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Mitch Williams

Mitchell Steven Williams (Wild Thing)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 17, 1964 in Santa Ana, CA
High School: West Linn HS (West Linn, OR)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1986
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Phillies/Cubs/Astros/Angels/... 1986-1997
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: May 10, 1997
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1986 21 TEX AL 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 22 TEX AL 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 23 TEX AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 24 CHC NL 76 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .800 1.000 165 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-9,MVP-10
1990 25 CHC NL 59 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 26 PHI NL 69 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-6
1992 27 PHI NL 66 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 28 PHI NL 65 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 444 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 29 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 30 CAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 32 KCR AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Yrs 619 17 16 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .375 .610 66 6 1 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .188 .235 .375 .610 66 2 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (3 yrs) 200 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .333 .429 .333 .762 118 2 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (3 yrs) 232 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 135 10 10 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .400 .500 30 4 1 0 0 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 360 17 16 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .375 .610 66 6 1 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 259 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1986 21 TEX AL 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $60,000 1
1987 22 TEX AL 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $120,000 1
1988 23 TEX AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $200,000 1
1989 24 CHC NL 76 5 0 0 -0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $377,500 1 AS,CYA-9,MVP-10
1990 25 CHC NL 59 5 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -0 $1,125,000 1
1991 26 PHI NL 69 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,500,000 1 CYA-6
1992 27 PHI NL 66 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,200,000 1
1993 28 PHI NL 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $3,500,000 1
1994 29 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,500,000 1
1995 30 CAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1997 32 KCR AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
11 Seasons 619 17 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.2 1 2 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.5 2 $12,582,500
PHI (3 yrs) 200 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $8,200,000
TEX (3 yrs) 232 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $380,000
CHC (2 yrs) 135 10 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 1 $1,502,500
KCR (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CAL (1 yr) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
HOU (1 yr) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,500,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1989 24 CHC NL 5 5 0 0.0 97 .000 .200 .263 .200 .331 .800 .391 1.000 .723 165 .000 0.3 0.0 .800 .600 .600 .0
1990 25 CHC NL 5 5 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .273 .000 .341 .000 .411 .000 .751 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1991 26 PHI NL 2 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .256 .500 .324 .000 .384 .500 .708 54 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
1992 27 PHI NL 4 3 0 0.0 92 .500 .250 .259 .250 .324 .250 .382 .500 .706 43 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1993 28 PHI NL 1 0 1 102 1.000 1.000 .269 1.000 .334 1.000 .409 2.000 .743 444 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
11 Yrs 17 14 1 1.9 98 .182 .188 .265 .235 .332 .375 .396 .610 .727 66 .191 -0.9 -0.1 .500 .250 .188 .0
162 Game Avg. 4 4 0 1.9 98 .182 .188 .265 .235 .332 .375 .396 .610 .727 66 .191 -0.9 -0.1 .500 .250 .188
PHI (3 yrs) 7 4 1 6.7 94 .667 .333 .260 .429 .326 .333 .386 .762 .712 118 .702 0.2 0.0 .750 .167 .000
CHC (2 yrs) 10 10 0 0.0 101 .000 .100 .268 .100 .336 .400 .401 .500 .737 30 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .400 .300 .300 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 24 CHC NL NLCS SFG L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 PHI NL NLCS ATL W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 PHI NL WS TOR L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 CHC NL 24

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1989 24 CHC NL 5 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 5.0 5.0 1.7 2.00 60% 0% 100.0% 0%
1990 25 CHC NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.00 4.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
1991 26 PHI NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 1.00 1.0 0%
1992 27 PHI NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 0.00 0.00 50% 50% 0.0% 0%
1993 28 PHI NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.0 0.00 100% 100% 0.0% 0%
11 Yrs 17 5.9% 23.5% 5.9% 5.9% 33% 4.00 4.0 16.0 4.0 1.00 2.67 65% 17% 20.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.5% 8.7% 7.1% 31% 1.77 5.7 37.9 8.0 0.82 1.07 72% 21% 7.1% 19%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1986 21 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1987 22 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1988 23 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1989 24 CHC NL 0.3 0.0 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 .86 -0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.0 1.64 0.1 0
1990 25 CHC NL -1.4 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .76 -0.1 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.91 -1.4 0
1991 26 PHI NL 0.1 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .47 -0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.30 -0.0 0
1992 27 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .48 -0.1 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.21 -1.0 0
1993 28 PHI NL 0.5 0.0 1 0.3 0.3 0.0 4.30 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.1 1.77 0.6 0
1994 29 HOU NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 30 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1997 32 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -0.9 -0.1 17 0.0 0.3 -0.3 .90 -0.2 0.2 -1.6 -0.2 1.29 -1.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1989 24 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 CHC NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1991 26 PHI NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 27 PHI NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 PHI NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 0 0 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1989 24 CHC NL 5 60% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 10 2 20% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1990 25 CHC NL 5 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 PHI NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1992 27 PHI NL 4 75% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 PHI NL 1 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 17 59% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 7 1 14% 7 0 0% 23 3 13% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1989 24 CHC NL 5 14 2.80 12 86% 8% 42% 17% 33% 92% 0% 79% 55% 80% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1990 25 CHC NL 5 12 2.40 8 67% 0% 0% 38% 63% 100% 0% 67% 100% 80% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 PHI NL 2 8 4.00 3 38% 33% 33% 33% 0% 67% 0% 25% 50% 0% 50% 1 0 50% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1992 27 PHI NL 4 20 5.00 14 70% 7% 50% 29% 14% 93% 0% 65% 46% 75% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 28 PHI NL 1 2 2.00 2 100% 0% 50% 0% 50% 100% 100% 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 17 56 3.29 39 70% 8% 36% 26% 31% 92% 0% 64% 61% 71% 6% 1 0 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 24 308 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .800 1.000 165 4 1 0 0 0 0
1990 25 367 10 10 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .400 .500 30 4 1 0 0 0 0
1991 26 436 12 11 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .364 .530 41 4 1 0 0 0 0
1992 27 502 16 15 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .133 .188 .333 .521 41 5 1 0 0 0 0
1993 28 567 17 16 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .375 .610 66 6 1 0 0 0 0
1994 29 592 17 16 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .375 .610 66 6 1 0 0 0 0
1995 30 612 17 16 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .375 .610 66 6 1 0 0 0 0
1996 31 612 17 16 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .375 .610 66 6 1 0 0 0 0
1997 32 619 17 16 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .375 .610 66 6 1 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1989 24 76 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 .200 .200 .800 1.000 1 76
1990 25 59 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 59
1991 26 69 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 69
1992 27 66 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 66
1993 28 65 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 65
5 Yrs 335 17 16 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 4 .125 .176 .313 .489 2 335
162 Game Avg. 162 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .125 .176 .313 .489 1 335

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2003 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1989 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1989 NL (10, 12%)
0.12 Career Shares (859th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1989 NL (9, 1%)
1991 NL (6, 1%)
0.02 Career Shares (255th)

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