Lefty Williams Stats & Facts

Lefty Williams Stats & Facts

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    Lefty Williams Position: PitcherBats: Right  •  Throws: Left5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)Born: March 9, 1893 in Aurora, MODied: November 4, 1959 (Aged 66-240d) in Laguna Beach, CABuried: Melrose Abbey Cemetery, Anaheim, CADebut: September 17, 1913 (Age 20-192d, 4,017th in MLB history)vs. WSH 9.0 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, WLast Game: September 25, 1920 (Age 27-200d)vs. CLE 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, WFull Name: Claude Preston WilliamsView Player Bio from the SABR BioProject  …

The Dodgers win 4 straight to win 1981 World Series
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The Dodgers win 4 straight to win 1981 World Series

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Entering Game 6 of the World Series in the fifth inning, Yankee right-hander George Frazier, relieving starter Tommy John, gives up three go-ahead runs in the team’s 9-2 elimination loss to the Dodgers at Yankee Stadium. The 27 year-old right-hander becomes the first pitcher to lose three games in a best of seven World Series, and the second hurler to drop that many decisions in any Fall Classic, joining White Sox southpaw Lefty Williams, who also lost a trio of games in the best-of-nine series played in 1919.

Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspends eight members of the Chicago White Sox for their alleged involvement in the fixing of the 1919 World Series

Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspends eight members of the Chicago White Sox for their alleged involvement in the fixing of the 1919 World Series

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    On March 12, 1921, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspends eight members of the Chicago White Sox for their alleged involvement in the fixing of the 1919 World Series. The group includes outfielder Joe Jackson, who batted .375 in the Series. Others banned are Eddie Cicotte, Oscar “Happy” Felsch, Arnold “Chick” Gandil, Fred McMullin,…

100 Years Later: The Scandal That Rocked Baseball – The 1919 Black Sox Indictments

100 Years Later: The Scandal That Rocked Baseball – The 1919 Black Sox Indictments

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1920 – Eight members of the Chicago White Sox are indicted for supposedly throwing the 1919 World Series. Although considered heavy favorites to win the Series, the White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds in eight games in what will become known as the Black Sox Scandal.

The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names of former featherweight boxing champ Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns in the World Series scandal

The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names of former featherweight boxing champ Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns in the World Series scandal

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1920 – The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names of former featherweight boxing champ Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in the World Series scandal. Confessions, later repudiated, are signed by Ed Cicotte, Joe Jackson, Lefty Williams, and Happy Felsch.

Cincinnati Reds wrap up the most tainted World Series in history by defeating the Chicago White Sox, 10-5
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Cincinnati Reds wrap up the most tainted World Series in history by defeating the Chicago White Sox, 10-5

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On October 9, 1919, At Comiskey Park the Cincinnati Reds wrap up the most tainted World Series in history by defeating the Chicago White Sox, 10-5. Lefty Williams, one of the eight “Black Sox,” allows four runs in the first inning and retires only one batter… The White Sox drop the World Series to the…

Black Sox Commit three errors and lose game 5
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Black Sox Commit three errors and lose game 5

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On October 6, 1919, the Chicago White Sox committed three errors in losing the fifth game of the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. After a Sunday rainout‚ Hod Eller blanks the Sox on 3 hits‚ fanning 6 in a row-Gandil‚ Risberg‚ Ray Schalk‚ Williams‚ Leibold‚ and Eddie Collins-in the 2nd and 3rd. Once again…

Ray Schalk attacks Lefty Williams after game 2 of the World Series
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Ray Schalk attacks Lefty Williams after game 2 of the World Series

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1919 – The Chicago White Sox lose the second game of the World Series, 4 – 2, to the Cincinnati Reds. Lefty Williams, one of eight Sox players involved in a Series-fixing scandal, walks three men in the fourth inning. After the game, he is confronted and attacked by Sox catcher Ray Schalk.

On Babe Ruth day at Fenway Park the Bambino ties Ned Williamson’s major league mark of 27 home runs in a season

On Babe Ruth day at Fenway Park the Bambino ties Ned Williamson’s major league mark of 27 home runs in a season

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1919 – On Babe Ruth day at Fenway Park, the Bambino ties Ned Williamson’s major league mark of 27 home runs in a season with a game-winner off Lefty Williams of the Chicago White Sox. Ruth also scores the winning run in both ends of the doubleheader. Ironically, it will be the last game he plays for the Boston Red Sox in Fenway. Four days later he will hit number 28 over the roof of the Polo Grounds.

Walter Johnson pitches the longest shutout in history 18 innings winning 1-0

Walter Johnson pitches the longest shutout in history 18 innings winning 1-0

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On May 15, 1918, Walter Johnson pitches an 18-inning shutout against the Chicago White Sox. Johnson, the ace of the Washington Senators’ staff, outduels Claude “Lefty” Williams, 1-0, in pitching the longest shutout victory in major league history. The game that features no substitutes and no errors‚ The Nationals finally push across a run in…