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Albert Williams

Albert Hamilton (DeSouza) Williams

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 6, 1954 in Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1980
Team: Twins 1980-1984

Final Game: September 26, 1984
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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
1980 26 MIN AL 6 2 .750 3.51 18 9 5 3 0 1 77.0 73 33 30 9 30 1 35 0 1 3 321 125 1.338 8.5 1.1 3.5 4.1 1.17
1981 27 MIN AL 6 10 .375 4.08 23 22 1 4 0 0 150.0 160 72 68 11 52 4 76 1 3 2 640 97 1.413 9.6 0.7 3.1 4.6 1.46
1982 28 MIN AL 9 7 .563 4.22 26 26 0 3 0 0 153.2 166 74 72 18 55 5 61 0 2 6 666 101 1.438 9.7 1.1 3.2 3.6 1.11
1983 29 MIN AL 11 14 .440 4.14 36 29 3 4 1 1 193.1 196 105 89 21 68 6 68 4 3 4 828 103 1.366 9.1 1.0 3.2 3.2 1.00
1984 30 MIN AL 3 5 .375 5.77 17 11 3 1 0 0 68.2 75 46 44 9 22 1 22 7 0 3 297 73 1.413 9.8 1.2 2.9 2.9 1.00
5 Yrs 35 38 .479 4.24 120 97 12 15 1 2 642.2 670 330 303 68 227 17 262 12 9 18 2752 99 1.396 9.4 1.0 3.2 3.7 1.15
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .479 4.24 38 30 4 5 0 1 201 210 103 95 21 71 5 82 4 3 6 862 99 1.396 9.4 1.0 3.2 3.7 1.15

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
1980 26 MIN AL 77.0 18 9 33 3.86 4.67 0.22 0.02 109.9 4.91 9 0.9 1.0 -0.1 1.5 17 .552 .506 $
1981 27 MIN AL 150.0 23 22 72 4.32 4.24 -0.18 0.13 107.0 4.86 9 1.1 .6 -0.1 2.2 19 .546 .506 $
1982 28 MIN AL 153.2 26 26 74 4.33 4.68 0.37 0.16 103.1 4.60 5 0.6 -0.1 1.8 21 .522 .504 $
1983 29 MIN AL 193.1 36 29 105 4.89 4.51 0.09 0.11 103.3 4.68 -5 -0.5 1.9 -0.1 1.0 16 .487 .497 $160,000
1984 30 MIN AL 68.2 17 11 46 6.03 4.64 0.71 0.05 103.3 4.11 -14 -1.4 .3 0.0 -0.8 -7 .417 .491 $250,000
5 Seasons 642.2 120 97 330 4.62 4.52 0.18 0.11 104.9 4.67 4 0.7 1.1 -0.3 5.7 65 .506 .501 $410,000

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
1980 26 MIN AL 18 321 289 33 73 8 1 9 6 6 30 35 .253 .323 .381 .704 .261 110 7 0 2 0 1 3
1981 27 MIN AL 23 640 579 72 160 30 5 11 19 7 52 76 .276 .334 .402 .737 .300 233 17 1 3 5 4 5
1982 28 MIN AL 26 666 601 74 166 23 2 18 18 5 55 61 .276 .333 .411 .744 .280 247 16 0 3 7 5 7
1983 29 MIN AL 36 828 748 105 196 31 7 21 26 4 68 68 .262 .325 .406 .732 .264 304 21 4 4 4 6 14
1984 30 MIN AL 17 297 264 46 75 11 2 9 7 5 22 22 .284 .351 .443 .795 .280 117 8 7 1 3 1 3
5 Yrs 120 2752 2481 330 670 103 17 68 76 27 227 262 .270 .332 .407 .739 .277 1011 69 12 13 19 17 32
162 Game Avg. 38 862 777 103 210 32 5 21 24 8 71 82 .270 .332 .407 .739 .277 317 22 4 4 6 5 10
MLB Averages .261 .324 .385 .709 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1980 26 MIN AL 7.2 0.7 337 0.2 5.5 -5.3 .91 0.4 -0.2 8.9 0.9 0.91 6.7 2 3 4
1981 27 MIN AL -0.2 -0.0 672 -0.5 9.9 -10.4 .87 -0.8 0.2 -0.2 -0.0 0.87 -7.4 0 0 1
1982 28 MIN AL 3.0 0.3 699 0.5 11.5 -11.0 .99 -0.1 0.6 1.4 0.1 0.99 -0.3 0 0 0
1983 29 MIN AL 0.2 0.0 868 -1.6 13.5 -15.1 .93 -1.0 -0.7 -1.7 -0.2 0.93 -5.5 3 3 1
1984 30 MIN AL -10.0 -1.0 311 -1.2 4.3 -5.4 .86 -0.7 -0.6 -8.5 -0.8 0.86 -6.0 0 1 5
5 Yrs 0.2 0.1 2887 -2.5 44.6 -47.2 .92 -2.2 -0.6 -0.1 0.0 0.92 -12.6 5 7 11

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
1980 26 MIN AL 18 9 5 1 3 1 0 6 3 .667 0 3 3 0 4 44% 50.1 67 31 6 3 1 5 6.4 6.5 6.4
1981 27 MIN AL 23 22 6 10 6 1 5 7 15 .318 2 1 4 0 13 59% 49.1 66 25 22 11 3 8 4.3 4.1 6.6
1982 28 MIN AL 26 26 9 7 10 2 2 11 15 .423 3 5 3 0 13 50% 48.0 78 17 28 9 1 17 4.5 3.9 5.9
1983 29 MIN AL 36 29 10 12 7 2 2 13 16 .448 1 0 4 1 14 48% 49.2 77 26 27 11 9 13 4.5 5.0 6.2
1984 30 MIN AL 17 11 2 5 4 0 0 5 6 .455 1 2 1 0 5 45% 43.0 60 27 11 4 4 5 3.9 4.0 5.1
5 Yrs 120 97 32 35 30 6 9 42 55 .433 7 11 15 1 49 51% 48 78 17 94 38 18 48 4.5 4.5 6.1
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 98 -12 4.3 4.2 6.3

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
1980 26 MIN AL 18 9 5 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 2 40% 7 .913 2 3 4 1 1 7 3 6 5 2 5 1 6.6
1981 27 MIN AL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .874 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1983 29 MIN AL 36 7 3 1 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 13 4 31% 8 .931 3 3 1 2 2 3 7 0 4 2 5 0 5.4
1984 30 MIN AL 17 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 .863 0 1 5 1 0 5 1 5 4 0 4 1 6.5
4 Yrs 94 23 12 3 3 3 2 1 67% 3 0 20 6 30% .901 5 7 11 4 3 16 11 12 14 4 15 2 6.4

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%
1980 26 MIN AL 321 50% 2.8% 10.9% 9.4% 5.6% 25% 1.25 76% 51 7 14%
1981 27 MIN AL 640 49% 1.7% 11.9% 8.1% 7.2% 29% 1.31 78% 115 17 15%
1982 28 MIN AL 666 53% 2.7% 9.2% 8.3% 6.5% 26% 1.32 79% 119 16 13%
1983 29 MIN AL 828 50% 2.5% 8.2% 8.2% 7.1% 30% 1.24 80% 155 21 14%
1984 30 MIN AL 297 43% 3.0% 7.4% 7.4% 7.4% 29% 1.31 79% 55 8 15%
5 Yrs 2752 50% 2.5% 9.5% 8.3% 6.8% 28% 1.28 79% 495 69 14%
MLB Averages 42% 2.0% 13.2% 8.3% 6.5% 28% 1.09 75% 11%

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
1980 26 MIN AL 321 73 9 0 7 1 8 5 4 15 5 4 33% 3 3 0 108 6 6 50% 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
1981 27 MIN AL 640 160 11 0 7 7 4 7 4 35 21 2 60% 5 2 0 235 19 7 73% 16 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1982 28 MIN AL 666 166 18 0 6 9 9 12 6 22 16 2 73% 7 6 1 238 18 5 78% 16 4 2 1 0 0 2 2 16 0
1983 29 MIN AL 828 196 21 0 14 18 3 10 11 47 24 5 51% 14 4 1 304 26 4 87% 26 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1984 30 MIN AL 297 75 9 0 4 4 5 3 6 16 11 1 69% 3 3 0 105 7 5 58% 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
5 Yrs 2752 670 68 0 38 39 29 37 31 135 77 14 57% 32 18 2 990 76 27 74% 71 22 5 3 0 2 2 2 54 0
MLB Averages 54% 67%

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+
1980 26 6 2 .750 3.51 18 9 5 3 0 1 77.0 73 33 30 9 30 1 35 0 1 3 321 125 1.338 8.5 1.1 3.5 4.1 1.17 125
1981 27 12 12 .500 3.89 41 31 6 7 0 1 227.0 233 105 98 20 82 5 111 1 4 5 961 106 1.388 9.2 0.8 3.3 4.4 1.35 106
1982 28 21 19 .525 4.02 67 57 6 10 0 1 380.2 399 179 170 38 137 10 172 1 6 11 1627 104 1.408 9.4 0.9 3.2 4.1 1.26 104
1983 29 32 33 .492 4.06 103 86 9 14 1 2 574.0 595 284 259 59 205 16 240 5 9 15 2455 103 1.394 9.3 0.9 3.2 3.8 1.17 103
1984 30 35 38 .479 4.24 120 97 12 15 1 2 642.2 670 330 303 68 227 17 262 12 9 18 2752 99 1.396 9.4 1.0 3.2 3.7 1.15 99

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
1980 26 4 4 .500 3.58 73.0 72 32 29 9 30 33 0 1.397 8.9 3.7 4.1 1.10 1.1 18
1981 27 10 13 .435 4.67 212.0 250 122 110 17 81 107 2 1.561 10.6 3.4 4.5 1.32 0.7 23
1982 28 7 9 .438 4.44 148.0 167 81 73 18 55 59 0 1.500 10.2 3.3 3.6 1.07 1.1 26
1983 29 9 11 .450 4.35 186.0 197 100 90 21 68 66 4 1.425 9.5 3.3 3.2 0.97 1.0 36
1984 30 2 5 .286 6.19 64.0 75 49 44 9 22 21 7 1.516 10.5 3.1 3.0 0.95 1.3 17
5 Yrs 32 42 .432 4.56 683.0 761 384 346 74 256 286 13 1.489 10.0 3.8 1.12 1.0 120

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits s c a p y
1981 AL  160 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1981 AL  10 (8th)
1983 AL  14 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  68 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 AL  7 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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