David Williams

David Aaron Williams

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 12, 1979 in Anchorage, AK
School: Delaware Technical and Community College (Dover, DE)
Drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 2001
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/Mets 2001-2007

Final Game: September 24, 2007
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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
2001 22 PIT NL 3 7 .300 3.71 22 18 1 0 0 0 114.0 100 53 47 15 45 4 57 7 0 0 472 123 1.272 7.9 1.2 3.6 4.5 1.27
2002 23 PIT NL 2 5 .286 4.98 9 9 0 0 0 0 43.1 38 26 24 9 24 2 33 4 2 2 195 86 1.431 7.9 1.9 5.0 6.9 1.38
2004 25 PIT NL 2 3 .400 4.42 10 6 0 0 0 0 38.2 31 21 19 4 13 2 33 3 0 0 162 97 1.138 7.2 0.9 3.0 7.7 2.54
2005 26 PIT NL 10 11 .476 4.41 25 25 0 1 1 0 138.2 137 74 68 20 58 5 88 8 0 3 600 95 1.406 8.9 1.3 3.8 5.7 1.52
2006 27 TOT NL 5 4 .556 6.52 14 13 1 0 0 0 69.0 93 52 50 14 20 1 32 6 1 2 320 70 1.638 12.1 1.8 2.6 4.2 1.60
2006 27 CIN NL 2 3 .400 7.20 8 8 0 0 0 0 40.0 54 34 32 9 16 0 16 4 1 1 194 65 1.750 12.2 2.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
2006 27 NYM NL 3 1 .750 5.59 6 5 1 0 0 0 29.0 39 18 18 5 4 1 16 2 0 1 126 79 1.483 12.1 1.6 1.2 5.0 4.00
2007 28 NYM NL 0 1 .000 22.85 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.1 12 11 11 2 5 1 2 0 0 1 29 20 3.923 24.9 4.2 10.4 4.2 0.40
6 Yrs 22 31 .415 4.83 82 72 3 1 1 0 408.0 411 237 219 64 165 15 245 28 3 8 1778 91 1.412 9.1 1.4 3.6 5.4 1.48
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .415 4.83 36 32 1 0 0 0 180 181 105 97 28 73 7 108 12 1 4 785 91 1.412 9.1 1.4 3.6 5.4 1.48
PIT (4 yrs) 17 26 .395 4.25 66 58 1 1 1 0 334.2 306 174 158 48 140 13 211 22 2 5 1429 102 1.333 8.2 1.3 3.8 5.7 1.51
NYM (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 7.83 8 6 2 0 0 0 33.1 51 29 29 7 9 2 18 2 0 2 155 57 1.800 13.8 1.9 2.4 4.9 2.00
CIN (1 yr) 2 3 .400 7.20 8 8 0 0 0 0 40.0 54 34 32 9 16 0 16 4 1 1 194 65 1.750 12.2 2.0 3.6 3.6 1.00

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
2001 22 PIT NL 114.0 22 18 53 4.18 4.78 -0.02 0.13 105.5 5.20 13 1.3 1.1 -0.1 2.1 24 .561 .508 $
2002 23 PIT NL 43.1 9 9 26 5.40 4.43 0.07 0.17 106.2 4.81 -3 -0.3 -0.0 0.0 1 .467 .498 $234,000
2004 25 PIT NL 38.2 10 6 21 4.89 4.61 -0.13 0.09 96.7 4.67 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.0 0.1 3 .489 .499 $
2005 26 PIT NL 138.2 25 25 74 4.80 4.64 0.08 0.17 100.9 4.77 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 13 .498 .500 $330,000
2006 27 CIN NL 40.0 8 8 34 7.65 4.80 -0.35 0.19 103.4 5.52 -9 -0.8 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .395 .495 $1,400,000
2006 27 NYM NL 29.0 6 5 18 5.59 4.90 0.24 0.17 99.2 4.79 -2 -0.2 .1 -0.0 0.0 0 .461 .499 $
2007 28 NYM NL 4.1 2 1 11 22.85 4.37 0.33 0.06 98.8 4.05 -9 -0.6 .0 0.1 -0.5 -9 .196 .496 $1,250,000
6 Seasons 408.0 82 72 237 5.23 4.69 0.00 0.15 102.5 4.95 -13 -0.8 .7 -0.2 2.0 28 .490 .499 $3,214,000
PIT (4 yrs) 334.2 66 58 174 4.68 4.66 0.02 0.15 102.7 4.91 8 0.9 .9 -0.2 3.1 41 .513 .501 $564,000
NYM (2 yrs) 33.1 8 6 29 7.83 4.83 0.26 0.16 99.1 4.70 -12 -0.8 .0 0.1 -0.5 -8 .395 .497 $1,250,000
CIN (1 yr) 40.0 8 8 34 7.65 4.80 -0.35 0.19 103.4 5.52 -9 -0.8 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .395 .495 $1,400,000

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
2001 22 PIT NL 22 472 409 53 100 22 5 15 3 9 45 57 .244 .324 .433 .757 .246 177 11 7 3 8 4 5
2002 23 PIT NL 9 195 164 26 38 9 1 9 3 0 24 33 .232 .342 .463 .805 .236 76 2 4 2 1 2 4
2004 25 PIT NL 10 162 143 21 31 9 1 4 2 0 13 33 .217 .294 .378 .671 .252 54 3 3 1 1 2 1
2005 26 PIT NL 25 600 525 74 137 33 4 20 2 1 58 88 .261 .342 .453 .796 .279 238 18 8 7 2 5 6
2006 27 CIN NL 8 194 168 34 54 11 0 9 2 2 16 16 .321 .387 .548 .935 .308 92 1 4 3 3 0 4
2006 27 NYM NL 6 126 117 18 39 5 1 5 0 2 4 16 .333 .366 .521 .887 .354 61 4 2 3 0 1 0
2006 27 TOT NL 14 320 285 52 93 16 1 14 2 4 20 32 .326 .379 .537 .916 .326 153 5 6 6 3 1 4
2007 28 NYM NL 2 29 23 11 12 2 1 2 0 0 5 2 .522 .586 .957 1.543 .500 22 1 0 0 1 1 0
6 Yrs 82 1778 1549 237 411 91 13 64 12 14 165 245 .265 .344 .465 .808 .276 720 40 28 19 16 15 20
162 Game Avg. 36 785 684 105 181 40 6 28 5 6 73 108 .265 .344 .465 .808 .276 318 18 12 8 7 7 9
MLB Averages .265 .333 .424 .757 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2001 22 PIT NL 9.9 1.0 484 -0.2 8.4 -8.6 .98 0.4 -0.6 5.9 0.6 0.98 6.5 1 1 2
2002 23 PIT NL -3.2 -0.3 203 -0.2 3.4 -3.6 .98 -0.6 0.4 -2.4 -0.2 0.98 -6.1 0 0 0
2004 25 PIT NL -0.5 -0.0 164 -0.1 2.0 -2.1 .74 0.3 -0.5 -4.2 -0.4 0.74 3.2 1 0 3
2005 26 PIT NL -2.9 -0.3 610 -0.9 10.0 -10.9 .93 -0.6 -0.4 -3.9 -0.4 0.93 -5.5 0 0 0
2006 27 TOT NL -13.4 -1.2 333 -1.1 4.9 -6.0 .90 -1.4 0.2 -13.9 -1.2 0.90 -15.8 0 0 1
2006 27 CIN NL -10.3 -0.9 202 -1.1 3.1 -4.2 1.02 -1.2 0.1 -12.2 -1.1 1.02 -13.7 0 0 0
2006 27 NYM NL -3.2 -0.3 131 0.0 1.8 -1.8 .73 -0.2 0.2 -1.7 -0.2 0.73 -2.0 0 0 1
2007 28 NYM NL -8.6 -0.7 30 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 .51 -0.6 -0.1 -9.6 -0.8 0.51 -7.6 0 0 0
6 Yrs -18.8 -1.6 1824 -2.9 28.8 -31.7 .92 -2.5 -0.6 -28.1 -2.4 0.92 -25.3 2 1 6

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
2001 22 PIT NL 22 18 3 7 8 1 3 7 11 .389 2 2 0 0 8 44% 50.5 73 26 15 3 0 9 3.9 3.9 5.8 87 6 8 4 0 106
2002 23 PIT NL 9 9 2 5 2 1 2 3 6 .333 1 2 0 0 3 33% 47.7 69 11 9 4 0 5 2.3 1.9 4.8 85 2 7 0 0 99
2004 25 PIT NL 10 6 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 .333 0 0 0 0 3 50% 53.7 73 33 4 0 0 4 3.1 1.9 5.3 85 3 2 1 0 100
2005 26 PIT NL 25 25 10 11 4 2 3 13 12 .520 2 2 1 1 12 48% 48.8 83 17 14 5 0 12 5.0 5.3 5.5 89 4 13 8 0 118
2006 27 TOT NL 14 13 5 4 4 2 2 9 4 .692 0 4 0 0 6 46% 39.5 72 0 12 5 0 7 6.2 5.0 5.2 87 4 7 2 0 119
2006 27 CIN NL 8 8 2 3 3 2 2 5 3 .625 0 3 0 0 3 38% 37.5 72 17 6 2 0 4 5.7 3.9 5.0 85 2 5 1 0 119
2006 27 NYM NL 6 5 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 .800 0 1 0 0 3 60% 42.8 62 0 6 3 0 3 7.1 6.7 5.6 90 2 2 1 0 102
2007 28 NYM NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 6.0 6 6 2 0 0 1 3.0 0.0 3.3 98 0 1 0 0 98
6 Yrs 82 72 22 31 19 6 10 34 38 .472 5 10 1 1 32 44% 47 83 0 56 17 0 38 4.4 4.2 5.4 87 19 38 15 0 119
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -12 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

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
2001 22 PIT NL 22 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 100% 2 .983 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 4 0 4 0 7.5 38
2004 25 PIT NL 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 6 .740 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 3 1 5.0 29
2006 27 TOT NL 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .903 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 15
2006 27 NYM NL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .727 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 15
2007 28 NYM NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .507 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 15
4 Yrs 40 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 7 100% .875 2 1 6 2 0 8 3 7 6 0 7 1 5.6 30

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%
2001 22 PIT NL 472 25% 3.2% 12.1% 9.5% 8.9% 42% 0.75 0.91 73% 21% 8.9% 14% 70 11 16%
2002 23 PIT NL 195 21% 4.6% 16.9% 12.3% 9.7% 50% 0.95 1.26 63% 22% 18.0% 19% 30 2 7%
2004 25 PIT NL 162 27% 2.5% 20.4% 8.0% 8.6% 45% 1.15 1.71 66% 19% 8.2% 6% 29 3 10%
2005 26 PIT NL 600 19% 3.3% 14.7% 9.7% 9.5% 42% 0.62 0.94 70% 17% 8.3% 9% 106 18 17%
2006 27 TOT NL 320 17% 4.4% 10.0% 6.3% 9.7% 33% 0.50 0.65 76% 25% 9.5% 13% 68 5 7%
2006 27 CIN NL 194 20% 4.6% 8.3% 8.3% 10.3% 37% 0.45 0.63 75% 25% 9.6% 11% 42 1 2%
2006 27 NYM NL 126 13% 4.0% 12.7% 3.2% 8.7% 28% 0.57 0.68 76% 24% 9.4% 16% 26 4 15%
2007 28 NYM NL 29 10% 6.9% 6.9% 17.2% 17.2% 42% 0.47 1.20 69% 18% 16.7% 20% 8 1 13%
6 Yrs 1778 21% 3.6% 13.8% 9.3% 9.5% 41% 0.68 0.95 71% 21% 9.6% 12% 311 40 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 22 PIT NL 474 1714 3.62 1037 61% 25% 12% 28% 35% 75% 2% 45% 84% 57% 5% 25 13 17% 81 35 4 32% 7 8 -2 0 0
2002 23 PIT NL 195 763 3.91 468 61% 25% 17% 29% 29% 75% 2% 46% 77% 56% 8% 15 9 25% 48 26 1 27% 10 4 0 0 0
2004 25 PIT NL 162 627 3.87 398 63% 27% 15% 30% 28% 73% 1% 46% 80% 57% 3% 5 2 27% 44 24 4 18% 4 1 0 0 0
2005 26 PIT NL 601 2228 3.71 1350 61% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 2% 43% 83% 57% 5% 33 18 21% 125 62 6 22% 13 10 -1 0 0
2006 27 TOT NL 321 1148 3.58 739 64% 27% 9% 28% 35% 73% 1% 47% 88% 59% 4% 12 5 20% 65 28 4 25% 6 6 -1 0 0
2006 27 CIN NL 195 683 3.50 433 63% 29% 8% 27% 36% 71% 0% 45% 89% 59% 4% 7 3 20% 39 17 2 6% 3 4 -1 0 0
2006 27 NYM NL 126 465 3.69 306 66% 25% 10% 31% 34% 75% 3% 49% 86% 60% 4% 5 2 21% 26 11 2 44% 3 2 0 0 0
2007 28 NYM NL 29 113 3.90 70 62% 33% 6% 30% 31% 67% 2% 42% 91% 66% 10% 3 2 14% 4 1 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1782 6593 3.70 4062 62% 27% 12% 28% 33% 73% 2% 45% 83% 57% 5% 93 49 21% 367 176 19 25% 40 29 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 21% 26%

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
2001 22 PIT NL 472 100 6 1 15 0 7 13 2 7 8 21 14 1 67% 5 0 0 150 3 9 25% 3 9 0 0 0 0 7 6 9 0
2002 23 PIT NL 195 38 3 0 9 0 6 9 0 5 4 12 3 2 25% 4 2 0 63 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2004 25 PIT NL 162 31 3 0 4 0 7 3 1 0 4 9 8 1 89% 1 0 0 53 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 26 PIT NL 600 137 15 5 20 1 7 13 7 16 4 18 7 5 39% 6 3 2 217 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 0
2006 27 TOT NL 320 93 5 2 14 1 9 12 2 5 9 12 7 3 58% 4 2 0 135 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0
2006 27 CIN NL 194 54 3 2 9 1 9 8 1 2 7 11 7 2 64% 4 1 0 81 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2006 27 NYM NL 126 39 2 0 5 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 54 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
2007 28 NYM NL 29 12 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Yrs 1778 411 33 8 64 2 37 51 13 34 30 73 40 12 55% 20 8 2 634 12 14 46% 11 14 1 0 0 0 11 9 35 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%

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+
2001 22 3 7 .300 3.71 22 18 1 0 0 0 114.0 100 53 47 15 45 4 57 7 0 0 472 123 1.272 7.9 1.2 3.6 4.5 1.27 123
2002 23 5 12 .294 4.06 31 27 1 0 0 0 157.1 138 79 71 24 69 6 90 11 2 2 667 110 1.316 7.9 1.4 3.9 5.1 1.30 110
2003 24 5 12 .294 4.06 31 27 1 0 0 0 157.1 138 79 71 24 69 6 90 11 2 2 667 110 1.316 7.9 1.4 3.9 5.1 1.30 110
2004 25 7 15 .318 4.13 41 33 1 0 0 0 196.0 169 100 90 28 82 8 123 14 2 2 829 107 1.281 7.8 1.3 3.8 5.6 1.50 107
2005 26 17 26 .395 4.25 66 58 1 1 1 0 334.2 306 174 158 48 140 13 211 22 2 5 1429 102 1.333 8.2 1.3 3.8 5.7 1.51 102
2006 27 22 30 .423 4.64 80 71 2 1 1 0 403.2 399 226 208 62 160 14 243 28 3 7 1749 95 1.385 8.9 1.4 3.6 5.4 1.52 95
2007 28 22 31 .415 4.83 82 72 3 1 1 0 408.0 411 237 219 64 165 15 245 28 3 8 1778 91 1.412 9.1 1.4 3.6 5.4 1.48 91

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
2001 22 7 5 .583 3.47 109.0 95 47 42 14 43 54 7 1.266 7.8 3.6 4.5 1.26 1.2 22
2002 23 2 2 .500 5.02 43.0 38 27 24 9 24 33 4 1.442 8.0 5.0 6.9 1.38 1.9 9
2004 25 2 2 .500 4.26 38.0 31 20 18 4 13 33 3 1.158 7.3 3.1 7.8 2.54 0.9 10
2005 26 6 8 .429 4.64 132.0 137 76 68 20 58 84 8 1.477 9.3 4.0 5.7 1.45 1.4 25
2006 27 2 5 .286 6.00 69.0 89 51 46 13 19 32 6 1.565 11.6 2.5 4.2 1.68 1.7 14
2007 28 0 0 24.75 4.0 12 12 11 2 5 2 0 4.250 27.0 11.3 4.5 0.40 4.5 2
6 Yrs 19 22 .463 4.76 395.0 402 233 209 62 162 238 28 1.428 9.2 5.4 1.47 1.4 82

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
2005 NL  1 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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