Frank Williams
Frank Lee Williams
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 13, 1958 in Seattle, WA
High School: Lake Washington (Kirkland, WA)
School: Lewis-Clark State College
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1984
Final Game: September 27, 1989
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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
1984 26 SFG NL 9 4 .692 3.55 61 1 15 1 1 3 106.1 88 49 42 2 51 6 91 3 5 8 454 99 1.307 7.4 0.2 4.3 7.7 1.78
1985 27 SFG NL 2 4 .333 4.19 49 0 15 0 0 0 73.0 65 39 34 5 35 7 54 6 1 3 318 82 1.370 8.0 0.6 4.3 6.7 1.54
1986 28 SFG NL 3 1 .750 1.20 36 0 12 0 0 1 52.1 35 8 7 0 21 4 33 4 0 1 194 294 1.070 6.0 0.0 3.6 5.7 1.57
1987 29 CIN NL 4 0 1.000 2.30 85 0 19 0 0 2 105.2 101 37 27 5 39 9 60 2 0 4 446 183 1.325 8.6 0.4 3.3 5.1 1.54
1988 30 CIN NL 3 2 .600 2.59 60 0 8 0 0 1 62.2 59 24 18 6 35 4 43 2 1 4 276 139 1.500 8.5 0.9 5.0 6.2 1.23
1989 31 DET AL 3 3 .500 3.64 42 0 16 0 0 1 71.2 70 37 29 5 46 10 33 3 0 2 330 106 1.619 8.8 0.6 5.8 4.1 0.72
6 Seasons 24 14 .632 3.00 333 1 85 1 1 8 471.2 418 194 157 23 227 40 314 20 7 22 2018 124 1.367 8.0 0.4 4.3 6.0 1.38
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .632 3.00 68 0 17 0 0 2 96 85 39 32 5 46 8 64 4 1 4 411 124 1.367 8.0 0.4 4.3 6.0 1.38
SFG (3 yrs) 14 9 .609 3.22 146 1 42 1 1 4 231.2 188 96 83 7 107 17 178 13 6 12 966 109 1.273 7.3 0.3 4.2 6.9 1.66
CIN (2 yrs) 7 2 .778 2.41 145 0 27 0 0 3 168.1 160 61 45 11 74 13 103 4 1 8 722 165 1.390 8.6 0.6 4.0 5.5 1.39
DET (1 yr) 3 3 .500 3.64 42 0 16 0 0 1 71.2 70 37 29 5 46 10 33 3 0 2 330 106 1.619 8.8 0.6 5.8 4.1 0.72
NL (5 yrs) 21 11 .656 2.88 291 1 69 1 1 7 400.0 348 157 128 18 181 30 281 17 7 20 1688 129 1.323 7.8 0.4 4.1 6.3 1.55
AL (1 yr) 3 3 .500 3.64 42 0 16 0 0 1 71.2 70 37 29 5 46 10 33 3 0 2 330 106 1.619 8.8 0.6 5.8 4.1 0.72

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
1984 26 SFG NL 61 454 389 49 88 13 2 2 15 4 51 91 .226 .319 .285 .604 .289 111 8 3 9 2 6
1985 27 SFG NL 49 318 269 39 65 12 1 5 7 5 35 54 .242 .338 .349 .687 .280 94 5 6 4 4 7
1986 28 SFG NL 36 194 165 8 35 1 0 0 1 9 21 33 .212 .314 .218 .532 .263 36 9 4 3 1 4
1987 29 CIN NL 85 446 397 37 101 23 2 5 8 9 39 60 .254 .322 .360 .682 .287 143 10 2 5 3 9
1988 30 CIN NL 60 276 234 24 59 9 1 6 7 5 35 43 .252 .354 .376 .730 .286 88 7 2 5 0 4
1989 31 DET AL 42 330 276 37 70 9 1 5 7 3 46 33 .254 .362 .348 .710 .269 96 6 3 1 4 10
6 Seasons 333 2018 1730 194 418 67 7 23 45 35 227 314 .242 .334 .328 .662 .281 568 45 20 27 14 40
162 Game Avg. 68 411 352 39 85 14 1 5 9 7 46 64 .242 .334 .328 .662 .281 116 9 4 5 3 8
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
1984 26 SFG NL 61 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 1 0 0% 62 62 62 22 12 1 0 12.6 12.6 5.0
1 Season 61 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 1 0 0% 62 62 62 22 12 1 0 12.6 12.6 5.0
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
1984 26 SFG NL 61 60 15 8 4 7 3 4 43% 13 5 52 19 37% 6 1.204 26 12 20 17 13 30 29 31 35 13 38 17 5.1
1985 27 SFG NL 49 49 15 2 4 1 0 1 0% 4 3 28 12 43% 7 0.931 15 12 22 8 9 32 15 34 27 12 28 10 4.5
1986 28 SFG NL 36 36 12 3 1 3 1 2 33% 5 2 32 10 31% 8 0.741 8 9 19 7 6 23 18 18 20 10 21 7 4.4
1987 29 CIN NL 85 85 19 4 0 7 2 5 29% 24 15 52 19 37% 8 0.934 28 15 39 35 9 41 28 57 39 26 43 31 3.7
1988 30 CIN NL 60 60 8 3 2 2 1 1 50% 11 9 26 13 50% 7 0.932 18 18 23 12 14 34 16 44 17 24 19 19 3.1 16
1989 31 DET AL 42 42 16 3 3 2 1 1 50% 8 5 39 13 33% 6 0.709 8 15 19 11 6 25 25 17 29 9 30 5 5.1 29
6 Seasons 333 332 85 23 14 22 8 14 36% 65 39 229 86 38% 0.939 103 81 142 90 57 185 131 201 167 94 179 89 4.2 21

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%
1984 26 SFG NL 454 46% 0.4% 20.0% 11.2% 3.7% 19% 2.17 66% 91 8 9%
1985 27 SFG NL 318 44% 1.6% 17.0% 11.0% 5.7% 28% 1.47 67% 49 5 10%
1986 28 SFG NL 194 42% 0.0% 17.0% 10.8% 0.5% 3% 1.40 69% 46 9 20%
1987 29 CIN NL 446 43% 1.1% 13.5% 8.7% 6.7% 30% 1.42 75% 65 10 15%
1988 30 CIN NL 276 39% 2.2% 15.6% 12.7% 5.8% 27% 1.10 1.37 67% 16% 14.0% 51% 49 7 14%
1989 31 DET AL 330 46% 1.5% 10.0% 13.9% 4.6% 21% 1.04 1.24 73% 17% 4.8% 13% 84 6 7%
6 Seasons 2018 44% 1.1% 15.6% 11.3% 4.8% 23% 1.07 1.51 70% 16% 7.5% 29% 384 45 12%
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
1988 30 CIN NL 274 960 3.50 554 58% 21% 19% 25% 35% 79% 4% 46% 76% 52% 8% 22 6 15% 42 19 2 10% 8 12 2 0 0
1989 31 DET AL 330 1207 3.66 701 58% 28% 13% 24% 35% 72% 7% 42% 82% 53% 8% 27 12 18% 58 29 3 27% 7 6 0 0 0
2 Seasons 604 2167 3.59 1255 58% 25% 16% 24% 35% 75% 6% 44% 79% 52% 8% 49 18 17% 100 48 5 17% 15 18 2 0 0
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
1984 26 SFG NL 454 88 2 0 20 1 1 1 1 44 26 8 59% 6 8 2 187 15 4 79% 13 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 20 0
1985 27 SFG NL 318 65 5 0 8 3 2 2 3 14 12 0 86% 3 3 2 110 7 5 58% 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 0
1986 28 SFG NL 194 35 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 11 7 1 64% 2 1 0 73 1 9 10% 1 7 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0
1987 29 CIN NL 446 101 5 0 12 5 0 2 3 23 12 2 52% 8 4 1 152 8 9 47% 6 8 2 0 0 1 2 0 10 0
1988 30 CIN NL 276 59 15 1 6 0 9 3 3 5 1 20 6 8 30% 5 4 0 102 7 5 58% 5 5 2 0 0 0 4 1 7 0
1989 31 DET AL 330 70 8 0 5 1 14 2 3 4 1 27 16 3 59% 7 2 2 157 7 3 70% 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0
6 Seasons 2018 418 23 1 23 1 72 14 9 14 9 139 79 22 57% 31 22 7 781 45 35 56% 38 30 7 3 0 2 13 2 64 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+
1984 26 9 4 .692 3.55 61 1 15 1 1 3 106.1 88 49 42 2 51 6 91 3 5 8 454 99 1.307 7.4 0.2 4.3 7.7 1.78 99
1985 27 11 8 .579 3.81 110 1 30 1 1 3 179.1 153 88 76 7 86 13 145 9 6 11 772 92 1.333 7.7 0.4 4.3 7.3 1.69 92
1986 28 14 9 .609 3.22 146 1 42 1 1 4 231.2 188 96 83 7 107 17 178 13 6 12 966 109 1.273 7.3 0.3 4.2 6.9 1.66 109
1987 29 18 9 .667 2.93 231 1 61 1 1 6 337.1 289 133 110 12 146 26 238 15 6 16 1412 127 1.290 7.7 0.3 3.9 6.3 1.63 127
1988 30 21 11 .656 2.88 291 1 69 1 1 7 400.0 348 157 128 18 181 30 281 17 7 20 1688 129 1.323 7.8 0.4 4.1 6.3 1.55 129
1989 31 24 14 .632 3.00 333 1 85 1 1 8 471.2 418 194 157 23 227 40 314 20 7 22 2018 124 1.367 8.0 0.4 4.3 6.0 1.38 124

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1984 26 5 6 .455 4.19 101.0 93 52 47 2 54 86 3 1.455 8.3 4.8 7.7 1.59 0.2 61
1985 27 3 4 .429 4.96 69.0 69 42 38 5 37 51 6 1.536 9.0 4.8 6.7 1.38 0.7 49
1986 28 3 1 .750 1.60 45.0 35 9 8 0 21 28 4 1.244 7.0 4.2 5.6 1.33 0.0 36
1987 29 8 3 .727 2.18 103.0 97 28 25 5 37 58 2 1.301 8.5 3.2 5.1 1.57 0.4 85
1988 30 4 2 .667 3.10 58.0 62 22 20 6 37 40 2 1.707 9.6 5.7 6.2 1.08 0.9 60
1989 31 3 4 .429 4.37 68.0 75 37 33 5 49 31 3 1.824 9.9 6.5 4.1 0.63 0.7 42
6 Seasons 26 20 .565 3.47 444.0 431 190 171 23 235 294 20 1.500 8.7 6.0 1.25 0.5 333

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1987 NL--85--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1984 NL--8--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 NL--6--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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