George Williams

       

Profile

George Williams* was a catcher for the Oakland A's and San Diego Padres in the late 90s, mostly as a backup catcher.  He accrued a 1.5 WAR over his career.  He started his college career at Des Moines Area Community College** before ending up at the University of Texas Pan America.  

*  Not George Williams, nor George Williams, nor the six other minor leaguers named George Williams, nor George Williams, nor ...

** Four DMACC players played in MLB: Corey Koskie, Scott Schebler, George Williams, and Paul Wilmet. 

Personal Notes

DMACC is one of a ton of community colleges in Iowa, the largest of the CCs ahead of Kirkwood.  CCs remain a difficult piece to the Iowa Collection, as they tend not to be a person's last stop.  George Williams started there before MiraCosta College in California before ending up in UTPA.  CCs can't hold elite players as they move on to bigger schools for exposure, or they may be a place where someone goes to rebuild their GPA or reestablish themselves after an incident.  

So you won't find DMACC on the back of George's cards, so building this collection becomes a little more detective work, which is just more of the fun.  

Collection Notes

I have 6/54 (11%) cards in my collection.