Dave Williams
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 12, 1979 in Anchorage, AK
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 2001
Final Game: September 24, 2007
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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
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 85 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 98 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 96 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 78 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 19 3.923 24.9 4.2 10.4 4.2 0.40
6 Seasons 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 103 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 56 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

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
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
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
2004 25 PIT NL 10 161 143 21 31 9 1 4 2 0 13 33 .217 .294 .378 .671 .252 54 3 3 1 1 2
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 82 1777 1549 237 411 91 13 64 12 14 165 245 .265 .344 .465 .808 .276 720 40 28 19 16 15
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
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
2001 22 PIT NL 22 18 3 7 8 1 3 7 11 .389 2 2 0 0 8 44% 51 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% 48 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% 54 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 1 2 1 1 12 48% 49 83 17 14 5 0 12 5.0 5.3 5.5 89 4 14 7 0 118
2006 27 TOT NL 14 13 5 4 4 2 2 9 4 .692 0 4 0 0 6 46% 40 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% 38 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% 43 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 6 6 2 0 0 1 3.0 0.0 3.3 98 0 1 0 0 98
6 Seasons 82 72 22 31 19 6 10 34 38 .472 4 10 1 1 32 44% 48 83 0 56 17 0 38 4.4 4.2 5.4 87 19 39 14 0 119
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
2001 22 PIT NL 22 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 100% 2 0.981 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 0.748 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 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 0.725 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 0.509 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 15
4 Seasons 40 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 7 100% 0.875 2 1 7 2 0 8 3 7 6 0 7 1 5.6 30

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%
2001 22 PIT NL 472 75% 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 79% 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 73% 2.5% 20.5% 8.1% 8.7% 45% 1.15 1.71 66% 19% 8.2% 6% 29 3 10%
2005 26 PIT NL 600 82% 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 83% 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 80% 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 87% 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 90% 6.9% 6.9% 17.2% 17.2% 42% 0.47 1.20 69% 18% 16.7% 20% 8 1 13%
6 Seasons 1778 79% 3.6% 13.8% 9.3% 9.5% 41% 0.68 0.95 71% 21% 9.6% 12% 311 40 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 22 PIT NL 472 1711 3.63 1035 60% 25% 12% 28% 35% 75% 2% 45% 84% 57% 5% 25 13 17% 81 35 4 32% 7 8 0 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% 72% 1% 46% 80% 57% 3% 5 2 27% 44 24 4 18% 4 1 0 0 1
2005 26 PIT NL 600 2224 3.71 1348 61% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 2% 43% 83% 57% 6% 33 18 21% 125 62 6 22% 13 10 0 0 0
2006 27 TOT NL 320 1144 3.58 736 64% 27% 9% 28% 36% 73% 1% 47% 88% 59% 4% 12 5 20% 63 27 4 25% 6 6 0 0 0
2006 27 CIN NL 194 679 3.50 430 63% 29% 8% 26% 37% 71% 0% 45% 89% 59% 4% 7 3 19% 37 16 2 6% 3 4 0 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 Seasons 1778 6582 3.70 4055 62% 27% 12% 28% 33% 73% 2% 45% 83% 57% 5% 93 49 21% 365 175 19 25% 40 29 0 0 1
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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
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 1 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 3 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 Seasons 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 13 9 35 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+
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 2 829 108 1.281 7.8 1.3 3.8 5.6 1.50 108
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 103 1.333 8.2 1.3 3.8 5.7 1.51 103
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

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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
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 4.81 43.0 38 26 23 9 24 33 4 1.442 8.0 5.0 6.9 1.38 1.9 9
2004 25 2 2 .500 4.50 38.0 31 21 19 4 13 32 3 1.158 7.3 3.1 7.6 2.46 0.9 10
2005 26 6 8 .429 4.64 132.0 138 76 68 20 58 84 8 1.485 9.4 4.0 5.7 1.45 1.4 25
2006 27 2 5 .286 6.09 68.0 90 51 46 14 19 32 6 1.603 11.9 2.5 4.2 1.68 1.9 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 Seasons 19 22 .463 4.77 394.0 404 233 209 63 162 237 28 1.437 9.2 5.4 1.46 1.4 82

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y
2005 NL--1--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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