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William VanLandingham

William Joseph VanLandingham

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 16, 1970 in Columbia, TN
School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
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
Team: Giants 1994-1997

Final Game: July 27, 1997
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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
1991	20	SFG-min	A-	8	4	.667	4.09	15	15	0	0	77.0	58	43	35	0	79	0	86	5	2	25	353		1.779	6.8	0.0	9.2	10.1	1.09	EVR · NORW
1992	21	SFG-min	A,A+	1	7	.125	5.64	16	16	0	0	75.0	71	58	47	2	42	0	77	5	3	10	336		1.507	8.5	0.2	5.0	9.2	1.83	CLI,SJO · MIDW,CALL
1993	22	SFG-min	A+,AAA	14	9	.609	5.18	28	28	0	1	170.1	175	109	98	7	87	0	173	1	4	15	753		1.538	9.2	0.4	4.6	9.1	1.99	SJO,PHX · CALL,PCL
1994	23	SFG-min	AA,AAA	5	4	.556	2.69	13	13	0	1	80.1	62	36	24	4	25	0	74	2	1	9	326		1.083	6.9	0.4	2.8	8.3	2.96	SHV,PHX · TL,PCL
1994	23	SFG	NL	8	2	.800	3.54	16	14	1	0	84.0	70	37	33	4	43	4	56	2	3	3	363	113	1.345	7.5	0.4	4.6	6.0	1.30	RoY-7
1995	24	SFG-min	A+	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	6.2	4	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	26		0.900	5.4	0.0	2.7	6.8	2.50	SJO · CALL
1995	24	SFG	NL	6	3	.667	3.67	18	18	0	1	122.2	124	58	50	14	40	2	95	2	4	5	523	110	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	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-min	AAA	1	1	.500	9.00	4	4	0	0	17.0	20	19	17	2	21	0	7	0	1	4	92		2.412	10.6	1.1	11.1	3.7	0.33	PHX · PCL
1997	26	SFG	NL	4	7	.364	4.96	18	17	1	0	89.0	80	56	49	11	59	3	52	0	2	9	403	84	1.562	8.1	1.1	6.0	5.3	0.88
1998	27	ANA-min	AAA	0	6	.000	11.23	9	8	0	0	33.2	48	46	42	2	44	0	12	4	3	6	189		2.733	12.8	0.5	11.8	3.2	0.27	VAN · PCL
4 Yrs				27	26	.509	4.54	84	81	2	1	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	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

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
1994	23	SFG	NL	84.0	16	14	37	3.96	4.67	0.30	0.13	94.9	4.28	2	0.3	.5	-0.1	0.8	9	.516	.502	$109,000	RoY-7
1995	24	SFG	NL	122.2	18	18	58	4.26	4.67	0.51	0.18	92.7	4.02	-4	-0.4		-0.1	0.4	8	.477	.497	$142,500
1996	25	SFG	NL	181.2	32	32	123	6.09	4.70	0.17	0.17	94.1	4.43	-32	-3.0		-0.1	-1.8	-16	.407	.482	$200,000
1997	26	SFG	NL	89.0	18	17	56	5.66	4.66	0.27	0.15	99.0	4.50	-12	-1.1	.0	-0.0	-0.5	-3	.437	.493	$295,000
4 Seasons				477.1	84	81	274	5.17	4.68	0.30	0.16	94.8	4.31	-45	-4.3	.3	-0.3	-1.1	-2	.449	.493	$746,500

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
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	7
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	5
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	14
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	6
4 Yrs				84	2099	1832	274	470	95	11	46	71	24	220	300	.257	.337	.396	.733	.282	725	32	13	16	18	15	32
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	13
MLB Averages																.268	.338	.422	.760	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1994	23	SFG	NL	4.2	0.4	384	0.6	6.5	-6.0	.99	0.5	0.1	6.1	0.6	0.99	6.3	2
1995	24	SFG	NL	4.5	0.4	548	0.3	9.3	-9.0	.99	0.3	0.1	2.4	0.2	0.99	2.6	0
1996	25	SFG	NL	-28.8	-2.7	859	-2.2	13.0	-15.2	.96	-2.0	-0.3	-29.0	-2.8	0.96	-23.0	0
1997	26	SFG	NL	-9.2	-0.9	435	-0.9	6.6	-7.5	.99	-0.9	0.0	-11.9	-1.1	0.99	-10.4	1
4 Yrs				-29.2	-2.7	2226	-2.2	35.4	-37.6	.98	-2.2	-0.1	-32.5	-3.0	0.98	-24.5	3

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
1994	23	SFG	NL	16	14	8	2	4	2	0	9	5	.643	1	2	0	0	8	57%	51.3	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%	53.2	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%	44.1	80	14	37	17	1	15	4.5	5.0	5.7	91	3	17	8	1	125
1997	26	SFG	NL	18	17	4	7	6	2	2	6	11	.353	1	3	0	0	7	41%	45.9	77	19	12	5	0	9	3.7	3.1	5.1	88	3	10	4	0	116
4 Yrs				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	92	11	38	24	2	125
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	99	-11					4.9	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	.989	0	0	2	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	.994	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	38
2 Yrs				34	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%		.992	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	3	0	3	0	8.7	49

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%
1994	23	SFG	NL	363	53%	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	54%	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	59%	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	51%	2.7%	12.9%	14.6%	7.0%	35%	0.66	0.79	70%	25%	7.4%	15%	73	6	8%
4 Yrs				2099	55%	2.2%	14.3%	10.5%	7.2%	32%	0.75	0.95	72%	23%	6.7%	20%	380	32	8%
MLB Averages					44%	2.7%	16.5%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	0.83	1.11	70%	21%	8.2%	16%			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
1994	23	SFG	NL	337	1256	3.73	764	61%	21%	15%	32%	32%	79%	2%	48%	81%	56%	7%	22	14	20%	66	31	1	18%	9	6	26	0	0
1995	24	SFG	NL	460	1601	3.48	1001	63%	24%	15%	28%	34%	76%	1%	48%	81%	57%	5%	21	10	20%	90	47	2	34%	20	10	63	0	0
1996	25	SFG	NL	740	2638	3.56	1628	62%	22%	14%	28%	35%	77%	2%	48%	81%	54%	7%	55	26	16%	122	69	8	29%	16	23	70	2	1
1997	26	SFG	NL	404	1533	3.79	863	56%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	1%	42%	81%	53%	10%	39	20	16%	63	26	1	29%	12	17	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				1941	7028	3.62	4256	61%	23%	14%	29%	34%	77%	2%	47%	81%	55%	7%	137	70	18%	341	173	12	28%	57	56	158	2	1
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	6%			19%				28%

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
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	0	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	1	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 Yrs				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	2	1	65	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	84.0	70	37	33	4	43	4	56	2	3	3	363	113	1.345	7.5	0.4	4.6	6.0	1.30	113
1995	24	14	5	.737	3.61	34	32	1	1	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	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	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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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	3.72	116.0	100	53	48	6	61	77	3	1.388	7.8	4.7	6.0	1.26	0.5	16
1995	24	7	7	.500	3.76	134.0	139	62	56	16	45	104	2	1.373	9.3	3.0	7.0	2.31	1.1	18
1996	25	7	12	.368	5.44	177.0	194	119	107	17	77	94	9	1.531	9.9	3.9	4.8	1.22	0.9	32
1997	26	4	5	.444	4.85	89.0	79	53	48	11	58	52	0	1.539	8.0	5.9	5.3	0.90	1.1	18
4 Yrs		24	30	.444	4.52	516.0	512	287	259	50	241	327	14	1.459	8.9		5.7	1.36	0.9	84

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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)

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)

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