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Brian Williams
Brian O'Neal Williams

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 15, 1969 in Lancaster, SC
High School: Lewisville (Richburg, SC)
School: University of South Carolina
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed July 16, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1991
Final Game: July 5, 2000
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1991	22	HOU	NL	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	/1
1992	23	HOU	NL	20	36	30	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	.133	.129	.167	.296	-15	5	0	0	5	1	0	1	RoY-7
1993	24	HOU	NL	42	13	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.300	.500	34	3	0	0	3	0	0	1
1994	25	HOU	NL	20	28	23	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.261	.261	.261	.522	40	6	0	0	5	0	0	1
1995	26	SDP	NL	44	14	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.143	.214	-44	2	1	0	0	0	0	1

1997	28	BAL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1999	30	HOU	NL	49	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	70	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	31	TOT	MLB	22	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		.500	.500	1.000	1.500	271	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	31	CHC	NL	22	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	271	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
9 Seasons				200	101	85	5	15	4	0	0	9	0	0	0	26	.176	.174	.224	.398	9	19	1	0	15	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	82	69	4	12	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	21	.176	.174	.224	.398	9	15	1	0	12	1	0

HOU (5 yrs)				133	85	69	4	13	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	22	.188	.186	.217	.403	12	15	0	0	15	1	0
SDP (1 yr)				44	14	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.143	.214	-44	2	1	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				22	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	271	2	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				199	101	85	5	15	4	0	0	9	0	0	0	26	.176	.174	.224	.398	9	19	1	0	15	1	0
AL (3 yrs)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1991	22	HOU	NL	5	5	0	0.0	88	.000	.000	.249	.000	.316	.000	.374	.000	.690	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1992	23	HOU	NL	36	32	1	0.8	88	.222	.133	.253	.129	.318	.167	.373	.296	.691	-15	.051	-4.4	-0.5	.192	.033	.033
1993	24	HOU	NL	13	11	1	2.4	100	.333	.200	.266	.200	.331	.300	.406	.500	.736	34	.236	-0.9	-0.1	.375	.100	.100
1994	25	HOU	NL	28	22	2	2.4	105	.316	.261	.268	.261	.335	.261	.420	.522	.754	40	.217	-2.0	-0.2	.353	.000	.000
1995	26	SDP	NL	14	14	0	0.0	104	.100	.071	.267	.071	.336	.143	.416	.214	.752	-44	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.143	.071	.071

1999	30	HOU	NL	3	2	0	0.0	116	.500	.333	.276	.333	.351	.333	.444	.667	.795	70	.000	-0.2	0.0	.500	.000	.000
2000	31	TOT	MLB	2	1	1	26.7	114	.500	.500	.270	.500	.346	1.000	.440	1.500	.787	271	.950	0.6	0.1	2.000	.500	.500
2000	31	CHC	NL	2	1	1	26.7	114	.500	.500	.270	.500	.346	1.000	.440	1.500	.787	271	.950	0.6	0.1	2.000	.500	.500
9 Seasons				101	87	5	1.6	98	.250	.176	.262	.174	.329	.224	.401	.398	.729	9	.121	-10.6	-1.1	.268	.047	.047
162 Game Avg.				82	70	4	1.6	98	.250	.176	.262	.174	.329	.224	.401	.398	.729	9	.121	-10.6	-1.1	.268	.047	.047

HOU (5 yrs)				85	72	4	1.5	97	.271	.188	.261	.186	.327	.217	.396	.403	.723	12	.117	-8.2	-0.9	.268	.029	.029
SDP (1 yr)				14	14	0	0.0	104	.100	.071	.267	.071	.336	.143	.416	.214	.752	-44	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.143	.071	.071
CHC (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.7	114	.500	.500	.270	.500	.346	1.000	.440	1.500	.787	271	.950	0.6	0.1	2.000	.500	.500

NL (7 yrs)				101	87	5	1.5	98	.250	.176	.262	.174	.329	.224	.401	.398	.729	9	.121	-10.6	-1.1	.268	.047	.047

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1991	22	HOU	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%				0.50	1.50	60%	20%	0.0%	50%
1992	23	HOU	NL	36	0.0%	36.1%	0.0%	2.8%	25%	2.3	7.5	0.40	1.11	50%	17%	0.0%	20%
1993	24	HOU	NL	13	0.0%	30.8%	0.0%	7.7%	50%	2.5		0.50	1.00	46%	11%	0.0%	0%
1994	25	HOU	NL	28	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	5.8	7.7	1.25	2.00	68%	13%	0.0%	38%
1995	26	SDP	NL	14	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	7.1%	100%	3.5		2.33	3.50	71%	20%	0.0%	0%

1999	30	HOU	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	3.0	3.0	1.00		67%	0%		100%
2000	31	TOT	MLB	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%		2.0	1.00		100%	50%	0.0%	0%
2000	31	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%		2.0	1.00		100%	50%	0.0%	0%
9 Seasons				101	0.0%	25.7%	0.0%	4.0%	27%	3.3	9.4	0.90	1.68	59%	16%	0.0%	24%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1991	22	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	23	HOU	NL	0	0	50%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	24	HOU	NL	1	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1994	25	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	26	SDP	NL	1	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

1999	30	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	31	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	31	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				2	0	33%	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1991	22	HOU	NL	5	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1992	23	HOU	NL	36	33%	4	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	9	0	0%	9	4	44%	32	4	13%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1993	24	HOU	NL	13	31%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	5	0	0%	4	1	25%	9	1	11%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1994	25	HOU	NL	28	54%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	7	0	0%	7	2	29%	24	3	13%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1995	26	SDP	NL	14	29%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	8	1	13%	2	1	50%	0	0		0

1999	30	HOU	NL	3	33%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
2000	31	TOT	MLB	2	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
2000	31	CHC	NL	2	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Seasons				101	36%	15	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	18	15	83%	25	1	4%	24	8	33%	81	11	14%	5	2	40%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	22	HOU	NL	5	13	2.60	10	77%	0%	10%	40%	50%	100%	0%	77%	90%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1992	23	HOU	NL	36	111	3.08	96	86%	5%	40%	31%	24%	95%	0%	82%	58%	78%	0%	0	0	3%	1	1	0%	0	0	8%	0	0	0
1993	24	HOU	NL	12	46	3.83	35	76%	9%	26%	40%	23%	89%	0%	67%	69%	67%	0%	0	0	8%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	1	0	1
1994	25	HOU	NL	18	47	2.61	38	81%	16%	24%	24%	37%	84%	0%	68%	72%	78%	0%	0	0	6%	1	1	0%	0	0	50%	10	0	0
1995	26	SDP	NL	14	38	2.71	31	82%	19%	32%	16%	32%	81%	0%	66%	60%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

1999	30	HOU	NL	3	13	4.33	9	69%	11%	33%	33%	22%	89%	0%	62%	63%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2000	31	TOT	MLB	2	4	2.00	3	75%	0%	0%	33%	67%	100%	0%	75%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2000	31	CHC	NL	2	4	2.00	3	75%	0%	0%	33%	67%	100%	0%	75%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
7 Seasons				90	272	3.02	222	82%	9%	32%	30%	29%	90%	0%	74%	65%	72%	0%	0	0	3%	3	2	0%	0	0	15%	11	0	1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1991	22	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	2	0
1992	23	22	41	33	2	4	1	4	13	.121	.118	.152	.269	-22	5	0	7	1
1993	24	64	54	43	4	6	2	4	17	.140	.136	.186	.322	-9	8	0	10	1
1994	25	84	82	66	4	12	2	7	21	.182	.179	.212	.391	9	14	0	15	1
1995	26	128	96	80	5	13	3	7	25	.163	.160	.200	.360	-1	16	1	15	1
1996	27	128	96	80	5	13	3	7	25	.163	.160	.200	.360	-1	16	1	15	1
1997	28	129	96	80	5	13	3	7	25	.163	.160	.200	.360	-1	16	1	15	1
1998	29	129	96	80	5	13	3	7	25	.163	.160	.200	.360	-1	16	1	15	1
1999	30	178	99	83	5	14	3	8	26	.169	.167	.205	.371	2	17	1	15	1
2000	31	200	101	85	5	15	4	9	26	.176	.174	.224	.398	9	19	1	15	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1991	22	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1992	23	20	31	30	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	13	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	20
1993	24	42	10	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	42
1994	25	28	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	20
1995	26	50	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	44

1999	30	49	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	49
2000	31	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	22
7 Seasons		213	97	96	6	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	28	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	199
162 Game Avg.		162	74	73	5	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	199

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