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Willie Adams

William Edward Adams

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 8, 1972 in Gallup, NM
High School: La Serna HS (Whittier, CA)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 21, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 1996
Team: Athletics 1996-1997

Final Game: August 14, 1997
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1996 23 OAK AL 3 4 .429 4.01 12 12 0 1 1 0 76.1 76 39 34 11 23 3 68 5 0 2 329 128 1.297 9.0 1.3 2.7 8.0 2.96
1997 24 OAK AL 3 5 .375 8.18 13 12 0 0 0 0 58.1 73 53 53 9 32 2 37 4 0 2 282 55 1.800 11.3 1.4 4.9 5.7 1.16
2 Yrs 6 9 .400 5.81 25 24 0 1 1 0 134.2 149 92 87 20 55 5 105 9 0 4 611 83 1.515 10.0 1.3 3.7 7.0 1.91
162 Game Avg. 8 12 .400 5.81 35 33 0 1 1 0 187 207 128 121 28 76 7 146 12 0 6 848 83 1.515 10.0 1.3 3.7 7.0 1.91

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1996 23 OAK AL 76.1 12 12 39 4.60 5.47 -0.30 0.21 101.7 6.07 11 1.1 -0.0 1.7 23 .592 .507 $109,000
1997 24 OAK AL 58.1 13 12 53 8.18 4.96 -0.58 0.18 97.8 5.60 -17 -1.5 2.3 -0.1 -1.0 -9 .386 .491 $157,500
2 Seasons 134.2 25 24 92 6.15 5.25 -0.42 0.19 100.0 5.87 -6 -0.4 2.3 -0.1 0.7 14 .485 .499 $266,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1996 23 OAK AL 12 329 296 39 76 7 2 11 8 0 23 68 .257 .319 .405 .724 .297 120 5 5 3 2 3 4
1997 24 OAK AL 13 282 238 53 73 22 3 9 5 2 32 37 .307 .391 .538 .928 .325 128 2 4 3 5 2 2
2 Yrs 25 611 534 92 149 29 5 20 13 2 55 105 .279 .352 .464 .816 .310 248 7 9 6 7 5 6
162 Game Avg. 35 848 741 128 207 40 7 28 18 3 76 146 .279 .352 .464 .816 .310 344 10 12 8 10 7 8
MLB Averages .268 .339 .423 .762 .301

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1996 23 OAK AL 8.3 0.8 339 0.3 5.9 -5.6 .98 0.4 -0.1 8.5 0.8 0.98 6.0 0 0 0
1997 24 OAK AL -22.6 -2.0 290 -1.8 4.1 -5.9 .96 -1.5 -0.4 -22.6 -2.0 0.96 -17.4 1 0 0
2 Yrs -14.3 -1.2 629 -1.5 10.0 -11.5 .97 -1.1 -0.4 -14.0 -1.2 0.97 -11.4 1 0 0

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1996 23 OAK AL 12 12 3 4 5 0 0 6 6 .500 3 1 1 1 7 58% 52.5 85 26 10 5 0 5 4.6 4.9 6.4 103 0 4 5 2 123
1997 24 OAK AL 13 12 2 5 5 1 0 5 7 .417 1 2 0 0 1 8% 37.2 75 15 8 2 0 6 5.0 4.3 4.8 87 3 5 3 0 119
2 Yrs 25 24 5 9 10 1 0 11 13 .458 4 3 1 1 8 33% 45 85 15 18 7 0 11 4.8 4.6 5.6 95 3 9 8 2 123
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 97 -11 4.9 4.9 6.0 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1997 24 OAK AL 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .963 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 16
1 Yr 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .963 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 16

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1996 23 OAK AL 329 41% 3.3% 20.7% 7.0% 6.1% 26% 0.65 0.94 67% 26% 9.2% 14% 61 5 8%
1997 24 OAK AL 282 50% 3.2% 13.1% 11.4% 12.1% 47% 0.65 1.00 70% 28% 8.7% 16% 59 2 3%
2 Yrs 611 45% 3.3% 17.2% 9.0% 8.8% 36% 0.65 0.97 68% 27% 9.0% 15% 120 7 6%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 16.8% 9.0% 7.8% 33% 0.83 1.10 70% 22% 8.5% 17% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1996 23 OAK AL 306 1135 3.71 706 62% 24% 18% 27% 31% 76% 2% 47% 76% 55% 7% 20 11 23% 70 44 3 30% 8 6 23 1 0
1997 24 OAK AL 264 973 3.69 580 60% 26% 13% 27% 33% 74% 2% 44% 82% 54% 9% 23 16 17% 44 21 3 34% 5 5 18 0 0
2 Yrs 570 2108 3.70 1286 61% 25% 16% 27% 32% 75% 2% 46% 79% 54% 8% 43 27 20% 114 65 6 31% 13 11 41 1 0
MLB Averages 3.71 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 57% 5% 19% 29%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1996 23 OAK AL 329 76 8 0 11 1 3 4 7 6 5 13 5 1 38% 4 2 0 120 8 0 100% 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1997 24 OAK AL 282 73 3 0 9 1 5 5 4 2 7 18 13 0 72% 2 2 0 118 5 2 71% 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 11 0
2 Yrs 611 149 11 0 20 2 8 9 11 8 12 31 18 1 58% 6 4 0 238 13 2 87% 12 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 16 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1996 23 3 4 .429 4.01 12 12 0 1 1 0 76.1 76 39 34 11 23 3 68 5 0 2 329 128 1.297 9.0 1.3 2.7 8.0 2.96 128
1997 24 6 9 .400 5.81 25 24 0 1 1 0 134.2 149 92 87 20 55 5 105 9 0 4 611 83 1.515 10.0 1.3 3.7 7.0 1.91 83

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1996 23 5 3 .625 3.35 78.0 70 32 29 10 21 69 5 1.167 8.1 2.4 8.0 3.29 1.2 12
1997 24 1 5 .167 8.07 58.0 72 58 52 9 32 37 4 1.793 11.2 5.0 5.7 1.16 1.4 13
2 Yrs 6 8 .429 5.36 136.0 142 90 81 19 53 106 9 1.434 9.4 7.0 2.00 1.3 25

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 AL  1 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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