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Charlie Williams (shortstop)

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Charlie Williams
Shortstop
Born: August 1903 (1903-08)
Mobile, Alabama
Died: July 6, 1931(1931-07-06) (aged 27)
Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Unknown
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1921, for the Indianapolis ABCs
Last appearance
1931, for the Chicago American Giants
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

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