Bobby Williams (baseball)

Bobby L. Williams

Shortstop / Manager

Born: September 30, 1895
New Orleans

Died: December 30, 1978 (aged 83)
Pittsburgh

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

debut

1917, for the Royal Poinciana

Last appearance

1948, for the Indianapolis Clowns

Teams

As Player

Royal Poinciana (1917)
Chicago American Giants (1918–1925), (1928)
Homestead Grays (1926)
Indianapolis ABCs (1926)
Cleveland Tigers (1928)
Lincoln Giants (1928)
Bacharach Giants (1929)
Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931–1932)
Columbus Blue Birds (1933)
Cleveland Giants (1933)
Cleveland Red Sox (1934)
Indianapolis Clowns (1948)

As Manager

Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931)
Cleveland Red Sox (1934)

Bobby Lawns Williams (September 30, 1895 to December 30, 1978) was an African-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

External links

Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

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