William Van Landingham
William Joseph Van Landingham
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 16, 1970 in Columbia, TN
School: University of Kentucky
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1994
Final Game: July 27, 1997
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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
1994 23 SFG NL 8 2 .800 3.54 16 14 1 0 0 0 84.0 70 37 33 4 43 4 56 2 3 3 363 112 1.345 7.5 0.4 4.6 6.0 1.30 RoY-7
1995 24 SFG NL 6 3 .667 3.67 18 18 0 1 0 0 122.2 124 58 50 14 40 2 95 2 4 5 523 111 1.337 9.1 1.0 2.9 7.0 2.38
1996 25 SFG NL 9 14 .391 5.40 32 32 0 0 0 0 181.2 196 123 109 17 78 6 97 9 2 7 810 75 1.508 9.7 0.8 3.9 4.8 1.24
1997 26 SFG NL 4 7 .364 4.96 18 17 1 0 0 0 89.0 80 56 49 11 59 3 52 0 2 9 403 83 1.562 8.1 1.1 6.0 5.3 0.88
4 Seasons 27 26 .509 4.54 84 81 2 1 0 0 477.1 470 274 241 46 220 15 300 13 11 24 2099 89 1.446 8.9 0.9 4.1 5.7 1.36
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .509 4.54 35 33 1 0 0 0 197 194 113 99 19 91 6 124 5 5 10 865 89 1.446 8.9 0.9 4.1 5.7 1.36

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
1994 23 SFG NL 16 363 314 37 70 18 1 4 15 3 43 56 .223 .319 .325 .644 .259 102 5 2 3 1 4
1995 24 SFG NL 18 523 470 58 124 22 2 14 13 4 40 95 .264 .321 .409 .730 .301 192 7 2 6 5 2
1996 25 SFG NL 32 810 711 123 196 42 4 17 24 14 78 97 .276 .352 .418 .770 .297 297 14 9 7 5 6
1997 26 SFG NL 18 403 337 56 80 13 4 11 19 3 59 52 .237 .345 .398 .743 .246 134 6 0 0 7 3
4 Seasons 84 2099 1832 274 470 95 11 46 71 24 220 300 .257 .337 .396 .733 .282 725 32 13 16 18 15
162 Game Avg. 35 865 755 113 194 39 5 19 29 10 91 124 .257 .337 .396 .733 .282 299 13 5 7 7 6
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
1994 23 SFG NL 16 14 8 2 4 2 0 9 5 .643 1 2 0 0 8 57% 51 71 26 19 8 2 5 5.4 5.6 5.6 88 4 5 3 1 122
1995 24 SFG NL 18 18 6 3 9 1 1 11 7 .611 1 7 1 0 11 61% 53 74 20 10 3 1 6 5.2 4.0 6.8 100 1 6 9 0 118
1996 25 SFG NL 32 32 9 14 9 3 0 13 19 .406 2 3 0 0 11 34% 44 80 14 37 17 1 15 4.5 5.0 5.7 90 3 18 7 1 122
1997 26 SFG NL 18 17 4 7 6 2 2 6 11 .353 1 3 0 0 7 41% 46 77 19 12 5 0 9 3.7 3.1 5.1 88 3 10 4 0 116
4 Seasons 84 81 27 26 28 8 3 39 42 .481 5 15 1 0 37 46% 48 80 14 78 33 4 35 4.6 4.5 5.8 91 11 39 23 2 122
MLB Averages

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
1994 23 SFG NL 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0.988 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.5 54
1997 26 SFG NL 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.999 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 38
2 Seasons 34 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 0.994 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 8.7 49

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%
1994 23 SFG NL 363 47% 1.1% 15.4% 11.9% 6.3% 33% 0.65 0.86 70% 22% 3.4% 24% 57 5 9%
1995 24 SFG NL 523 46% 2.7% 18.2% 7.7% 7.3% 31% 0.82 1.12 70% 24% 8.5% 19% 94 7 7%
1996 25 SFG NL 810 41% 2.1% 12.0% 9.6% 7.8% 32% 0.81 0.99 74% 21% 6.5% 22% 156 14 9%
1997 26 SFG NL 403 49% 2.7% 12.9% 14.6% 7.0% 35% 0.66 0.79 70% 25% 7.4% 15% 73 6 8%
4 Seasons 2099 45% 2.2% 14.3% 10.5% 7.2% 32% 0.75 0.95 72% 23% 6.7% 20% 380 32 8%
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
1994 23 SFG NL 336 1251 3.72 762 61% 21% 15% 32% 32% 79% 2% 48% 81% 56% 7% 22 14 20% 66 31 1 18% 9 6 27 0 0
1995 24 SFG NL 458 1597 3.49 1000 63% 24% 15% 28% 34% 76% 1% 48% 81% 57% 5% 21 10 20% 90 47 2 34% 20 10 65 0 0
1996 25 SFG NL 734 2624 3.57 1624 62% 22% 14% 28% 35% 78% 2% 48% 81% 54% 7% 55 26 16% 121 69 8 29% 16 23 76 0 1
1997 26 SFG NL 403 1528 3.79 861 56% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 1% 42% 81% 53% 10% 39 20 15% 62 26 1 29% 12 17 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1931 7000 3.63 4247 61% 23% 15% 29% 34% 77% 2% 47% 81% 55% 7% 137 70 18% 339 173 12 28% 57 56 168 0 1
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
1994 23 SFG NL 363 70 6 0 4 0 7 4 0 2 2 25 10 5 40% 7 3 0 132 15 3 83% 12 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 8 0
1995 24 SFG NL 523 124 16 5 14 0 5 10 4 7 7 28 12 1 43% 5 5 0 190 13 4 76% 11 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 16 0
1996 25 SFG NL 810 196 32 7 17 0 19 8 9 11 6 52 32 2 62% 14 7 1 297 24 14 63% 20 10 3 2 1 2 2 0 18 0
1997 26 SFG NL 403 80 11 3 11 0 11 6 5 7 4 23 17 2 74% 6 9 1 149 19 3 86% 17 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 23 0
4 Seasons 2099 470 65 15 46 0 42 28 18 27 19 128 71 10 55% 32 24 2 768 71 24 75% 60 18 9 2 2 4 4 1 65 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+
1994 23 8 2 .800 3.54 16 14 1 0 0 0 84.0 70 37 33 4 43 4 56 2 3 3 363 112 1.345 7.5 0.4 4.6 6.0 1.30 112
1995 24 14 5 .737 3.61 34 32 1 1 0 0 206.2 194 95 83 18 83 6 151 4 7 8 886 111 1.340 8.4 0.8 3.6 6.6 1.82 111
1996 25 23 19 .548 4.45 66 64 1 1 0 0 388.1 390 218 192 35 161 12 248 13 9 15 1696 91 1.419 9.0 0.8 3.7 5.7 1.54 91
1997 26 27 26 .509 4.54 84 81 2 1 0 0 477.1 470 274 241 46 220 15 300 13 11 24 2099 89 1.446 8.9 0.9 4.1 5.7 1.36 89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1994 23 6 6 .500 3.76 115.0 101 53 48 6 62 77 3 1.417 7.9 4.9 6.0 1.24 0.5 16
1995 24 7 7 .500 3.76 134.0 140 62 56 16 45 104 2 1.381 9.4 3.0 7.0 2.31 1.1 18
1996 25 7 12 .368 5.47 176.0 195 119 107 17 78 94 9 1.551 10.0 4.0 4.8 1.21 0.9 32
1997 26 4 5 .444 4.97 87.0 81 53 48 11 60 51 0 1.621 8.4 6.2 5.3 0.85 1.1 18
4 Seasons 24 30 .444 4.55 512.0 517 287 259 50 245 326 14 1.488 9.1 5.7 1.33 0.9 84

* 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

Losses s c a p y
1996 NL--14--3rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1996 NL--109--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1997 NL--9--6th

             

Similarity Scores

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