913 NLG OF 2 0 3 1 0 0
1913 NLG P 14 0 1 26 0 0
1914 NLG P 10 0 0 17 3 0
1915 NLG P 7 0 2 16 1 0
1916 NLG OF 4 4 3 0 0 0
1916 NLG P 9 6 2 23 1 0
1917 NLG 1B 8 0 51 2 3 4
1917 NLG OF 3 0 1 0 0 0
1917 NLG P 12 0 2 29 2 0
1918 NLG 1B 4 0 37 2 0 2
1918 NLG OF 2 0 2 1 0 0
1918 NLG P 16 0 11 36 3 1
1919 NLG 1B 4 3 38 0 0 2
1919 NLG P 13 11 6 44 3 1
1920 NLG 1B 2 2 20 2 0 2
1920 NLG P 3 3 0 9 2 0
1921 NLG P 2 0 0 0 0 0
1922 NLG P 6 6 1 21 0 0
1923 NLG P 8 7 0 13 2 0
1924 BRG P 15 12 5 33 4 0
1928 HG P 4 3 0 6 1 0
1929 HG P 19 15 7 36 3 4
1930 HG P 17 15 3 32 1 0
1931 HG P 11 11 2 20 2 0
1932 DW P 4 3 1 4 0 0
1932 HG P 8 6 2 11 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 207
First Base 27
Right Field 11