finalyear debutyear position finalteam article_title debutteam name
1906 1885 infielder / manager cuban x-giants george williams -lrb- negro leagues infielder -rrb-
 cuban giants george l. williams
george williams -lrb- negro leagues infielder -rrb-

george l. williams -lrb- 1864-1918 -rrb- was an african-american baseball infielder in the negro leagues .
he was recruited from a top amateur club in philadelphia to play for the cuban giants in 1885 .
he served as the captain of the cuban giants from 1886 to 1889 .
williams played on black teams in otherwise all-white leagues in 1889 and 1890 .
he captained the york colored monarchs of the otherwise white eastern interstate league in 1890 , and won the league batting title with a .386 average .
he played as both an outfielder and an infielder .
his career lasted from 1885 to 1892 , with a brief return in 1906 .
he was also hired to manage the cuban giants in 1897 .
in 1906 he organized and managed the wilmington giants of the racially integrated international league of independent professional base ball clubs .
