First name: Lefty
Last name: Williams
Birthdate: 1893-03-09
Bats: R Throws: L
RetroID: willl104
| Year | Team | Off GS | Def GS | Game Shares | WAR | W | L | Victory Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | DET | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 1916 | CHA | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 1917 | CHA | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 1918 | CHA | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1 |
| 1919 | CHA | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 1920 | CHA | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 3 |
| Career | 5.6 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 7 |
| Year | Team | PA | BatRuns | Adj R | RISP | BSR | DP | ROE | Fld | Pos | DH | Pit | RAA | RPW | WAA | Pos Wins | LgA | WAM | DVoDH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | DET | 11 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 9.5 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0 |
| 1916 | CHA | 83 | -7 | -7 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 8.1 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0 |
| 1917 | CHA | 80 | -8 | -8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 8.2 | -0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.5 | 0 |
| 1918 | CHA | 43 | -5 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 8.3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0 |
| 1919 | CHA | 115 | -8 | -8 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1920 | CHA | 116 | -9 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Career | 448 | -39 | -39 | 2 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | -5 | - | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.6 | 0 |
| Year | Team | Lg | G | GS | IP | R | XR | DR | IP/G | RPW | Role | LgAdj | R+ | LI | R_lev+ | WAM | W | L | WAR | VS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | DET | AL | 5 | 1.5 | 29.0 | 18 | 11 | -2 | 5.80 | 8.7 | 0.03 | 0.05 | -5 | 1.20 | -6 | -0.7 | 0.0 | 1.4 | -0.4 | 0 |
| 1914 | DET | AL | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 1.00 | 18.7 | -0.23 | 0.05 | -4 | 1.00 | -4 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -1 |
| 1916 | CHA | AL | 43 | 9.5 | 224.0 | 99 | 92 | -7 | 5.21 | 8.4 | -0.16 | 0.05 | -3 | 0.97 | -3 | -0.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 13 |
| 1917 | CHA | AL | 45 | 10.8 | 229.3 | 92 | 91 | 0 | 5.10 | 8.2 | -0.05 | 0.05 | -1 | 1.24 | -1 | -0.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 16 |
| 1918 | CHA | AL | 15 | 4.8 | 105.3 | 33 | 43 | 5 | 7.02 | 8.1 | -0.08 | 0.05 | 4 | 1.07 | 4 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 9 |
| 1919 | CHA | AL | 41 | 13.2 | 297.0 | 103 | 132 | 8 | 7.24 | 8.5 | -0.03 | 0.05 | 22 | 1.00 | 22 | 2.6 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 28 |
| 1920 | CHA | AL | 39 | 13.6 | 298.0 | 147 | 153 | 3 | 7.64 | 9.8 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 5 | 1.00 | 5 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 22 |
| Career | 189 | 53.4 | 1183.6 | 497 | 523 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 2.2 | 28.9 | 24.5 | 13.2 | 87 | |||||||
| Year | Team | Chances | OAA | OAA adj |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | DET | 5 | -1.0 | -1 |
| 1914 | DET | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1916 | CHA | 46 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 1917 | CHA | 56 | -3.0 | -3 |
| 1918 | CHA | 28 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1919 | CHA | 59 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 1920 | CHA | 62 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 256 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Year | Team | Off GS | Def GS | Game Shares | WAR | W | L | Victory Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | CHA | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Year | Team | PA | BatRuns | Adj R | RISP | BSR | DP | ROE | Fld | Pos | DH | Pit | RAA | RPW | WAA | Pos Wins | LgA | WAM | DVoDH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | CHA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Year | Team | Lg | G | GS | IP | R | XR | DR | IP/G | RPW | Role | LgAdj | R+ | LI | R_lev+ | WAM | W | L | WAR | VS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | CHA | MLB | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1.00 | 9.2 | -0.21 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.46 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1919 | CHA | MLB | 3 | 0.8 | 16.3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5.43 | 10.2 | -0.04 | 0.00 | -4 | 1.00 | -4 | -0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | -0.2 | 0 |
| Career | 4 | 0.8 | 17.3 | 13 | 9 | -1 | -4 | -4 | -0.4 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.2 | 0 | |||||||
| Stat description | |
|---|---|
| GS | Game Shares |
| WAM | Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name. |
| WAR | Wins above Replacement |
| VS | Victory Shares |
| W | Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense. |
| L | Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score. |
| BatRuns | Batting runs above average |
| Adj R | Park adjusted batting runs |
| RISP | Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position |
| BSR | Baserunning runs |
| DP | Double play avoidance runs |
| ROE | Runs from reaching on error |
| Fld | Fielding runs |
| Pos | Position adjustment |
| DH | Designated hitter adjustment |
| Pit | Pitcher batting adjustment |
| RAA | Runs above average before position and league adjustment |
| RPW | Runs per win |
| WAA | Wins above average before position and league adjustment |
| POS Wins | Position adjustment converted to wins |
| LGA | League quality adjustment |
| DVoDH | Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter |
| G | Games pitched |
| GS | Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index |
| XR | Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced |
| DR | Defensive runs support |
| Role | Starter vs reliever role adjustment |
| LgAdj | League adjustment |
| R+ | Runs above average |
| LI | Leverage index |
| R_lev+ | Leverage adjusted runs above average |
| Chances | Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play |
| BIP | Balls in play while this player was on the field |
| OAA | Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level |
| OAA adj | Park adjusted outs above average |
| DER runs | Run value of outs above average |
| Frame Runs | Runs from framing balls and strikes |
| SB Runs | Stolen base prevention runs |
| Block Runs | Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs |
| Err Runs | Catcher error prevention runs |
| Catcher Runs | Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing. |
| Play+ | plays made above average per ball in play |
| GB+ | ground ball plays above average per ball in play |
| DP Start | Runs from starting double plays |
| DP Turn | Runs from turning double plays |
| DP runs | Total double play runs |
| OF Arm opps | Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play |
| OF Arm runs | Runs from throwing from the outfield |
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