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Bobby Williams (baseball)

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Bobby Williams
Shortstop / Manager
Born: (1895-09-30)September 30, 1895
New Orleans
Died: December 30, 1978(1978-12-30) (aged 83)
Pittsburgh
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
debut
1917, for the Royal Poinciana
Last appearance
1948, for the Indianapolis Clowns
Managerial record at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
As Player

As Manager

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

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