Charlie Williams

Charles Prosek Williams

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 11, 1947 in Flushing, NY
High School: Great Neck South HS (Great Neck, NY)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1971
Teams (by GP): Giants/Mets 1971-1978

Final Game: September 11, 1978
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Standard Batting

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
1968	20	NYM-min	A-	11	26	26		3	0	0	0						.115	.115	.115	.231		3							MNK · NORL
1969	21	NYM-min	A,AA	26	39	38	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.105	.128	.132	.260		5							VIS,MEM · CALL,TL
1970	22	NYM-min	AA	26	53	53		7	1	0	0						.132	.132	.151	.283		8							MEM · TL
1971	23	NYM	NL	31	29	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.087	.160	.087	.247	-27	2	0	0	4	0	0	1
1972	24	SFG-NYM-min	AAA	29	73	57	6	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	4	11	.140	.197	.246	.442		14		0	12	0			PHX,TID · PCL,IL
1972	24	SFG	NL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1973	25	SFG-min	AAA	16	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		2		0	0	0			PHX · PCL
1973	25	SFG	NL	12	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	83	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1974	26	SFG	NL	39	25	22	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.136	.174	.136	.310	-14	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1975	27	SFG	NL	55	17	16	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.125	.176	.250	.426	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
1976	28	SFG	NL	48	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
1977	29	SFG	NL	55	19	18	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	21	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1978	30	HOU-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CHL · IL
1978	30	SFG	NL	25	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8 Yrs				268	110	97	5	13	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	33	.134	.176	.155	.331	-7	15	1	1	8	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	66	59	3	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	20	.134	.176	.155	.331	-7	9	1	1	5	0	0

SFG (7 yrs)				237	81	74	4	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	22	.149	.182	.176	.357	-1	13	1	1	4	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				31	29	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.087	.160	.087	.247	-27	2	0	0	4	0	0

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1971	23	NYM	NL	31	29	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$	1
1972	24	SFG	NL	3	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.488	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1973	25	SFG	NL	12	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1974	26	SFG	NL	39	25	-4	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1975	27	SFG	NL	55	17	-2	-0	-0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1976	28	SFG	NL	48	9	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1977	29	SFG	NL	55	19	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1978	30	SFG	NL	25	5	-1	-0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
8 Seasons				268	110	-15	-1	0	0	12	-3	-0.4	3	-0	-0.4	.499	.500	-0.4	0.1	-0	$

SFG (7 yrs)				237	81	-11	-0	-0	0	9	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	0.1	0	$
NYM (1 yr)				31	29	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1971	23	NYM	NL	29	25	1	1.1	91	.167	.087	.257	.160	.323	.087	.377	.247	.700	-27	.081	-3.9	-0.4	.190	.087	.000
1972	24	SFG	NL	2	2	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.259	.000	.328	.000	.382	.000	.710	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1973	25	SFG	NL	4	3	0	0.0	100	1.000	.333	.267	.333	.337	.333	.397	.667	.734	83	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1974	26	SFG	NL	25	21	1	1.3	99	.176	.136	.268	.174	.341	.136	.388	.310	.728	-14	.101	-3.5	-0.4	.211	.045	.000
1975	27	SFG	NL	17	15	1	1.8	99	.222	.125	.270	.176	.342	.250	.390	.426	.732	16	.168	-2.1	-0.2	.333	.188	.125
1976	28	SFG	NL	9	7	0	0.0	93	.250	.125	.265	.222	.332	.125	.378	.347	.709	0	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
1977	29	SFG	NL	19	15	1	1.8	102	.267	.222	.268	.222	.336	.222	.409	.444	.744	21	.151	-2.1	-0.2	.286	.000	.000
1978	30	SFG	NL	5	5	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.257	.000	.324	.000	.378	.000	.703	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				110	93	4	1.2	97	.203	.134	.265	.176	.334	.155	.388	.331	.722	-7	.084	-14.6	-1.5	.235	.062	.021
162 Game Avg.				66	56	2	1.2	97	.203	.134	.265	.176	.334	.155	.388	.331	.722	-7	.084	-14.6	-1.5	.235	.062	.021

SFG (7 yrs)				81	68	3	1.2	99	.212	.149	.267	.182	.337	.176	.392	.357	.729	-1	.086	-10.7	-1.1	.250	.054	.027
NYM (1 yr)				29	25	1	1.1	91	.167	.087	.257	.160	.323	.087	.377	.247	.700	-27	.081	-3.9	-0.4	.190	.087	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	23	NYM	NL	29	0.0%	37.9%	6.9%	0.0%	0%	5.50	2.1		23.0	3.67	41%
1972	24	SFG	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	100%
1973	25	SFG	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5				25%
1974	26	SFG	NL	25	0.0%	20.0%	4.0%	0.0%	0%	5.00	4.4			1.14	68%
1975	27	SFG	NL	17	0.0%	41.2%	5.9%	5.9%	50%	7.00	2.3			7.00	53%
1976	28	SFG	NL	9	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				44%
1977	29	SFG	NL	19	0.0%	15.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.0		18.0	0.75	79%
1978	30	SFG	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0			3.00	80%
8 Yrs				110	0.0%	30.0%	3.6%	0.9%	8%	8.25	2.9		48.5	1.90	58%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.4%	8.6%	6.1%	27%	1.56	6.6	47.1	8.9	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1971	23	NYM	NL	-3.9	-0.4	29	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.80	-0.3	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3	1.02	-2.9
1972	24	SFG	NL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.57	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.62	-0.5
1973	25	SFG	NL	-0.1	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.82	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.69	-0.3
1974	26	SFG	NL	-3.5	-0.4	25	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	.89	-0.3	0.1	-2.6	-0.3	0.85	-3.6
1975	27	SFG	NL	-2.1	-0.2	17	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.78	-0.2	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.83	-2.3
1976	28	SFG	NL	-1.1	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.26	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.05	-1.1
1977	29	SFG	NL	-2.1	-0.2	21	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.98	-0.2	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	1.04	-2.7
1978	30	SFG	NL	-1.3	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.68	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.56	-1.2
8 Yrs				-14.6	-1.5	112	-1.3	0.7	-2.0	.88	-1.4	-0.1	-14.7	-1.5	0.92	-14.6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1971	23	NYM	NL	25%	10	1	1	25%	2	2	0	0	2	1
1972	24	SFG	NL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	25	SFG	NL	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	26	SFG	NL	25%	5	0	0	50%	0	0	1	1	1	1
1975	27	SFG	NL	33%	2	0	0	0%	0	0	1	1	0	0
1976	28	SFG	NL	50%	2	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
1977	29	SFG	NL	0%	8	0	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
1978	30	SFG	NL		3	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				28%	31	1	3	20%	5	5	2	2	3	2

Situational Hitting*

						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
1971	23	NYM	NL	29	24%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	9	0	0%	9	3	33%	18	1	6%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
1972	24	SFG	NL	2	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	0		0
1973	25	SFG	NL	4	75%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1974	26	SFG	NL	25	32%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	15	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1975	27	SFG	NL	17	35%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1976	28	SFG	NL	9	44%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1977	29	SFG	NL	19	37%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	5	2	40%	18	1	6%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1978	30	SFG	NL	5	20%	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		0
8 Yrs				110	33%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	80%	21	1	5%	20	7	35%	67	2	3%	5	1	20%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1971	23	31	29	23	1	2	0	1	2	11	.087	.160	.087	.247	-27	2	0	0	4
1972	24	34	31	25	1	2	0	1	2	11	.080	.148	.080	.228	-33	2	0	0	4
1973	25	46	35	28	1	3	0	1	2	13	.107	.167	.107	.274	-20	3	0	0	5
1974	26	85	60	50	2	6	0	1	3	18	.120	.170	.120	.290	-18	6	0	0	7
1975	27	140	77	66	3	8	1	1	4	25	.121	.171	.152	.323	-9	10	1	0	7
1976	28	188	86	74	4	9	1	1	4	29	.122	.177	.149	.326	-8	11	1	1	7
1977	29	243	105	92	4	13	1	2	4	32	.141	.186	.163	.349	-3	15	1	1	8
1978	30	268	110	97	5	13	1	2	4	33	.134	.176	.155	.331	-7	15	1	1	8

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1971	23	31	29	23	0	0	0	0	2	11	.000	.080	.000	.080	0	31
1972	24	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1973	25	12	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
1974	26	39	26	23	2	4	0	0	1	5	.174	.208	.174	.382	1	39
1975	27	55	17	16	1	2	1	0	1	7	.125	.176	.250	.426	1	55
1976	28	48	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	48
1977	29	55	19	18	0	4	0	1	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	1	55
1978	30	25	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	25
8 Yrs		268	111	98	4	10	1	1	4	33	.102	.146	.122	.268	3	268
162 Game Avg.		162	67	59	2	6	1	1	2	20	.102	.146	.122	.268	2	268

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