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Gus
Williams		  
Nickname: Gloomy Gus
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 7, 1888 in Usa, NE, OMAHA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1919   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1911 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1912 24 CLE AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1913 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1914 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1915 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1916 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1917 29 CLE AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1918 30 CIN NL $ 589,286   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1919 31 CIN NL $ 589,286   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1920 32 NYA AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6
1921 33 NYA AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1922 34 NYA AL $ 750,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 750,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1911 23 CLE AL 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.2
    AAA   42 176 26 53 15 2 2 11 8 5 26 41 .301 .391 .443 .834 29.6  
    AA   66 221 37 61 4 2 4 20 8 6 44 48 .276 .396 .367 .763 35.3  
1912 24 AAA   131 495 71 129 29 3 5 47 20 11 84 117 .261 .368 .362 .729 70.7  
1913 25 CLE AL 14 30 4 12 3 1 0 8 5 0 2 1 .400 .441 .567 1.008 7.1 1.9
    AAA   95 352 56 108 14 6 4 44 11 10 56 59 .307 .402 .415 .817 58.5  
1914 26 CLE AL 26 99 12 25 2 2 1 5 3 5 7 20 .253 .315 .343 .658 10.1 1.3
    AAA   95 298 42 82 10 2 5 41 13 11 58 56 .275 .393 .372 .766 46.8  
1915 27 CLE AL 56 142 25 36 10 1 1 17 1 4 18 21 .254 .348 .359 .707 17.4 4.5
1916 28 CLE AL 32 63 8 16 2 0 0 3 0 4 9 11 .254 .372 .286 .658 7.7 0.9
1917 29 CLE AL 24 47 5 12 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 13 .255 .327 .319 .646 6.4 1.2
1918 30 CLE AL 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3 0.0
  CIN NL 25 54 12 16 4 1 0 8 1 1 7 6 .296 .397 .407 .804 9.0 2.6
  TOT   31 61 14 16 4 1 0 8 1 1 8 8 .262 .366 .361 .727 8.7 2.6
1919 31 CIN NL 22 73 10 12 2 0 0 4 2 1 5 16 .164 .238 .192 .429 2.5 0.0
1920 32 NYA AL 42 69 16 22 3 2 0 11 2 2 11 11 .319 .415 .420 .835 11.6 2.1
1921 33 NYA AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   16 49 3 15 5 0 0 3 1 4 2 9 .306 .333 .408 .741 4.9  
1922 34 AAA   130 501 66 144 32 7 5 94 12 10 56 84 .287 .359 .409 .768 71.2  
10 Years Sim 250 590 96 152 30 7 2 60 15 17 63 103 .258 .344 .342 .686 71.7 14.9
6 Years AAA 509 1871 264 531 105 20 21 240 65 51 282 366 .284 .388 .395 .783 281.8  
1 Years AA 66 221 37 61 4 2 4 20 8 6 44 48 .276 .414 .367 .780 35.3  
7 Years Minors 575 2092 301 592 109 22 25 260 73 57 326 414 .283 .391 .392 .783 317.1  
162 Game Average 382 62 98 19 4 1 38 9 11 40 66 .258 .344 .342 .686 46.5  
Career Highs 56 142 25 36 10 2 1 17 5 5 18 21 .400 .441 .567 1.008 17.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   479 78 126 24 6 2 45 11 14 47 77 .263 .345 .351 .696 53.0
vs LH   111 18 26 6 1 0 15 4 3 16 26 .234 .338 .306 .645 11.9
Home 119 296 48 79 14 4 2 36 11 6 23 51 .267 .337 .361 .699 33.7
Away 131 294 48 73 16 3 0 24 4 11 40 52 .248 .350 .323 .673 31.2
RISP   150 0 33 11 1 1 53 0 0 12 31 .220 .287 .327 .614 13.2
Pinch Hitting   91 13 23 5 1 0 10 0 4 8 21 .253 .330 .330 .660 8.1
Close/Late   112 16 29 8 0 0 17 0 1 13 21 .259 .344 .330 .674 12.4
Mar/Apr 33 89 10 22 1 1 1 8 3 3 4 14 .247 .292 .315 .606 7.2
May 44 108 14 24 2 1 0 2 0 5 12 21 .222 .325 .259 .585 7.4
June 56 151 30 35 9 2 1 18 2 4 17 29 .232 .330 .338 .667 15.2
July 38 68 12 18 2 0 0 7 1 4 12 16 .265 .393 .294 .687 7.6
August 34 61 8 15 3 1 0 6 0 0 4 8 .246 .299 .328 .626 5.6
Sep/Oct 45 113 22 38 13 2 0 19 9 1 14 15 .336 .411 .487 .898 21.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1911 23 CLE AL LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1913 25 CLE AL LF 7 6 56.0 9 1 5 0 .667 1.61 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1914 26 CLE AL LF 24 24 212.3 55 0 1 0 .982 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1915 27 CLE AL LF 35 34 308.7 64 1 2 0 .970 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1916 28 CLE AL LF 15 14 121.0 24 1 3 1 .893 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1917 29 CLE AL LF 10 9 84.0 16 0 1 0 .941 1.71 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1918 30 CLE AL LF 2 2 11.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.27 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CIN NL LF 10 10 98.1 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 1 0 5.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 12 12 110.0 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.37   0.4
      CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
      RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1919 31 CIN NL LF 17 16 152.0 30 2 2 0 .941 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1920 32 NYA AL LF 16 14 129.7 30 1 1 0 .969 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  LF 137 130 1182.7 259 6 15 1 .946 2.02 0 0 .000 0 3.3
  RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   141 130 1198.3 262 6 15 1 .947 2.01 0 0 .000 1 3.3
Career Highs   35 34 308.7 64 2 5 1 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 1  
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1911
Had first career hit (double) on 9/5/1911, off Emil Frisk (PHA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1914, off Stan Coveleski (CHA)
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $589,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland to Cincinnati on 5/16/1918 (Going to CIN: LF Gus Williams. Going to CLE: C Ed Burns, LF Ray Kennedy)
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $589,286 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1919
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 3/6/1920 to a 5-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Injured on 6/17/1922 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 6 weeks
 
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