Matt Williams
Matthew Evan Williams
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 25, 1959 in Houston, TX
School: Rice University
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1983
Final Game: October 5, 1985
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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
1983 23 TOR AL 1 1 .500 14.62 4 3 1 0 0 0 8.0 13 13 13 5 7 0 5 1 0 0 45 30 2.500 14.6 5.6 7.9 5.6 0.71
1985 25 TEX AL 2 1 .667 2.42 6 3 1 0 0 0 26.0 20 7 7 3 10 0 22 0 0 2 106 175 1.154 6.9 1.0 3.5 7.6 2.20
2 Seasons 3 2 .600 5.29 10 6 2 0 0 0 34.0 33 20 20 8 17 0 27 1 0 2 151 80 1.471 8.7 2.1 4.5 7.1 1.59
162 Game Avg. 13 9 .600 5.29 43 26 9 0 0 0 145 140 85 85 34 72 0 115 4 0 9 642 80 1.471 8.7 2.1 4.5 7.1 1.59
TEX (1 yr) 2 1 .667 2.42 6 3 1 0 0 0 26.0 20 7 7 3 10 0 22 0 0 2 106 175 1.154 6.9 1.0 3.5 7.6 2.20
TOR (1 yr) 1 1 .500 14.62 4 3 1 0 0 0 8.0 13 13 13 5 7 0 5 1 0 0 45 30 2.500 14.6 5.6 7.9 5.6 0.71

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
1983 23 TOR AL 4 45 36 13 13 3 0 5 0 0 7 5 .361 .467 .861 1.328 .296 31 0 1 0 1 0
1985 25 TEX AL 6 106 95 7 20 4 1 3 0 0 10 22 .211 .286 .368 .654 .243 35 4 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons 10 151 131 20 33 7 1 8 0 0 17 27 .252 .340 .504 .844 .258 66 4 1 1 1 0
162 Game Avg. 43 642 557 85 140 30 4 34 0 0 72 115 .252 .340 .504 .844 .258 281 17 4 4 4 0
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
1983 23 TOR AL 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 38 21 2 2 0 3 8.7 15.4 2.0
1985 25 TEX AL 6 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 .667 1 0 0 0 3 100% 64 73 57 2 0 0 2 3.8 3.3 6.7
2 Seasons 10 6 2 2 2 1 1 4 2 .667 1 0 0 0 3 50% 48 73 21 4 2 0 5 6.2 6.6 4.3
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
1983 23 TOR AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.831 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1985 25 TEX AL 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 5 0.782 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 6.0
2 Seasons 10 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 0.797 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 1 4 0 4 0 6.0

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%
1983 23 TOR AL 45 51% 11.1% 11.1% 15.6% 17.8% 62% 0.58 60% 13 0 0%
1985 25 TEX AL 106 42% 2.8% 20.8% 9.4% 7.6% 40% 1.19 66% 26 4 15%
2 Seasons 151 44% 5.3% 17.9% 11.3% 10.6% 49% 1.00 64% 39 4 10%
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
1983 23 TOR AL 45 13 5 1 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 25 TEX AL 106 20 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 2 2 50% 2 2 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Seasons 151 33 8 2 3 5 3 5 3 8 4 2 50% 3 2 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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+
1983 23 1 1 .500 14.62 4 3 1 0 0 0 8.0 13 13 13 5 7 0 5 1 0 0 45 30 2.500 14.6 5.6 7.9 5.6 0.71 30
1984 24 1 1 .500 14.62 4 3 1 0 0 0 8.0 13 13 13 5 7 0 5 1 0 0 45 30 2.500 14.6 5.6 7.9 5.6 0.71 30
1985 25 3 2 .600 5.29 10 6 2 0 0 0 34.0 33 20 20 8 17 0 27 1 0 2 151 80 1.471 8.7 2.1 4.5 7.1 1.59 80

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1983 23 0 0 14.62 8.0 13 14 13 5 7 5 1 2.500 14.6 7.9 5.6 0.71 5.6 4
1985 25 1 1 .500 2.52 25.0 21 8 7 3 10 21 0 1.240 7.6 3.6 7.6 2.10 1.1 6
2 Seasons 1 1 .500 5.45 33.0 34 22 20 8 17 26 1 1.545 9.3 7.1 1.53 2.2 10

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