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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 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
1971 23 NYM NL 5 6 .455 4.78 31 9 8 1 0 0 90.1 92 53 48 7 41 8 53 2 0 1 398 71 1.472 9.2 0.7 4.1 5.3 1.29
1972 24 SFG NL 0 2 .000 8.68 3 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 14 10 9 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 46 42 1.821 13.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 1.00
1973 25 SFG NL 3 0 1.000 6.65 12 2 2 0 0 0 23.0 32 19 17 2 7 2 11 0 0 1 109 59 1.696 12.5 0.8 2.7 4.3 1.57
1974 26 SFG NL 1 3 .250 2.78 39 7 7 0 0 0 100.1 93 38 31 6 31 6 48 2 0 4 414 138 1.236 8.3 0.5 2.8 4.3 1.55
1975 27 SFG NL 5 3 .625 3.49 55 2 21 0 0 3 98.0 94 41 38 2 66 14 45 4 0 9 438 110 1.633 8.6 0.2 6.1 4.1 0.68
1976 28 SFG NL 2 0 1.000 2.96 48 2 13 0 0 1 85.0 80 33 28 4 39 2 34 2 1 3 365 122 1.400 8.5 0.4 4.1 3.6 0.87
1977 29 SFG NL 6 5 .545 4.00 55 8 10 1 0 0 119.1 116 62 53 9 60 16 41 3 0 3 512 98 1.475 8.7 0.7 4.5 3.1 0.68
1978 30 SFG NL 1 3 .250 5.44 25 1 9 0 0 0 48.0 60 31 29 5 28 6 22 1 0 3 225 64 1.833 11.3 0.9 5.3 4.1 0.79
8 Yrs 23 22 .511 3.97 268 33 70 2 0 4 573.1 581 287 253 38 275 54 257 14 1 24 2507 94 1.493 9.1 0.6 4.3 4.0 0.93
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .511 3.97 61 7 16 0 0 1 130 131 65 57 9 62 12 58 3 0 5 566 94 1.493 9.1 0.6 4.3 4.0 0.93
SFG (7 yrs) 18 16 .529 3.82 237 24 62 1 0 4 483.0 489 234 205 31 234 46 204 12 1 23 2109 99 1.497 9.1 0.6 4.4 3.8 0.87
NYM (1 yr) 5 6 .455 4.78 31 9 8 1 0 0 90.1 92 53 48 7 41 8 53 2 0 1 398 71 1.472 9.2 0.7 4.1 5.3 1.29

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
1971 23 NYM NL 90.1 31 9 53 5.28 4.08 0.03 -0.06 99.5 3.97 -14 -1.5 .9 -0.1 -0.9 -5 .450 .490 $
1972 24 SFG NL 9.1 3 2 10 9.64 3.88 -0.03 -0.02 107.2 4.17 -6 -0.6 .1 0.1 -0.4 -5 .316 .497 $
1973 25 SFG NL 23.0 12 2 19 7.43 4.42 -0.06 -0.15 103.8 4.49 -8 -0.8 .9 0.0 -0.6 -5 .434 .495 $
1974 26 SFG NL 100.1 39 7 38 3.41 4.24 -0.02 -0.16 104.1 4.27 9 1.0 1.1 -0.1 1.8 19 .526 .506 $
1975 27 SFG NL 98.0 55 2 41 3.77 4.26 -0.31 -0.29 103.5 4.43 6 0.7 1.3 0.0 1.5 16 .513 .504 $
1976 28 SFG NL 85.0 48 2 33 3.49 4.05 -0.38 -0.25 104.0 4.35 7 0.9 .8 -0.2 1.4 16 .518 .505 $
1977 29 SFG NL 119.1 55 8 62 4.68 4.40 -0.17 -0.16 102.2 4.51 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.2 0.4 9 .494 .498 $
1978 30 SFG NL 48.0 25 1 31 5.81 4.08 -0.21 -0.28 100.4 4.02 -10 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -5 .456 .493 $
8 Seasons 573.1 268 33 287 4.51 4.21 -0.16 -0.19 102.6 4.30 -18 -1.7 1.0 -0.5 2.4 39 .494 .499 $
SFG (7 yrs) 483.0 237 24 234 4.36 4.24 -0.20 -0.21 103.2 4.36 -4 -0.2 1.0 -0.4 3.3 45 .499 .500 $
NYM (1 yr) 90.1 31 9 53 5.28 4.08 0.03 -0.06 99.5 3.97 -14 -1.5 .9 -0.1 -0.9 -5 .450 .490 $

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
1971 23 NYM NL 31 398 345 53 92 12 5 7 2 6 41 53 .267 .343 .391 .734 .292 135 11 2 4 6 8 10
1972 24 SFG NL 3 46 42 10 14 2 2 3 0 0 3 3 .333 .378 .690 1.068 .306 29 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 25 SFG NL 12 109 97 19 32 6 1 2 2 2 7 11 .330 .371 .474 .846 .353 46 1 0 4 1 2 2
1974 26 SFG NL 39 414 372 38 93 13 2 6 12 3 31 48 .250 .308 .344 .652 .270 128 11 2 5 4 6 7
1975 27 SFG NL 55 438 359 41 94 22 11 2 5 4 66 45 .262 .379 .401 .780 .291 144 14 4 5 4 14 7
1976 28 SFG NL 48 365 312 33 80 9 4 4 5 6 39 34 .256 .340 .349 .689 .274 109 10 2 9 3 2 9
1977 29 SFG NL 55 512 443 62 116 19 7 9 14 9 60 41 .262 .352 .397 .749 .270 176 15 3 3 3 16 5
1978 30 SFG NL 25 225 191 31 60 11 2 5 7 4 28 22 .314 .401 .471 .872 .331 90 4 1 3 2 6 2
8 Yrs 268 2507 2161 287 581 94 34 38 47 34 275 257 .269 .352 .397 .748 .287 857 66 14 34 23 54 43
162 Game Avg. 61 566 488 65 131 21 8 9 11 8 62 58 .269 .352 .397 .748 .287 194 15 3 8 5 12 10
MLB Averages .255 .322 .373 .695 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1971 23 NYM NL -13.5 -1.4 410 -2.2 5.3 -7.5 .90 -1.0 -1.4 -15.3 -1.6 0.90 -12.6 6 3 11
1972 24 SFG NL -5.0 -0.5 46 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .57 -0.7 -0.3 -5.3 -0.5 0.57 -6.7 0 0 1
1973 25 SFG NL -6.6 -0.7 114 -0.9 1.2 -2.2 .86 -0.4 -0.6 -7.8 -0.8 0.86 -5.2 3 1 5
1974 26 SFG NL 10.0 1.1 433 0.3 6.5 -6.3 .93 1.2 -0.9 7.5 0.8 0.93 8.3 9 5 17
1975 27 SFG NL 4.5 0.5 457 -0.7 6.9 -7.6 .90 -0.3 -0.4 -3.7 -0.4 0.90 -4.2 15 12 26
1976 28 SFG NL 5.6 0.6 382 0.0 4.1 -4.0 .63 0.2 -0.1 2.9 0.3 0.63 3.8 7 7 27
1977 29 SFG NL -2.0 -0.2 539 0.7 8.7 -8.0 .91 0.3 0.5 5.3 0.5 0.91 2.6 12 12 22
1978 30 SFG NL -10.2 -1.0 240 -1.0 3.1 -4.1 .93 -1.2 0.1 -10.5 -1.1 0.93 -12.9 7 3 14
8 Yrs -17.2 -1.7 2621 -4.4 36.3 -40.6 .86 -2.0 -3.0 -26.9 -2.7 0.86 -27.0 59 43 123

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
1971 23 NYM NL 31 9 3 4 2 0 0 3 6 .333 0 1 1 0 5 56% 42.3 67 16 14 4 1 2 4.6 4.4 5.0
1972 24 SFG NL 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 35 31 1 1 1 1 1.5 1.5 3.0
1973 25 SFG NL 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 2 0 0 0 0% 39.5 44 35 8 5 1 0 10.0 0.0 4.8
1974 26 SFG NL 39 7 0 3 4 0 1 1 6 .143 3 2 0 0 4 57% 51.0 68 41 18 6 5 2 3.7 2.1 5.4
1975 27 SFG NL 55 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 47.5 50 45 22 7 1 1 3.0 0.8 5.5
1976 28 SFG NL 48 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2 100% 56.0 61 50 11 4 1 2 7.3 2.1 5.0
1977 29 SFG NL 55 8 2 3 3 0 0 3 5 .375 1 1 1 0 2 25% 43.8 70 18 20 13 6 1 4.4 4.7 5.5
1978 30 SFG NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 14 3 0 1 1.0 1.5 5.3
8 Yrs 268 33 6 14 13 0 1 11 22 .333 4 7 2 0 14 42% 45 70 16 108 43 16 10 4.4 3.1 5.1
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 109 -13 4.1 4.1 6.5

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
1971 23 NYM NL 31 22 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 11 41% 8 .905 6 3 11 2 4 16 12 10 13 4 13 2 6.2
1972 24 SFG NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 .568 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 10.0
1973 25 SFG NL 12 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 4 44% 2 .863 3 1 5 2 1 7 5 5 4 4 4 3 4.0
1974 26 SFG NL 39 32 7 1 0 1 0 1 0% 4 3 31 16 52% 6 .930 9 5 17 5 4 23 18 14 22 3 22 8 5.8
1975 27 SFG NL 55 53 21 5 2 5 3 2 60% 6 1 58 26 45% 8 .899 15 12 26 8 9 36 30 23 30 11 32 14 4.9
1976 28 SFG NL 48 46 13 1 0 2 1 1 50% 6 3 28 12 43% 6 .629 7 7 27 7 2 36 16 29 24 8 26 11 4.7
1977 29 SFG NL 55 47 10 4 2 0 0 0 3 2 29 8 28% 7 .913 12 12 22 6 8 33 16 31 27 9 28 9 4.8
1978 30 SFG NL 25 24 9 1 2 1 0 1 0% 3 2 10 3 30% 7 .928 7 3 14 3 6 15 6 18 15 3 17 5 5.3
8 Yrs 268 235 70 17 8 9 4 5 44% 23 11 193 80 41% .864 59 43 123 33 34 167 104 130 136 42 143 52 5.1

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%
1971 23 NYM NL 398 60% 1.8% 13.3% 10.3% 6.0% 26% 1.13 73% 86 11 13%
1972 24 SFG NL 46 59% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 15.2% 50% 0.32 78% 6 0 0%
1973 25 SFG NL 109 59% 1.8% 10.1% 6.4% 8.3% 28% 0.81 78% 20 1 5%
1974 26 SFG NL 414 59% 1.5% 11.6% 7.5% 5.1% 23% 1.52 78% 86 11 13%
1975 27 SFG NL 438 63% 0.5% 10.3% 15.1% 8.0% 37% 1.13 72% 94 14 15%
1976 28 SFG NL 365 57% 1.1% 9.3% 10.7% 4.7% 21% 1.26 76% 82 10 12%
1977 29 SFG NL 512 58% 1.8% 8.0% 11.7% 6.8% 30% 1.28 77% 97 15 15%
1978 30 SFG NL 225 62% 2.2% 9.8% 12.4% 8.0% 30% 1.17 74% 47 4 9%
8 Yrs 2507 60% 1.5% 10.3% 11.0% 6.6% 29% 1.20 75% 518 66 13%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.4% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 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
1971 23 NYM NL 398 92 7 0 18 4 3 4 3 33 17 1 52% 10 1 3 150 2 6 25% 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1972 24 SFG NL 46 14 3 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 25 SFG NL 109 32 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 10 9 0 90% 2 1 0 39 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
1974 26 SFG NL 414 93 6 0 14 2 4 3 3 18 8 4 44% 7 4 0 160 12 3 80% 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1975 27 SFG NL 438 94 2 0 23 1 1 1 1 42 22 0 52% 7 9 1 184 5 4 56% 5 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 21 0
1976 28 SFG NL 365 80 4 0 14 2 2 2 2 37 16 3 43% 9 3 1 136 5 6 45% 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1977 29 SFG NL 512 116 9 1 15 4 5 8 1 41 19 2 46% 5 3 2 189 14 9 61% 12 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 0
1978 30 SFG NL 225 60 5 0 7 4 1 2 3 16 5 1 31% 2 3 0 93 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
8 Yrs 2507 581 38 1 95 20 18 23 15 200 98 11 49% 43 24 7 965 47 34 58% 42 32 4 2 1 0 4 3 74 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

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+
1971 23 5 6 .455 4.78 31 9 8 1 0 0 90.1 92 53 48 7 41 8 53 2 0 1 398 71 1.472 9.2 0.7 4.1 5.3 1.29 71
1972 24 5 8 .385 5.15 34 11 8 1 0 0 99.2 106 63 57 10 44 8 56 2 0 1 444 67 1.505 9.6 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27 67
1973 25 8 8 .500 5.43 46 13 10 1 0 0 122.2 138 82 74 12 51 10 67 2 0 2 553 65 1.541 10.1 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.31 65
1974 26 9 11 .450 4.24 85 20 17 1 0 0 223.0 231 120 105 18 82 16 115 4 0 6 967 86 1.404 9.3 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.40 86
1975 27 14 14 .500 4.01 140 22 38 1 0 3 321.0 325 161 143 20 148 30 160 8 0 15 1405 93 1.474 9.1 0.6 4.1 4.5 1.08 93
1976 28 16 14 .533 3.79 188 24 51 1 0 4 406.0 405 194 171 24 187 32 194 10 1 18 1770 98 1.458 9.0 0.5 4.1 4.3 1.04 98
1977 29 22 19 .537 3.84 243 32 61 2 0 4 525.1 521 256 224 33 247 48 235 13 1 21 2282 98 1.462 8.9 0.6 4.2 4.0 0.95 98
1978 30 23 22 .511 3.97 268 33 70 2 0 4 573.1 581 287 253 38 275 54 257 14 1 24 2507 94 1.493 9.1 0.6 4.3 4.0 0.93 94

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
1971 23 3 6 .333 6.00 84.0 99 62 56 8 44 49 2 1.702 10.6 4.7 5.3 1.11 0.9 31
1972 24 0 1 .000 9.90 10.0 16 12 11 3 3 3 0 1.900 14.4 2.7 2.7 1.00 2.7 3
1973 25 0 2 .000 7.04 23.0 33 20 18 2 7 11 0 1.739 12.9 2.7 4.3 1.57 0.8 12
1974 26 7 3 .700 2.91 96.0 94 34 31 6 31 46 2 1.302 8.8 2.9 4.3 1.48 0.6 39
1975 27 5 5 .500 3.86 91.0 95 43 39 2 67 42 4 1.780 9.4 6.6 4.2 0.63 0.2 55
1976 28 5 3 .625 3.38 80.0 83 33 30 4 40 32 2 1.538 9.3 4.5 3.6 0.80 0.5 48
1977 29 5 7 .417 4.42 110.0 117 60 54 9 61 38 3 1.618 9.6 5.0 3.1 0.62 0.7 55
1978 30 1 3 .250 7.12 43.0 65 38 34 5 30 20 1 2.209 13.6 6.3 4.2 0.67 1.0 25
8 Yrs 26 30 .464 4.58 537.0 602 302 273 39 283 241 14 1.648 10.1 4.0 0.85 0.7 268

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 NL  9 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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