Bobby Williams
Chicago American Giants 1918–1925; Indianapolis ABCs 1926; Chicago American Giants 1928; Cleveland Tigers 1928; New York Lincoln Giants 1928; Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 1929; Pittsburgh Crawfords 1932; Cleveland Red Sox 1934
Percentile snapshot
1925 season — qualified batters
of 163 qualified 1925 batters (min 291 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 11 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .237 | .200 | .437 | 42.6 | 28.4 | .225 | -0.1 |
| 1919 | 41 | 164 | 147 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .283 | .265 | .548 | 60.8 | 54.6 | .269 | -0.1 |
| 1920 | 51 | 204 | 180 | 20 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .222 | .286 | .261 | .547 | 68.2 | 64.0 | .275 | 0.1 |
| 1921 | 73 | 280 | 240 | 33 | 47 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 4 | .196 | .274 | .271 | .545 | 61.6 | 54.2 | .268 | -0.1 |
| 1922 | 73 | 292 | 253 | 42 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .225 | .295 | .289 | .584 | 64.7 | 57.4 | .280 | -0.1 |
| 1923 | 75 | 289 | 264 | 30 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .250 | .285 | .284 | .569 | 54.2 | 48.9 | .269 | -0.4 |
| 1924 | 76 | 315 | 277 | 57 | 75 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 2 | .271 | .333 | .354 | .687 | 90.0 | 88.4 | .328 | 1.0 |
| 1925 | 84 | 348 | 302 | 43 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .209 | .260 | .265 | .525 | 49.4 | 41.4 | .247 | -0.7 |
| 1926 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 | .350 | .333 | .683 | 81.9 | 76.9 | .326 | 0.0 |
| 1928 | 42 | 164 | 140 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .179 | .268 | .207 | .475 | 40.0 | 29.4 | .238 | -0.6 |
| 1929 | 14 | 45 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .286 | .216 | .502 | 37.6 | 24.2 | .255 | -0.2 |
| 1932 | 17 | 57 | 51 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .137 | .200 | .196 | .396 | 16.0 | 3.2 | .194 | -0.4 |
| 1934 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -88.6 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.0 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923-07-21 | DTS @ CAG Gameday | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 1922-07-07 | DTS @ CAG Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1923-08-25 | KCM @ CAG Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1923-09-01 | CAG @ DTS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1920-06-03 | CUB @ CAG Gameday | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920-05-09 | CHG @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920-05-16 | DAY @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920-05-22 | DAY @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920-05-23 | KCM @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920-05-24 | KCM @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.