Bobby Williams (baseball)
Appearance
Bobby Williams | |
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Shortstop / Manager | |
Born: New Orleans | September 30, 1895|
Died: December 30, 1978 Pittsburgh | (aged 83)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
debut | |
1917, for the Royal Poinciana | |
Last appearance | |
1948, for the Indianapolis Clowns | |
Managerial record at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
As Player
As Manager |
Bobby Lawns Williams (September 30, 1895 to December 30, 1978) was an American baseball shortstop in the Negro leagues. He attended New Orleans University, and played the first seven or eight years for the Chicago American Giants.[1]
At age 57, Williams received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.[2]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
- Bobby Williams managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com and Seamheads
Categories:
- Negro league baseball managers
- Bacharach Giants players
- Chicago American Giants players
- Cleveland Red Sox players
- Cleveland Tigers (baseball) players
- Homestead Grays players
- Indianapolis ABCs players
- Indianapolis Clowns players
- New York Lincoln Giants players
- Pittsburgh Crawfords players
- 1895 births
- 1978 deaths
- Baseball infielders
- Negro league baseball infielder stubs