Johnny Williams

John Henry Williams
(Stringbean)

Born: May 1, 1918 in Shreveport, LA
Died: May 4, 1986 in Shreveport, LA
(68 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'4"

Wt: 180

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Notes:

• Buried: Lincoln Memorial Park (Shreveport, LA)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Tommy Sampson	2B	2	1943	1944	BBB	4.3	2.0	2.1	0.0	0.3
2	Artie Wilson	SS	3	1944	1947	BBB/WES	3.2	2.1	0.9	0.0	0.2
3	Piper Davis	SS	4	1943	1947	BBB/WES	3.1	2.1	0.9	0.0	0.1
4	Sam Hairston	3B	5	1944	1948	IC	3.1	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.1
5	Felix McLaurin	CF	2	1943	1944	BBB	2.2	1.4	0.9	0.0	0.0
6	Reinaldo Drake	CF	4	1945	1948	IC	2.0	1.0	1.1	0.0	-0.1
7	Ed Steele	RF	2	1943	1944	BBB	2.0	2.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2
8	Angel García	SP	3	1945	1948	IC	1.8	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.0
9	Clyde Spearman	RF	1	1943	1943	BBB	1.7	1.4	0.5	0.0	-0.2
10	Peanuts Davis	SP	1	1946	1946	IC	1.3	-0.2	0.1	1.4	0.0
11	Alex Radcliff	3B	3	1944	1946	IC/WES	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.0
12	Henry Merchant	CF	5	1944	1948	IC	1.2	0.2	1.2	0.0	-0.2
13	Lester Lockett	LF	3	1943	1946	BBB/IC	1.2	0.2	1.3	0.0	-0.3
14	John Britton	3B	1	1944	1944	BBB	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
15	Johnny Markham	SP	2	1943	1944	BBB	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
16	Ray Neil	2B	3	1946	1948	IC/WES	1.0	1.2	-0.5	0.0	0.3
17	Ted Strong	RF	1	1948	1948	IC	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
18	Roosevelt Davis	SP	2	1944	1945	IC	0.8	-0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
19	Alfred Saylor	SP	2	1943	1944	BBB	0.8	-0.1	-0.1	1.0	0.0
20	Gready McKinnis	SP	2	1943	1944	BBB	0.8	-0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0
21	Jim Cohen	SP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
22	Fay Washington	SP	2	1944	1945	BBB/IC	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
23	Luis Cabrera	SP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
24	Juan Guilbe	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
25	Alonzo Boone	SP	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
26	Duke Cleveland	RF	2	1946	1947	IC	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
27	Quincy Trouppe	C	2	1946	1947	WES	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
28	Dan Bankhead	RP	4	1943	1947	BBB/WES	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
29	Leovigildo Xiqués	LF	3	1944	1947	IC	0.4	0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
30	Antonio Ruiz	SP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.4	0.5	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
31	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
32	Willie McCrary	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
33	Walter Cannady	3B	1	1944	1944	IC	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
34	Alvin Gipson	SP	2	1943	1944	BBB	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
35	Gentry Jessup	RP	3	1943	1947	BBB/WES	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
36	Manuel Godínez	RP	3	1946	1948	IC	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
37	Albert Overton	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
38	Hoss Walker	SS	5	1943	1947	BBB/IC	0.3	-1.0	1.0	0.0	0.2
39	Gene Smith	SS	1	1946	1946	IC	0.3	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
40	Bill Barnes	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
41	Cowan Hyde	LF	1	1946	1946	WES	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Ted Radcliffe	C	2	1943	1944	BBB	0.2	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1
43	Jack Marshall	SS	1	1944	1944	IC	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
44	Babe Charter	RF	1	1943	1943	BBB	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
45	Willie Cathey	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
46	Paul Hardy	C	1	1943	1943	BBB	0.2	-0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
47	Dave Harper	RF	1	1944	1944	IC	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
48	Johnie Scott	LF	2	1944	1946	BBB/WES	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
49	José Velásquez	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
50	Vicente Villafañe	RF	1	1947	1947	IC	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
51	Sam Jethroe	CF	2	1946	1947	WES	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
52	Willie Burns	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
53	Felix Evans	RP	1	1946	1946	WES	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
54	Clyde Nelson	3B	1	1946	1946	WES	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
55	Fermín Valdés	2B	1	1944	1944	IC	0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
56	Pedro Regalado	SS	1	1945	1945	IC	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
57	Luis Pérez	3B	1	1948	1948	IC	0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
58	Earl Bumpus	RP	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
59	Willie Grace	RF	1	1946	1946	WES	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Goose Tatum	1B	4	1945	1948	IC/WES	0.1	0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.3
61	Buddy Armour	RF	1	1947	1947	WES	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Chuck Wilson	RF	1	1948	1948	IC	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
63	Spoon Carter	RP	1	1947	1947	WES	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
64	Rafael Cabrera	CF	2	1944	1948	IC	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
65	Tomás Quiñones	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
66	Les Witherspoon	LF	1	1948	1948	IC	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
67	John Henry McQueen	-	1	1944	1944	IC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	T. J. Brown	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Herb Souell	-	1	1947	1947	WES	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Bob Boyd	1B	1	1947	1947	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	José Colás	LF	1	1947	1947	WES	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Leonard Pigg	C	2	1947	1948	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Harry Jeffries	C	1	1944	1944	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Harrington	1B	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	English	1B	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Chet Brewer	RP	1	1947	1947	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Leamon Johnson	SS	1	1943	1943	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Lefty Calhoun	RP	1	1946	1946	IC	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
79	Kine	C	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	John Huber	SP	3	1943	1947	BBB/IC	0.0	0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
81	Baird	-	1	1946	1946	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Armour	-	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	John Brown	-	1	1946	1946	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Richard King	1B	2	1945	1948	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Raymond Taylor	-	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Willie Wells	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Bad News Hall	3B	1	1944	1944	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Leon Kellman	-	1	1947	1947	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Koney Williams	SS	1	1948	1948	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Bailey	-	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Alex Colthirst	SS	1	1948	1948	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Tice James	SS	1	1946	1946	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Leroy Sutton	-	1	1945	1945	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Harold Millon	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Henderson	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Jim West	1B	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Chico Renfroe	-	1	1946	1946	WES	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Pee Wee Jenkins	-	1	1944	1944	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
99	Jimmie Bennett	RP	2	1945	1948	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
100	Leroy Cromartie	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
101	Ladd White	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
102	Felix Terry	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
103	Sylvester Carlisle	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Leandy Young	LF	1	1944	1944	BBB	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Sam Jackson	1B	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
106	Fred Wilson	RF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Ford Smith	RP	1	1947	1947	WES	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
108	Weedy Edwards	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
109	Greene Farmer	-	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Sherwood Brewer	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
111	Jim Colzie	RP	2	1946	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
112	Art Pennington	CF	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
113	Vibert Clarke	RP	2	1946	1947	WES	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
114	Henry Smith	SS	2	1944	1945	IC	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.2
115	Philly Holmes	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
116	Carrenza Howard	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
117	Herman Bell	C	1	1943	1943	BBB	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Jim Daniels	RP	1	1943	1943	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
119	James Brown	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
120	Sylvester Snead	LF	1	1946	1946	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
121	Archie Ware	1B	1	1946	1946	WES	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Andy Porter	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
123	Hosea Allen	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
124	Alphonso Gerard	RF	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
125	Leonard Lindsay	1B	3	1943	1947	BBB/IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
126	Ollie Smith	-	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
127	Amos Watson	RP	2	1945	1946	IC	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
128	Robert Abernathy	LF	1	1947	1947	IC/WES	-0.3	-0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.1
129	Cornelius Cook	-	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
130	Preacher Henry	RP	3	1946	1948	IC	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
131	Benny Felder	SS	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
132	Tom Hunter	-	1	1944	1944	BBB	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
133	Newt Allen	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
134	Johnny Ray	RF	2	1944	1945	IC	-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
135	Lázaro Medina	RP	2	1944	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
136	Walter Gibbons	-	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
137	Lamb Barbee	RF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
138	Bill Blair	-	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
139	Raúl Navarro	LF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
140	Specs Ellis	-	1	1944	1944	BBB	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
141	Jimmie Newberry	RP	2	1943	1944	BBB	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
142	Sam Odom	-	1	1946	1946	IC	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
143	Alphonse Dunn	1B	1	1943	1943	BBB	-0.5	0.5	-0.9	0.0	-0.1
144	Leroy Morney	CF	2	1943	1944	BBB	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
145	Buster Haywood	C	5	1944	1948	IC/WES	-0.8	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.2
146	Armando Vázquez	1B	3	1944	1947	IC	-0.8	0.6	-0.9	-0.3	-0.2
147	Coco Ferrer	SS	3	1946	1948	IC	-0.8	-0.5	-0.6	0.0	0.2
148	Andrés Mesa	LF	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.9	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
149	Pepper Bassett	C	2	1944	1947	MULT	-1.5	-0.3	-0.2	-1.0	0.1

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