Pop Williams

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Full Name: Walter Merrill Williams	Primary Position: P,OF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/190	First Game: September 14, 1898
Birthdate: May 19, 1874	Final Game: September 15, 1903
Birthplace: Bowdoinham, Maine	MLB Experience: 3 years
Died: August 4, 1959
Deathplace: Topsham, Maine
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on May 19, 1874 in Bowdoinham, Maine, Pop Williams (Walter Merrill Williams) played for the Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Beaneaters over the course of his 3 year career. Williams broke into the bigs on September 14, 1898 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 2.51 ERA in 254.1 innings pitched in 1902, his rookie year.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1898	WAS	N	2	2	0	2	8.47	3	18	16	2	0	0	17	32	0	7	0	0	0
1902	CHI	N	31	31	11	16	2.51	94	108	71	26	1	0	254.1	259	2	63	0	3	8
1903	PHI	N	2	2	1	1	3.00	8	11	6	2	0	0	18	21	0	6	0	0	1
1903	CHI	N	1	1	0	1	5.40	2	3	3	1	0	0	5	9	0	0	0	0	0
1903	BOS	N	10	10	4	5	4.12	20	59	38	9	1	0	83	97	3	37	0	3	9
1903	TOT	N	13	13	5	7	3.99	30	73	47	12	1	0	106	127	3	43	0	3	10
Total			46	46	16	25	3.20	127	199	134	40	2	0	377.1	418	5	113	0	6	18

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1898	WAS	N	P	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1902	CHI	N	P	31	0	0	12	78	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1902	CHI	N	OF	6	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1903	PHI	N	P	2	0	0	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1903	CHI	N	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1903	BOS	N	OF	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1903	BOS	N	P	10	0	0	4	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1903	TOT	N	P	13	0	0	7	28	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.921
Total			OF	8	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929
Total			P	46	0	0	19	108	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	.941

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1898	WAS	N	2	8	3	3	0	0	.375	.444	.500	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1902	CHI	N	38	116	14	23	0	13	.198	.285	.241	1	2	11	0	3	3	0	0	0
1903	PHI	N	2	7	0	2	0	2	.286	.286	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1903	CHI	N	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1903	BOS	N	14	42	4	10	0	3	.238	.238	.238	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1903	TOT	N	18	51	4	12	0	5	.235	.250	.235	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Total			58	175	21	38	0	18	.217	.283	.251	2	2	11	0	5	4	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies (April, 1903).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Boston Beaneaters (June, 1903).

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