Charlie Williams (shortstop)

Charlie Williams
Charlie Williams
	Shortstop
	Born: March 9, 1897; Mobile, Alabama
	Died: July 6, 1931 (aged 34); Chicago, Illinois
	Batted: Unknown Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1921, for the Indianapolis ABCs
Last appearance
	1931, for the Chicago American Giants
Teams
	Indianapolis ABCs (1921); Memphis Red Sox (1925); Chicago American Giants (1926–1931);

Charles Arthur Williams, Jr. (March 9, 1897 – 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.

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