Dewey Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1916
Place of Birth: Durham, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 19-Mar-2000
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Dewey Williams
- Dewey Edgar Williams (February 5, 1916 – March 19, 2000) nicknamed "Dee", was an American professional baseball player.
- A catcher, he appeared in 193 games played in the Major Leagues between 1944 and 1948, and was a member of the 1945 Chicago Cubs, until 2016 the most recent Cub team to win a National League pennant. Williams was a native of Durham, North Carolina.
- He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 160 pounds (73 kg), a slender frame for a catcher.
- His professional career lasted for 18 seasons, however (1937–54).
- In June 1944, he was acquired by the Cubs after he batted .313 in 48 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the top-level International League.
- During his rookie 1944 campaign, Williams appeared in an MLB-career-high 79 games (77 as a catcher), and batted .240 with 27 runs batted in. In 1945, the following season, Williams was the Cubbies' third-string catcher (behind Mickey Livingston and Paul Gillespie); nevertheless, he appeared in 59 games and slugged two of his three career MLB home runs that season.
- He remained on the Cub roster for the 1945 World Series, and played in two games.
- As a pinch hitter in Game 5, Williams struck out against Detroit Tigers' ace left-hander Hal Newhouser.
- He was a defensive replacement in Game 6, catching the last three innings, grounding out in his only at bat (against Dizzy Trout), and handling two chances without an error.
- The Cubs split the two games in which Williams played, but the Tigers prevailed in seven games to win the 1945 world championship.
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