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Pop Williams
Walter Merrill Williams

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.
School Bowdoin College

Debut September 14, 1898
Final Game September 15, 1903
Born May 19, 1874 in Bowdoinham, ME
Died August 4, 1959 in Topsham, ME

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1898 24 WHS NL   0   2   2   2   2   0   0  0   17.0   32   18   16   0    7    3   0   0    88       0  8.47  3.64   43 2.294
 1902 28 CHC NL  11  16  31  31  26   1   0  0  254.3  259  108   71   1   63   94   8   3     0       1  2.51  2.69  107 1.266
 1903 29 TOT NL   5   7  13  13  12   1   0  0  106.0  127   73   47   3   43   30  10   3   473       0  3.99  3.18   80 1.604
         CHC NL   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    5.0    9    3    3   0    0    2   0   0    22       0  5.40  3.13   58 1.800
         PHI NL   1   1   2   2   2   0   0  0   18.0   21   11    6   0    6    8   1   0    76       0  3.00  3.10  103 1.500
         BSN NL   4   5  10  10   9   1   0  0   83.0   97   59   38   3   37   20   9   3   375       0  4.12  3.20   78 1.614
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .390  16  25  46  46  40   2   0  0  377.3  418  199  134   4  113  127  18   6   561       1  3.20  2.87   90 1.407
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  18  34  34  29   1   0  0  278.7  308  147   99   2   83   93  13   4   414   0   0  3.20  2.87   90 1.407
 Career High     11  16  31  31  26   1   0  0  254.3  259  108   71   3   63   94  10   3   473   0   1  2.51  3.18  107 1.266

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1898 24 WHS NL   2    8    3    3   1  0   0    0   0      0      .375  .444  .500  170    4   0           1    
 1902 28 CHC NL  38  116   14   23   1  2   0   13   0     11      .198  .285  .241   64   28   3           3    
 1903 29 TOT NL  18   51    4   12   0  0   0    5   0      0      .235  .250  .235   41   12   1           1    
         CHC NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .333  .000   -1    0   0           1    
         PHI NL   2    7    0    2   0  0   0    2   0      0      .286  .286  .286   69    2   0           0    
         BSN NL  14   42    4   10   0  0   0    3   0      0      .238  .238  .238   38   10   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       58  175   21   38   2  2   0   18   0  0  11   0  .217  .283  .251   63   44   4   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        489   59  106   6  6   0   50   0  0  31   0  .217  .283  .251   63  123  11   0   0  14   0
 Career High     38  116   14   23   1  2   0   13   0  0  11   0                          28   3   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1898 24 WHS NL    9    5    2  10.4    91| .375  .278| .444  .342| .500  .356| .944  .699| 170  .855   0.8   0.1     
 1902 28 CHC NL  133   96    7   1.9    76| .198  .263| .285  .318| .241  .324| .526  .641|  64  .260  -4.6  -0.5     
 1903 29 TOT NL   53   40    3   2.0    88| .235  .272| .250  .335| .235  .354| .485  .689|  41  .220  -4.0  -0.4     
         CHC NL    3    2    0   0.0    90| .000  .274| .333  .337| .000  .357| .333  .694|  -1  .000  -0.2   0.0     
         PHI NL    7    5    1   5.3    86| .286  .268| .286  .330| .286  .349| .572  .678|  69  .629  -0.3   0.0     
         BSN NL   43   33    2   1.6    89| .238  .273| .238  .335| .238  .355| .476  .690|  38  .160  -3.5  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       195  141   12   2.3    80| .217  .266| .283  .323| .251  .334| .534  .657|  63  .299  -7.8  -0.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1898 24 WHS NL P 2 0 2 1 0 .667 .909 1.00 2.25 1.06 2.65 2 17.0 1902 28 CHC NL P 31 12 78 4 1 .957 .933 2.90 2.41 3.19 2.72 31 254.3 OF 6 8 0 1 0 .889 .941 1.33 1.93 1903 29 TOT NL P 13 7 28 3 2 .921 .923 2.69 2.43 2.97 2.87 13 106.0 CHC NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.40 1.80 2.88 1 5.0 PHI NL P 2 3 8 1 0 .917 .924 5.50 2.45 5.50 2.85 2 18.0 BSN NL P 10 4 19 2 2 .920 .924 2.30 2.43 2.49 2.87 10 83.0 OF 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 1.90
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1902 28 CHC NL OF 6 8 0 1 0 .889 .941 1.33 1.93 1903 29 BSN NL OF 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 1.90 1898 24 WHS NL P 2 0 2 1 0 .667 .909 1.00 2.25 1.06 2.65 2 17.0 1902 28 CHC NL P 31 12 78 4 1 .957 .933 2.90 2.41 3.19 2.72 31 254.3 1903 29 TOT NL P 13 7 28 3 2 .921 .923 2.69 2.43 2.97 2.87 13 106.0 CHC NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.40 1.80 2.88 1 5.0 PHI NL P 2 3 8 1 0 .917 .924 5.50 2.45 5.50 2.85 2 18.0 BSN NL P 10 4 19 2 2 .920 .924 2.30 2.43 2.49 2.87 10 83.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 46 19 108 8 3 .941 .930 2.76 2.41 46 377.3 OF 8 12 1 1 0 .929 .942 1.62 1.93 0 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 54 31 109 9 3 .940 .931 2.59 2.34
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Losses
1902 NL-16-8

Batters Faced
1898 NL-88-6

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1832) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

April, 1903: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs.

June, 1903: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Philadelphia Phillies.


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