Gus Williams
HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb
BornMay 7, 1888 · Omaha, NE, USA
MLB debutApril 12, 1911
Final gameJune 18, 1915
Seasons5 (1911–1915)
St. Louis Browns 1911–1915
Percentile snapshot
1914 season — qualified batters
of 164 qualified 1914 batters (min 492 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .296 | .385 | .681 | 84.8 | 90.0 | .321 | 0.0 |
| 1912 | 64 | 246 | 216 | 32 | 63 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 27 | 50 | 18 | 10 | .292 | .370 | .444 | .815 | 130.7 | 134.2 | .390 | 1.5 |
| 1913 | 148 | 605 | 538 | 72 | 147 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 53 | 57 | 87 | 31 | 0 | .273 | .346 | .400 | .746 | 118.1 | 119.6 | .361 | 2.7 |
| 1914 | 144 | 553 | 499 | 51 | 126 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 36 | 120 | 35 | 20 | .253 | .308 | .339 | .647 | 93.5 | 96.8 | .317 | 0.6 |
| 1915 | 45 | 129 | 119 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 1 | .202 | .246 | .277 | .523 | 53.8 | 59.0 | .258 | -0.5 |
Career totals
G
410
PA
1,560
AB
1,398
R
171
H
367
2B
58
3B
31
HR
12
RBI
147
BB
126
SO
278
SB
95
BA
.2625
OBP
.3275
SLG
.3741
OPS
.7016
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913-04-24 | BAL @ CWS Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1913-07-04 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1913-07-26 | BAL @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1913-06-17 | BAL @ NYY Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1912-09-02 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911-04-12 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911-04-13 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911-04-14 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911-04-15 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911-04-16 | CWS @ BAL 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.