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Smokey Joe
Williams		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 6, 1885 in Usa, TX, SEGUIN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year Award 1917   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1917 32 BOS AL $ 300,000 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 8 8 8
1918 33 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 9 10 10 8 9 9 7 7 7
1919 34 PHI NL $ 300,000 9 9 9 9 8 9 8 6 6 6
1920 35 PHI NL $ 300,000 8 9 9 9 8 9 8 6 6 6
1921 36 PHI NL $ 3,250,000 8 8 9 9 8 9 8 6 6 6
1922 37 PIT NL $ 3,350,000 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 6 6 6
1923 38 PIT NL $ 3,350,000 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 4 4 4
1924 39 PIT NL $ 3,350,000 7 2 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 2 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,350,000 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 8 8 8
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
1917 32 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
1918 33 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
1919 34 PHI NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
1920 35 PHI NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
1921 36 PHI NL $ 3,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
1922 37 PIT NL $ 3,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
1923 38 PIT NL $ 3,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
1924 39 PIT NL $ 3,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1917 32 BOS AL 23 9 .719 42 42 29 7 0 365.7 298 94 9 72 297 2.31 .224 .265 .313 .578 34.1
1918 33 BOS AL 25 14 .641 42 42 34 6 0 357.0 307 109 11 72 284 2.75 .229 .271 .326 .597 23.8
1919 34 PHI NL 12 13 .480 28 28 22 2 0 238.7 240 98 24 70 165 3.70 .264 .318 .405 .723 11.4
1920 35 PHI NL 21 13 .618 38 38 27 2 0 325.7 300 132 32 99 214 3.65 .246 .305 .401 .706 22.1
1921 36 PHI NL 20 14 .588 37 37 24 0 0 299.3 312 150 51 88 189 4.51 .266 .318 .475 .794 19.9
1922 37 PHI NL 4 11 .267 19 19 12 0 0 153.7 140 78 19 54 97 4.57 .239 .308 .407 .715 5.7
  PIT NL 10 9 .526 19 19 12 0 0 154.7 169 78 22 49 73 4.54 .273 .331 .459 .790 9.6
  TOT   14 20 .412 38 38 24 0 0 308.3 309 156 41 103 170 4.55 .256 .320 .434 .753 15.3
1923 38 PIT NL 16 12 .571 36 36 18 1 0 283.0 288 130 28 103 134 4.13 .264 .330 .417 .747 20.6
1924 39 PIT NL 2 1 .667 13 2 1 0 0 29.7 39 21 5 9 8 6.37 .315 .363 .460 .823 0.6
8 Years Sim 133 96 .581 274 263 179 18 0 2207.3 2093 890 201 616 1461 3.63 .249 .303 .394 .697 147.7
Season Average 16 12 .571 34 32 22 2 0 275.9 261 111 25 77 182 3.63 .249 .303 .394 .697  
Career Highs 25 20 .719 42 42 34 7 0 365.7 312 156 51 103 297 6.37 .315 .363 .475 .823  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   900 357 75 208 797   .227 .265 .351 .617
vs LH   1193 533 126 408 664   .270 .331 .432 .763
Home 69 47 .595 137 131 92 9 0 1122.0 1074 457 107 309 726 3.67 .252 .303 .399 .702
Away 64 49 .566 137 132 86 9 0 1085.3 1019 433 94 307 735 3.59 .246 .298 .388 .686
Mar/Apr 16 7 .696 28 26 21 1 0 228.3 213 91 23 56 168 3.59 .243 .289 .408 .697
May 18 20 .474 51 48 29 1 0 405.7 387 167 41 116 291 3.71 .253 .305 .401 .707
June 28 15 .651 52 51 34 7 0 425.6 381 158 34 129 287 3.34 .239 .296 .374 .670
July 27 18 .600 51 50 32 4 0 418.3 371 158 29 128 286 3.40 .239 .297 .364 .660
August 25 17 .595 50 48 31 3 0 395.3 401 174 36 100 231 3.96 .260 .305 .398 .703
Sep/Oct 19 19 .500 42 40 36 2 0 334.0 340 142 38 87 198 3.83 .263 .309 .429 .738
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
1917 32 BOS AL 42 112 10 18 0 1 1 11 0 0 6 36 .161 .210 .205 .415 3.8 0.0
1918 33 BOS AL 42 119 8 15 1 1 0 8 0 0 4 32 .126 .153 .151 .304 0.3 0.0
1919 34 PHI NL 28 87 9 13 0 0 0 7 1 1 3 24 .149 .178 .149 .327 -0.5 0.0
1920 35 PHI NL 38 111 8 21 2 1 1 5 2 1 4 21 .189 .217 .252 .470 5.1 0.0
1921 36 PHI NL 37 105 11 26 2 0 1 8 0 0 5 21 .248 .277 .295 .572 10.0 0.1
1922 37 PHI NL 19 55 4 9 0 0 0 5 1 1 2 7 .164 .193 .164 .357 0.7 0.0
  PIT NL 19 53 6 7 1 1 0 5 0 1 2 8 .132 .164 .189 .352 0.3 0.0
  TOT   38 108 10 16 1 1 0 10 1 2 4 15 .148 .179 .176 .354 1.0 0.0
1923 38 PIT NL 36 88 11 16 1 0 0 9 0 0 4 20 .182 .223 .193 .417 4.0 0.0
1924 39 PIT NL 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0
8 Years Sim 274 736 67 125 7 4 3 59 4 4 31 170 .170 .204 .202 .407 23.6 0.1
162 Game Average 435 39 73 4 2 1 34 2 2 18 100 .170 .204 .202 .407 14.0  
Career Highs 42 119 11 26 2 1 1 11 2 2 6 36 .248 .277 .295 .572 10.0  
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   571 52 92 7 2 3 40 4 2 22 137 .161 .192 .196 .388 13.0
vs LH   165 15 33 0 2 0 19 0 2 9 33 .200 .246 .224 .470 7.3
Home 137 354 36 66 3 3 2 37 1 4 17 81 .186 .227 .229 .455 14.2
Away 132 382 31 59 4 1 1 22 3 0 14 89 .154 .183 .178 .361 6.2
RISP   201 0 34 2 2 1 56 0 0 7 47 .169 .193 .214 .407 5.8
Close/Late   76 5 16 0 1 0 10 0 0 2 15 .211 .241 .237 .477 3.5
Mar/Apr 26 71 5 12 1 0 1 4 0 1 2 20 .169 .192 .225 .417 1.9
May 48 137 9 15 0 2 0 15 1 1 6 41 .109 .151 .139 .289 -1.2
June 51 147 11 30 2 0 0 12 0 1 5 31 .204 .229 .218 .446 5.6
July 51 140 16 28 1 2 0 11 0 0 5 27 .200 .226 .236 .462 6.2
August 50 131 16 24 1 0 1 8 3 1 7 30 .183 .225 .214 .438 5.5
Sep/Oct 40 110 10 16 2 0 1 9 0 0 6 21 .145 .197 .191 .387 2.4
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    
1917 32 BOS AL P 42 42 365.7 28 56 4 4 .955 2.07    
1918 33 BOS AL P 42 42 357.0 23 59 4 2 .953 2.07    
1919 34 PHI NL P 28 28 238.7 20 56 2 4 .974 2.87    
1920 35 PHI NL P 38 38 325.7 27 82 2 5 .982 3.01    
1921 36 PHI NL P 37 37 299.3 22 62 3 1 .966 2.53    
1922 37 PHI NL P 19 19 153.7 9 32 2 2 .953 2.40    
  PIT NL P 19 19 154.7 9 33 2 2 .955 2.44    
  TOT   P 38 38 308.3 18 65 4 4 .954 2.42    
1923 38 PIT NL P 36 36 283.0 15 56 5 2 .934 2.26    
1924 39 PIT NL P 13 2 29.7 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.12    
Career Totals   274 263 2207.3 156 440 24 23 .961 2.43    
Career Highs   42 42 365.7 28 82 5 5 1.000 3.01    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1918 33 BOS AL 0 3 .000 3 3 3 0 0 25.0 21 14 4 10 19 5.04 .231 .307 .473 .779
1920 35 PHI NL 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 17.7 25 10 0 3 8 5.10 .357 .384 .543 .926
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 5 .000 5 5 5 0 0 42.7 46 24 4 13 27 5.06 .286 .339 .503 .842
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1918 33 BOS AL 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111
1920 35 PHI NL 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 5 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .063 .000 .063
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1917-2-2.31
 Wins
1917-6-23
1918-1-25
1920-5-21
1921-6-20
 Losses
1921-9-14
1922-1-20
 Winning Pct
1917-3-.719
1918-8-.641
1920-9-.618
1921-10-.588
CAR-24-.581
 Games Pitched
1917-3-42
1918-2-42
 Games Started
1917-2-42
1918-1-42
1921-7-37
1922-8-38
Complete Games
1917-8-29
1918-3-34
1920-9-27
1921-10-24
1922-7-24
 Shutouts
1917-1-7
1918-3-6
1919-4-2
1920-6-2
1923-7-1
CAR-49-18
 Innings Pitched
1917-2-365.7
1918-5-357.0
1922-7-308.3
 Hits Allowed
1917-9-298
1918-10-307
1922-10-309
 Homeruns Allowed
1917-7-9
1918-4-11
1919-2-24
1920-1-32
1921-1-51
1922-1-41
1923-4-28
CAR-5-201
 Strikeouts
1917-1-297
1918-1-284
1919-6-165
1920-3-214
1921-4-189
1922-3-170
1923-6-134
CAR-39-1461
Walks Allowed
1920-8-99
1922-8-103
1923-9-103
 Walks per 9IP
1917-9-1.8
1918-9-1.8
 Hits per 9IP
1917-7-7.3
1918-7-7.7
1920-6-8.3
1921-6-9.4
1922-5-9.0
1923-8-9.2
CAR-30-8.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1917-1-7.3
1918-1-7.2
1919-4-6.2
1920-3-5.9
1921-4-5.7
1922-5-5.0
1923-4-4.3
CAR-7-6.0
 WHiP
1917-2-1.01
1918-5-1.06
1920-7-1.23
1921-5-1.34
1922-6-1.34
1923-8-1.38
CAR-44-1.23
 OAVG
1917-7-.224
1918-6-.229
1920-6-.246
1921-7-.266
1922-4-.256
1923-8-.264
CAR-26-.249
OOBP
1917-2-.265
1918-4-.271
1920-7-.305
1921-4-.318
1922-6-.320
1923-9-.330
CAR-36-.303
 OOPS
1917-6-.578
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 18    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 120    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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  1. Vic Keen (944)
  2. John Burke (944)
  3. Slim Harriss (928)
  4. Willie Foster (927)
  5. Dummy Deegan (913)
  6. Rube Waddell (910)
  7. Jesse Whiting (908)
  8. Heinie Meine (906)
  9. Ralph Comstock (905)
  10. Doc Newton (904)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Vic Willis (987)
  2. Cy Vorhees (986)
  3. Ed Siever (985)
  4. Firpo Marberry (984)
  5. Gus Dorner (983)
  6. Mordecai Brown (983)
  7. Pat Ragan (978)
  8. Sam Leever (978)
  9. Sam Jones (977)
  10. Joe Rogan (976)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1917
Traded from Pittsburgh to Boston (A) on 3/13/1917 (Going to PIT: P Stan Baumgartner, SS Jimmy Johnston, RF Eddie Murphy, CF Claude Cooper, SS Joe Dugan. Going to BOS: P Smokey Joe Williams)
Earned first career win on 4/11/1917
Had first career hit on 4/15/1917, off Lefty Tyler (CLE)
Struck out 16 batters against Washington on 6/9/1917
Won Player of the Week award on 6/11/1917, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1917, going 6-0, 1.17
Won Player of the Week award on 9/24/1917, winning 2 games with a 3.50 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1917, off King Brady (WAS)
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1917, going 23-9, 2.31 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1918, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Traded from Boston (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 3/16/1919 (Going to PHI: P Smokey Joe Williams. Going to BOS: P Red Sox Bait)
Injured on 8/18/1919 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 7-8 weeks
2/18/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1921: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $3,350,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Philadelphia (N) to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1922 (Going to PHI: 2B Heinie Scheer, SS Jackie Tavener. Going to PIT: P Smokey Joe Williams)
10/17/1924: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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