Johnny Williams - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Johnny Williams

John Henry Williams
(Stringbean)

Born: May 1, 1918 in Shreveport, LA
Died: May 4, 1986 in Shreveport, LA
(68 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'4"

Wt: 180

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Notes:

• Buried: Lincoln Memorial Park (Shreveport, LA)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1943	BBB	NAL	25	RP	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.500	.000	.500	58
1944	BBB/CIC	NAL	26	SP	10	14	14	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.357	.643	98
1945	CIC	NAL	27	SP	14	32	32	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.156	.156	.156	.313	-8
1946	CIC/WES	EWA/NAL	28	SP	6	8	7	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	.286	.375	.429	.804	147
1947	CIC/WES	EWA/NAL	29	SP	14	35	31	5	7	0	0	0	7	1		4			0	0		0	.226	.314	.226	.540	46
1948	IC	NAL	30	SP	13	24	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		3			0	0			.095	.208	.095	.304	-16
6	3			RP	59	115	106	10	20	2	0	0	9	2	0	9	0	0	0	0		0	.189	.252	.208	.460	31
162 Game Average						316	291	27	55	5	0	0	25	5	0	25	0	0	0	0		0	.189	.252	.208	.460	31

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.000	.250	.000	.250	-21
5	Indianapolis Clowns			SP	53	108	100	10	20	2	0	0	9	2		8			0	0			.200	.259	.220	.479	37
2	West All Stars			RP	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1943	BBB	NAL	2		.373	.313		50.0%	7.3%								0.0%	0.5%		.000	.076
1944	BBB/CIC	NAL	14		.306	.311		0.0%				7.0%					0.0%	0.4%		.071	.072
1945	CIC	NAL	32		.149	.320		0.0%	7.1%								0.0%	0.6%		.000	.088
1946	CIC/WES	EWA/NAL	8		.389	.318		12.5%			0.0%	7.8%					0.0%	0.5%		.143	.068
1947	CIC/WES	EWA/NAL	35		.283	.354		11.4%				9.6%					0.0%	0.9%		.000	.106
1948	IC	NAL	24		.177	.347		12.5%	8.8%								0.0%	1.0%		.000	.114
6	3		115		.235	.335		7.8%	8.3%		0.0%	7.4%			0.89		0.0%	0.7%		.019	.095

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
2	Birmingham Black Barons		4		.187	.311		25.0%	7.1%								0.0%	0.4%		.000	.073
5	Indianapolis Clowns		108		.243	.336		7.4%	8.3%								0.0%	0.8%		.020	.095
2	West All Stars		3		.000	.334		0.0%	9.2%		0.0%	7.4%			0.89		0.0%	0.0%		.000	.084

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