Matt Williams

Matthew Evan Williams

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 25, 1959 in Houston, TX
School: Rice University (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1983
Teams (by GP): Rangers/BlueJays 1983-1985

Final Game: October 5, 1985
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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
1981	21	TOR-min	A	7	4	.636	2.18	15	15	0	4	0	0	91.0	81	33	22	2	27	1	76	7	0	9			1.187	8.0	0.2	2.7	7.5	2.81	FLR · SALL
1982	22	TOR-min	AA	11	13	.458	4.28	28	28	0	10	1	0	193.1	173	106	92	13	107	1	157	5	1	31			1.448	8.1	0.6	5.0	7.3	1.47	KNX · SOUL
1983	23	TOR-min	AAA	8	8	.500	3.41	21	21	0	6	0	0	148.0	106	61	56	15	64	0	116	3	0	9			1.149	6.4	0.9	3.9	7.1	1.81	SYR · IL
1983	23	TOR	AL	1	1	.500	14.63	4	3	1	0	0	0	8.0	13	13	13	5	7	0	5	1	0	0	45	31	2.500	14.6	5.6	7.9	5.6	0.71

1984	24	TOR-min	AAA	9	12	.429	3.34	32	24	8	3	0	0	178.0	172	81	66	12	63	7	118	0	0	8			1.320	8.7	0.6	3.2	6.0	1.87	SYR · IL
1985	25	TOR-TEX-min	AAA	7	12	.368	4.37	23	20	2	5	2	0	140.0	128	75	68	15	51	3	104	5	0	6			1.279	8.2	1.0	3.3	6.7	2.04	SYR,OKC · IL,AA
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	177	1.154	6.9	1.0	3.5	7.6	2.20
1986	26	TEX-min	AAA	1	4	.200	5.70	11	11	0	0	0	0	60.0	78	41	38	7	23	0	36	1	0	3			1.683	11.7	1.0	3.4	5.4	1.57	OKC · AA
2 Yrs				3	2	.600	5.29	10	6	2	0	0	0	34.0	33	20	20	8	17	0	27	1	0	2	151	82	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	82	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	177	1.154	6.9	1.0	3.5	7.6	2.20
TOR (1 yr)				1	1	.500	14.63	4	3	1	0	0	0	8.0	13	13	13	5	7	0	5	1	0	0	45	31	2.500	14.6	5.6	7.9	5.6	0.71

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
1983	23	TOR	AL	8.0	4	3	13	14.63	5.06	0.29	0.02	104.9	5.03	-9	-0.7	.0	0.1	-0.6	-8	.316	.495	$

1985	25	TEX	AL	26.0	6	3	7	2.42	4.45	-0.09	0.04	102.5	4.69	7	0.7	.7	-0.0	0.9	9	.622	.505	$
2 Seasons				34.0	10	6	20	5.29	4.60	0.00	0.03	103.0	4.77	-2	-0.0	.5	0.0	0.3	2	.499	.500	$

TEX (1 yr)				26.0	6	3	7	2.42	4.45	-0.09	0.04	102.5	4.69	7	0.7	.7	-0.0	0.9	9	.622	.505	$
TOR (1 yr)				8.0	4	3	13	14.63	5.06	0.29	0.02	104.9	5.03	-9	-0.7	.0	0.1	-0.6	-8	.316	.495	$

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
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	1

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
2 Yrs				10	151	131	20	33	7	1	8	0	0	17	27	.252	.340	.504	.844	.258	66	4	1	1	1	0	3
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	13
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.388	.712	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	23	TOR	AL	-7.9	-0.7	45	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	.84	-0.7	-0.0	-7.9	-0.7	0.84	-8.3	0	0	1

1985	25	TEX	AL	5.6	0.6	108	0.5	1.6	-1.2	.77	0.1	0.5	3.2	0.3	0.77	2.3	0	1	2
2 Yrs				-2.3	-0.1	153	-0.1	2.2	-2.3	.79	-0.5	0.4	-4.7	-0.4	0.79	-5.9	0	1	3

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
1983	23	TOR	AL	4	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.7	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%	63.7	73	57	2	0	0	2	3.8	3.3	6.7
2 Yrs				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													.500						51%	51	97	-5					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1983	23	TOR	AL	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	.838	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	.768	0	1	2	0	0	3	3	0	3	0	3	0	6.0
2 Yrs				10	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%		.789	0	1	3	0	0	4	3	1	4	0	4	0	6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1983	23	TOR	AL	45	49%	11.1%	11.1%	15.6%	17.8%	62%	0.58	60%	13	0	0%

1985	25	TEX	AL	106	58%	2.8%	20.8%	9.4%	7.6%	40%	1.19	66%	26	4	15%
2 Yrs				151	56%	5.3%	17.9%	11.3%	10.6%	49%	1.00	64%	39	4	10%
MLB Averages					41%	2.1%	13.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.07	74%			11%

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
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 Yrs				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																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1983	23	1	1	.500	14.63	4	3	1	8.0	13	13	13	5	7	5	1	0	45	31	2.500	14.6	5.6	7.9	5.6	0.71	31
1984	24	1	1	.500	14.63	4	3	1	8.0	13	13	13	5	7	5	1	0	45	31	2.500	14.6	5.6	7.9	5.6	0.71	31
1985	25	3	2	.600	5.29	10	6	2	34.0	33	20	20	8	17	27	1	2	151	82	1.471	8.7	2.1	4.5	7.1	1.59	82

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		14.63	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 Yrs		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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