Charlie Williams (shortstop)

Charlie Williams

Shortstop

Born: August 1903
Mobile, Alabama

Died: July 6, 1931 (aged 27)
Chicago, Illinois

Batted: Unknown

Threw: Right

Negro league baseball debut

Last appearance

Teams

Charles Arthur Williams, Jr. (August, 1903 – July 6, 1931) was an American baseball shortstop in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1921 to 1931, playing mostly with the Chicago American Giants. Williams died of ptomaine poisoning.^[1]

References

↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

Chicago American Giants 1926 Colored World Series Champions

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Manager Dave Malarcher

Chicago American Giants 1927 Colored World Series Champions

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Manager Dave Malarcher

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