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Gus Williams

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: May 7, 1888 in Omaha, NE us

Died: April 16, 1964 in Sterling, IL

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Sterling, IL

Debut: April 12, 1911 (Age 22-340d, 3,441st in major league history)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: June 18, 1915 (Age 27-042d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: August Joseph Williams

Nicknames: Gloomy Gus

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Relatives: Brother of Harry Williams

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

1398

367

.263

171

RBI

147

OBP

.328

SLG

.374

OPS

.702

OPS+

110

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-29 / in Starts: 12-18
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 131 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	23 (11-8-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 131 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	79 (37-27-14)

Most Driven In
D Pratt	1
D Lavan	1
D Kauffman	1
S Agnew	1
Self	1
T Walker	0

Most Driven In By
D Lavan	3
S Agnew	2
Self	1
T Walker	1
J Leary	1
J Austin	0
D Kauffman	0

1915 Batting Game Log

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1915 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	366	1	Apr 14	SLB		CHW	L,6-7	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		1						6						PR
2	367	2	Apr 15	SLB		CHW	L,0-16	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
3	368	4 (1)	Apr 17	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.90	-0.022	1.93	-0.03%	-0.20	PH
4	369	5	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	L,1-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	7						PR
5	370	6	Apr 19	SLB		CLE	W,7-2	0-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				1		.333	.333	.333	.667	3						RF
6	371	7	Apr 20	SLB		CLE	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.143	.143	.143	.286	3						RF
7	372	8	Apr 21	SLB		CLE	L,1-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.125	.125	.125	.250	8						PH
8	373	9	Apr 22	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.500	.750	3	.86	0.236	1.60	0.26%	1.56	RF
9	374	10	Apr 23	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.250	.250	.438	.688	3	1.13	-0.079	1.89	-0.08%	-0.44	RF
10	375	11	Apr 24	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	3-GF	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.263	.263	.526	.789	3	.89	0.000	1.28	0.00%	0.25	PH RF
11	376	13 (1)	Apr 26	SLB	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.304	.304	.522	.826	3						RF
12	377	15 (1)	Apr 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.259	.259	.444	.704	3						RF
13	378	16	Apr 29	SLB	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.226	.226	.387	.613	3						RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	379	17	May 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.222	.417	.639	6	1.65	0.147	1.40	0.08%	0.10	RF
15	380	18	May 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS-5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0		.216	.237	.405	.642	6	1.79	-0.006	1.68	0.00%	0.15	RF
16	381	19	May 4	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.225	.244	.400	.644	6						RF
17	382	20	May 5	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.217	.356	.573	6						RF
18	383	21	May 7	SLB		DET	L,2-11	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.200	.217	.356	.573	4						RF
19	384	24 (2)	May 11	SLB		PHA	L,0-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.200	.217	.356	.573	4						PR
20	385	26 (1)	May 13	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.204	.220	.347	.567	7						RF
21	386	27	May 15	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	0				0		.192	.222	.327	.549	6						RF
22	387	28	May 16	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG(11)	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				2		.228	.254	.368	.623	6						RF
23	388	29	May 17	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				1		.217	.254	.350	.604	6						RF
24	389	30	May 20	SLB		NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.219	.254	.344	.597	5						RF
25	390	31	May 21	SLB		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.235	.268	.368	.635	5						RF
26	391	32	May 22	SLB		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.236	.267	.361	.628	5	.87	-0.084	.48	-0.03%	-0.19	RF
27	392	33	May 23	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.227	.256	.347	.603	5						RF
28	393	34	May 24	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1		.228	.256	.342	.598	5						RF
29	394	35	May 29 (1)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.232	.267	.341	.609	5						RF
30	395	36	May 29 (2)	SLB		DET	T,3-3	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.229	.264	.337	.602	5						RF
31	396	37	May 30 (1)	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.239	.272	.341	.613	5						RF
32	397	38	May 30 (2)	SLB		DET	T,2-2	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.236	.269	.337	.606	5						RF
33	398	39	May 31 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-12	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.236	.269	.337	.606	5	1.61	-0.020	1.11	-0.01%	-0.18	RF
34	399	40	May 31 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	0				0		.226	.258	.323	.580	5						RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	400	41	Jun 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.216	.248	.309	.557	5						RF
36	401	42	Jun 2	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG(6)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.220	.250	.310	.560	5	.44	-0.013	.24	0.00%	-0.30	RF
37	402	43	Jun 4	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		1		.221	.250	.308	.558	5	1.04	0.059	.59	0.02%	0.30	RF
38	403	44	Jun 5	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1		.224	.259	.308	.567	5	.79	0.017	.42	0.01%	0.42	RF
39	404	47 (2)	Jun 9	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.222	.257	.306	.562	9						PH
40	405	48	Jun 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0		.218	.265	.300	.565	5						RF
41	406	50 (1)	Jun 12	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-9	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.218	.265	.300	.565	9	.40	-0.010	.13	0.00%	0.08	PH
42	407	51	Jun 14 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-12	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.209	.254	.287	.541	5	.41	-0.048	.13	-0.01%	-0.80	RF
43	408	52	Jun 14 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		1		.202	.246	.277	.523	5	2.13	0.055	.57	0.01%	-0.17	RF
44	409	54 (1)	Jun 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,10-11	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.200	.244	.275	.519	9						PH
45	410	55	Jun 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.198	.242	.273	.515	9						PH
							14-29		131	121	15	24	2	2	1	7	6	0	16	1	2		2		11		.198	.242	.273	.515		1.07	0.232	.90	0.21%	0.57

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