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Lem Williams was, at best, a fringe outfielder with a career that can serve as a study in just how far a couple good showings can take you in your career, in his case 1907 and 1911, and a swan song in his final year, 1914.

We’ve given Williams a couple years at the start of his career, and filled in the seasons around 1911, and what emerges is a player with some promise at the start of his career, a very useful peak season at age 27, and then a precipitous collapse, to the point where it would be perfectly reasonable to see him out of the game in 1909. But if he gets some playing time after that, he is marginally useful as a reserve OF from 1910 to 1914.

He drew a walk decently, struck out a bit, but genuinely couldn’t hit very well, even in his best years.

He was average defensively, performing well in the OF–even in CF–at the start of his career, then struggling at the corner OF spots and at 1B as he aged.

Future projections may remove Williams from the project entirely.

Name	Lem Williams
ID / Status	willi01lem / Draft
Pos	OF
DOB / i9s Career	10/12/1879 / 1905 - 1914
Birthplace	Geneva, OH (USA)
Height / Weight	5'11" / 210
B / T	/

 

Batting Projections

Year	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1905	249	58	5	1	0	22	37	5	4	0.233	0.295	0.261	0.556
1906	353	84	9	2	0	35	45	8	6	0.238	0.307	0.275	0.581
1907	474	126	15	8	1	51	67	10	8	0.266	0.337	0.338	0.675
1908	433	85	11	2	0	35	57	13	5	0.196	0.256	0.231	0.487
1909	202	34	7	0	0	12	32	5	2	0.168	0.215	0.203	0.418
1910	227	52	6	1	0	24	32	9	4	0.229	0.303	0.264	0.567
1911	386	105	14	1	0	55	55	11	9	0.272	0.363	0.313	0.676
1912	310	67	13	1	0	34	41	6	5	0.216	0.294	0.265	0.558
1913	195	41	5	1	0	18	32	3	3	0.210	0.277	0.246	0.523
1914	188	50	9	1	0	26	28	3	3	0.266	0.355	0.324	0.680

 

Pitching Projections