Earl Williams | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Cumberland Gap, Tennessee | January 27, 1903|
Died: March 10, 1958 Knoxville, Tennessee | (aged 55)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 27, 1928, for the Boston Braves | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 2, 1928, for the Boston Braves | |
MLB statistics | |
Games played | 3 |
At bats | 2 |
Hits | 0 |
Earl Baxter Williams (January 27, 1903 – March 10, 1958) was a professional baseball player. He played three games in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves in 1928, two as a pinch hitter and one as a catcher.
Williams was a catcher at Maryville College (1921-1924). He broke into organized baseball in 1924 with the Morristown Roosters of the Appalachian League.[citation needed] After four seasons of independent league ball, he was drafted by the Boston Braves from the Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League in the 1927 rule 5 draft.
He made his major league debut on May 27, 1928. He was hitless in two at bats with a strikeout in three games. He continued to play minor league ball through 1932.
Williams was a World War II veteran.[citation needed] He was a collector for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for twenty years.[citation needed] He died at age 55 at St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee from an apparent heart attack on March 10, 1958, and is buried at Highland Memorial Cemetery in Knoxville.