Charlie Williams
Charles Prosek Williams
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 11, 1947 in Flushing, NY
High School: South (Great Neck, NY)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1971
Final Game: September 11, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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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 41 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 58 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 4 414 137 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 9 438 109 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 63 1.833 11.3 0.9 5.3 4.1 0.79
8 Seasons 23 22 .511 3.97 268 33 70 2 0 4 573.1 581 287 253 38 275 54 257 14 1 24 2507 93 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 93 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 98 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
8 Seasons 268 2507 2161 287 581 94 34 38 47 34 275 257 .269 .352 .397 .748 .287 857 66 14 34 23 54
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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 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% 40 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 2 2 0 0 4 57% 51 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% 48 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 1 50% 54 57 50 11 4 0 2 7.3 2.6 4.5
1977 29 SFG NL 55 8 2 3 3 0 0 3 5 .375 1 1 1 0 2 25% 44 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 36 36 14 3 0 1 1.0 1.5 5.3
8 Seasons 268 33 6 14 13 0 1 11 22 .333 3 7 2 0 13 39% 45 70 16 108 43 15 10 4.4 3.1 5.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.925 7 4 10 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 0.573 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 0.880 3 2 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 0.942 9 7 15 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 0.939 16 15 22 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 0.668 8 9 26 7 3 36 16 30 25 8 27 11 5.0
1977 29 SFG NL 55 47 10 4 2 0 0 0 3 2 29 8 28% 7 0.935 13 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 0.989 7 7 10 3 6 15 6 18 15 3 17 5 5.3
8 Seasons 268 235 70 17 8 9 4 5 44% 23 11 193 80 41% 0.892 63 56 111 33 35 167 104 131 137 42 144 52 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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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 40% 1.8% 13.3% 10.3% 6.0% 26% 1.13 73% 86 11 13%
1972 24 SFG NL 46 41% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 15.2% 50% 0.32 78% 6 0 0%
1973 25 SFG NL 109 41% 1.8% 10.1% 6.4% 8.3% 28% 0.81 78% 20 1 5%
1974 26 SFG NL 414 41% 1.5% 11.6% 7.5% 5.1% 23% 1.52 78% 86 11 13%
1975 27 SFG NL 438 37% 0.5% 10.3% 15.1% 8.0% 37% 1.13 72% 94 14 15%
1976 28 SFG NL 365 43% 1.1% 9.3% 10.7% 4.7% 21% 1.26 76% 82 10 12%
1977 29 SFG NL 512 42% 1.8% 8.0% 11.7% 6.8% 30% 1.28 77% 97 15 15%
1978 30 SFG NL 225 38% 2.2% 9.8% 12.4% 8.0% 30% 1.17 74% 47 4 9%
8 Seasons 2507 40% 1.5% 10.3% 11.0% 6.6% 29% 1.20 75% 518 66 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 1 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 1 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 Seasons 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 2 74 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 66 1.505 9.6 0.9 4.0 5.1 1.27 66
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 64 1.541 10.1 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.31 64
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 92 1.474 9.1 0.6 4.1 4.5 1.08 92
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 97 1.458 9.0 0.5 4.1 4.3 1.04 97
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 97 1.462 8.9 0.6 4.2 4.0 0.95 97
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 93 1.493 9.1 0.6 4.3 4.0 0.93 93

Neutralized Pitching

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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 5.89 84.0 99 61 55 8 44 49 2 1.702 10.6 4.7 5.3 1.11 0.9 31
1972 24 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 16 11 10 3 3 3 0 1.900 14.4 2.7 2.7 1.00 2.7 3
1973 25 1 1 .500 6.65 23.0 33 19 17 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 93 34 31 6 31 46 2 1.292 8.7 2.9 4.3 1.48 0.6 39
1975 27 5 5 .500 3.72 92.0 93 42 38 2 65 42 4 1.717 9.1 6.4 4.1 0.65 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 6 6 .500 4.26 112.0 115 59 53 9 59 38 3 1.554 9.2 4.7 3.1 0.64 0.7 55
1978 30 1 3 .250 7.12 43.0 64 38 34 5 30 20 1 2.186 13.4 6.3 4.2 0.67 1.0 25
8 Seasons 28 28 .500 4.47 540.0 596 297 268 39 279 241 14 1.620 9.9 4.0 0.86 0.7 268

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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