# Dewey Williams
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{{Short description|American baseball player (1916–2000)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Dewey Williams
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|image=Dewey Williams 1950.jpg
|width=170px
|caption=Williams with the [Seattle Rainiers](/source/Seattle_Rainiers), circa 1950
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1916|2|5}}
|birth_place=[Durham, North Carolina](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina), U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|2000|3|19|1916|2|5}}
|death_place=[Williston, North Dakota](/source/Williston%2C_North_Dakota), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 28
|debutyear=1944
|debutteam=Chicago Cubs
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 26
|finalyear=1948
|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.233
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=3
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=37
|teams=
*[Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) (1944–1947)
*[Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) (1948)
}}
'''Dewey Edgar Williams''' (February 5, 1916 – March 19, 2000) nicknamed "Dee", was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player. A [catcher](/source/catcher), he appeared in 193 [games played](/source/games_played) in the [Major Leagues](/source/Major_League_Baseball) between {{baseball year|1944}} and {{baseball year|1948}}, and was a member of the [1945 Chicago Cubs](/source/1945_Chicago_Cubs_season), until {{by|2016}} the most recent Cub team to win a [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)) pennant.
Williams was a native of [Durham, North Carolina](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina). He threw and batted [right-handed](/source/right-handed), stood {{convert|6|ft}} tall and weighed {{convert|160|lb}}, a slender frame for a catcher.
==Career==
His professional career lasted for 18 seasons, however (1937–54). In June 1944, he was acquired by the Cubs after he [batted](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) .313 in 48 games for the [Toronto Maple Leafs](/source/Toronto_Maple_Leafs_(International_League)) of the top-level [International League](/source/International_League).[[Baseball Reference](/source/Baseball_Reference) [https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=willia002dew minor league page]] During his [rookie](/source/rookie) 1944 campaign, Williams appeared in an MLB-career-high 79 games (77 as a catcher), and batted .240 with 27 [runs batted in](/source/runs_batted_in).
In {{baseball year|1945}}, the following season, Williams was the Cubbies' third-string catcher (behind [Mickey Livingston](/source/Mickey_Livingston) and [Paul Gillespie](/source/Paul_Gillespie)); nevertheless, he appeared in 59 games and slugged two of his three career MLB [home runs](/source/home_runs) that season. He remained on the Cub roster for the [1945 World Series](/source/1945_World_Series) and played in two games. As a [pinch hitter](/source/pinch_hitter) in Game 5, Williams [struck out](/source/strikeout) against [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers)' ace [left-hander](/source/left-handed) [Hal Newhouser](/source/Hal_Newhouser).[[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1945/B10070CHN1945.htm 1945 World Series Game 5 box score from Retrosheet]] He was a defensive replacement in Game 6, catching the last three [innings](/source/inning_(baseball)), [grounding out](/source/ground_ball) in his only [at bat](/source/at_bat) (against [Dizzy Trout](/source/Dizzy_Trout)), and handling two [chances](/source/chance_(baseball)) without an [error](/source/error_(baseball)).[[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1945/B10080CHN1945.htm 1945 World Series Game 6 box score from Retrosheet]] The Cubs split the two games in which Williams played, but the Tigers prevailed in seven games to win the 1945 world championship.
He later spent time in the minor leagues, catching for the [Seattle Rainiers](/source/Seattle_Rainiers) in the [Pacific Coast League](/source/Pacific_Coast_League) (PCL) in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=w/willide02 |brm=willia002dew}}, or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwilld109.htm Retrosheet], or [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/b5728a34 SABR Biography Project]
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