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

Born: February 13, 1958 in Seattle, WA
Schools: 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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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
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1984 26 SFG NL 61 21 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .222 .333 .222 .556 62 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 27 SFG NL 49 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1986 28 SFG NL 36 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 184 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1987 29 CIN NL 85 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1988 30 CIN NL 60 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 31 DET AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/79
6 Seasons 293 35 29 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .172 .250 .172 .422 21 5 1 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 19 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .172 .250 .172 .422 21 3 1 0 2 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 146 28 23 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .217 .308 .217 .525 52 5 0 0 2 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 145 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
DET (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 291 35 29 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .172 .250 .172 .422 21 5 1 0 3 0 0
AL (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 SFG NL 26 P 61 1 106.1 43 4 35 4 2 .907 0.0 0.0 3.30 0.64 .956 1.88 0.67
1985 SFG NL 27 P 49 0 73.0 20 4 12 4 2 .800 0.0 0.0 1.97 0.33 .960 1.92 0.68
1986 SFG NL 28 P 36 0 52.1 11 1 10 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.89 0.31 .955 1.94 0.66
1987 CIN NL 29 P 85 0 105.2 29 8 19 2 5 .931 0.0 0.0 2.30 0.32 .955 1.91 0.62
1988 CIN NL 30 P 60 0 62.2 19 2 13 4 1 .789 0.0 0.0 2.15 0.25 .963 1.97 0.69
1989 DET AL 31 P 42 0 71.2 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.63 0.31 .962 1.87 0.66
1989 DET AL 31 LF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
1989 DET AL 31 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
6 Seasons P 333 1 471.2 135 22 99 14 13 .896 0.0 0.0 2.31 0.36 .958 1.91 0.66
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
6 Seasons TOT 333 1 471.2 135 22 99 14 13 .896 0.0 0.0 2.31 0.36 .854 1.91 0.66

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 (2875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1611), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bob Humphreys (960)
  6. Chuck Taylor (959)
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  8. Warren Brusstar (957)
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  2. Jon Rauch (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Duffalo (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Veres (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Todd Frohwirth (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Veres (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

January 8, 1987: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Mike Villa (minors) and Timber Mead (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds for Eddie Milner.

December 21, 1988: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

January 16, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 21, 1989: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986San Francisco Giants$275,000
1987Cincinnati Reds$300,000
1988Cincinnati Reds$442,500
1989Detroit Tigers$425,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,442,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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