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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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Christy Mathewson… #4. Tom Seaver… #5. Greg Maddux… #6. Pete Alexander… #7. Lefty Grove…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Christy Mathewson… #4. Tom Seaver… #5. Greg Maddux… #6. Pete Alexander… #7. Lefty Grove…

Standard Pitching

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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

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1991	20	SFG-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		EVR · NORW
1992	21	SFG-min	A,A+	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		CLI,SJO · MIDW,CALL
1993	22	SFG-min	AAA,A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		PHX,SJO · PCL,CALL
1994	23	SFG-min	AA,AAA	13	24	19	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	4	1		SHV,PHX · TL,PCL
1994	23	SFG	NL	16	35	31	1	2	0	0	1	0	17	.065	.065	.065	.129	-65	2	0	4	0	1	RoY-7
1995	24	SFG-min	A+	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		SJO · CALL
1995	24	SFG	NL	18	47	46	1	7	2	1	3	0	24	.152	.152	.261	.413	9	12	1	1	0	1
1996	25	SFG	NL	32	70	61	3	8	1	0	2	2	31	.131	.156	.148	.304	-17	9	1	6	1	1
1997	26	SFG-min	AAA	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1997	26	SFG	NL	18	29	26	1	3	1	0	0	1	13	.115	.148	.154	.302	-20	4	1	2	0	1
1998	27	ANA-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
4 Yrs				84	181	164	6	20	4	1	6	3	85	.122	.137	.165	.302	-19	27	3	13	1
162 Game Avg.				162	349	316	12	39	8	2	12	6	164	.122	.137	.165	.302	-19	52	6	25	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1994	23	SFG	NL	16	35	-7	-0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.485	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$109,000	1	RoY-7
1995	24	SFG	NL	18	47	-6	-0	-0	6	-1	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$142,500	1
1996	25	SFG	NL	32	70	-12	-0	0	9	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$200,000	1
1997	26	SFG	NL	18	29	-5	0	-0	4	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$295,000	1
4 Seasons				84	181	-30	-1	0	25	-6	-0.6	5	-1	-0.6	.493	.499	-0.6	0.0	-1	$746,500

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1994	SFG	NL	23	P	16	14	0	84.0	14	4	10	0	1	1.000	1.50	0.88	.958	1.86	1.85	15	3	17%	32%	0	RoY-7
1995	SFG	NL	24	P	18	18	1	122.2	27	7	19	1	2	.963	1.91	1.44	.956	1.84	1.83	13	4	24%	30%	1
1996	SFG	NL	25	P	32	32	0	181.2	31	14	15	2	0	.935	1.44	0.91	.954	1.84	1.83	24	14	37%	28%	0
1997	SFG	NL	26	P	18	17	0	89.0	9	6	3	0	2	1.000	0.91	0.50	.953	1.85	1.84	19	3	14%	32%	0
	4 Seasons			P	84	81	1	477.1	81	31	47	3	5	.963	1.47	0.93	.955	1.85	1.84	71	24	25%	30%	1
	4 Seasons			TOT	84	81	1	477.1	81	31	47	3	5	.963	1.47	0.93	.955	1.85	1.84	71	24	25%	30%	1

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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)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1991.
August 8, 1997: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
August 19, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
December 21, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
January 10, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1994	23	San Francisco Giants	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	24	San Francisco Giants	$142,500	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	25	San Francisco Giants	$200,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $17,500 earned bonus
1997	26	San Francisco Giants	$295,000	1997 AP survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$746,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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