John W. Williams (baseball)

John W. Williams
John W. Williams
	Pitcher
	Born: December 3, 1904; South Bend, Indiana
	Died: Unknown
	Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1926, for the Dayton Marcos
Last appearance
	1936, for the Baltimore Elite Giants
Teams
	Dayton Marcos (1926); St. Louis Stars (1927–1930); Indianapolis ABCs (1931–1932); Detroit Stars (1933); Homestead Grays (1933); New York Black Yankees (1936);

John Wesley Williams (December 3, 1904 – death unknown), nicknamed "Big Boy", was an American Negro league pitcher between 1926 and 1936.

A native of South Bend, Indiana, Williams made his Negro leagues debut in 1926 with the Dayton Marcos.[1][2] He spent 1927 through 1930 with the St. Louis Stars, and was credited with a win and a loss in 12 innings pitched in the Stars' 1928 Negro National League championship series victory over the Chicago American Giants.[3]

References

"John Williams". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"John Williams". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"1928 Season NNL I Championship Series". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

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

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