Willie Adams
William Edward Adams
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 8, 1972 in Gallup, NM
High School: La Serna (Whittier, CA)
School: Stanford University
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
Final Game: August 14, 1997
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Other SR Links: Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

Standard Pitching

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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 2 329 127 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 54 1.800 11.3 1.4 4.9 5.7 1.16
2 Seasons 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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 Seasons 25 611 534 92 149 29 5 20 13 2 55 105 .279 .352 .464 .816 .310 248 7 9 6 7 5
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 53 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 75 15 8 2 0 6 5.0 4.3 4.8 87 3 5 3 0 119
2 Seasons 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
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Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.963 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 16
1 Season 13 1 0 1 0 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*

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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 59% 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 Seasons 611 55% 3.3% 17.2% 9.0% 8.8% 36% 0.65 0.97 68% 27% 9.0% 15% 120 7 6%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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 2 329 127 1.297 9.0 1.3 2.7 8.0 2.96 127
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

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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 3.39 77.0 71 32 29 10 21 69 5 1.195 8.3 2.5 8.1 3.29 1.2 12
1997 24 1 5 .167 8.37 57.0 74 59 53 9 32 36 4 1.860 11.7 5.1 5.7 1.13 1.4 13
2 Seasons 6 8 .429 5.51 134.0 145 91 82 19 53 105 9 1.478 9.7 7.1 1.98 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 1954 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.

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

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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