Charles Henry Williams (September 24, 1894 – April 26, 1952), nicknamed "Lefty", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s and 1930s. A native of

Tanners, Virginia Tanners is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia Madison County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,837. Its county seat is Madison. History Madison C ...

, Williams made his Negro leagues debut in 1921 for the Homestead Grays. Except for a short stint with the

Detroit Wolves The Detroit Wolves were a Negro league baseball club that played for the 1932 season only. Founding In 1931 the Negro National League collapsed. It reformed in 1933, but in the interim Detroit was left without a Negro league team, as the Detr ...

in 1932, he played his entire career with the Grays, with his final appearance coming in the 1935 season. Williams died in Homestead, Pennsylvania in 1952 at age 57.

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