Mitch Williams
Mitchell Steven Williams (Wild Thing)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 17, 1964 in Santa Ana, CA
High School: West Linn (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
Final Game: May 10, 1997
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 TEX AL 21 P 80 0 98.0 13 1 10 2 1 .846 1.01 0.14 .962 1.83 0.68
1987 TEX AL 22 P 85 1 108.2 23 5 15 3 3 .870 1.66 0.24 .961 1.84 0.67
1988 TEX AL 23 P 67 0 68.0 14 3 10 1 0 .929 1.72 0.19 .964 1.77 0.67
1989 CHC NL 24 P 76 0 81.2 14 0 11 3 0 .786 1.21 0.14 .957 1.87 0.63 AS,CYA-9,MVP-10
1990 CHC NL 25 P 59 2 66.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.81 0.10 .950 1.80 0.58
1991 PHI NL 26 P 69 0 88.1 11 0 8 3 0 .727 0.82 0.12 .964 1.85 0.59 CYA-6
1992 PHI NL 27 P 66 0 81.0 15 1 11 3 0 .800 1.33 0.18 .960 1.94 0.60
1993 PHI NL 28 P 65 0 62.0 7 2 3 2 0 .714 0.73 0.08 .971 1.84 0.54
1994 HOU NL 29 P 25 0 20.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.45 0.04 1.000 1.84 0.54
1995 CAL AL 30 P 20 0 10.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.10 .950 1.77 0.53
1997 KCR AL 32 P 7 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.76 0.49
11 Seasons P 619 3 691.1 106 14 75 17 4 .840 1.16 0.14 .961 1.84 0.62
11 Seasons TOT 619 3 691.1 106 14 75 17 4 .840 1.16 0.14 .801 1.84 0.62

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 TEX AL 21 80 0 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 TEX AL 22 85 0 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 TEX AL 23 67 0 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHC NL 24 76 0 76 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CHC NL 25 59 2 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 PHI NL 26 69 0 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 PHI NL 27 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 PHI NL 28 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 HOU NL 29 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CAL AL 30 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 KCR AL 32 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 619 2 360 619 619 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1986 TEX AL 21 459 61% 18% 7 100% 0 1 0 0 8 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1987 TEX AL 22 496 54% 14% 6 67% 0 5 0 4 16 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 100%
1988 TEX AL 23 321 65% 17% 5 100% 0 3 0 1 10 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1989 CHC NL 24 388 68% 21% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 12 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0
1990 CHC NL 25 323 67% 18% 5 60% 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1991 PHI NL 26 409 62% 18% 8 88% 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1992 PHI NL 27 397 64% 17% 6 83% 0 1 0 0 12 5 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1993 PHI NL 28 303 65% 21% 7 71% 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1994 HOU NL 29 111 59% 22% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1995 CAL AL 30 74 57% 16% 1 0% 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 KCR AL 32 41 59% 24% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 3322 62% 18% 53 79% 0 14 1 7 75 31 5 17 1 1 15 3 5 3 4 1 21 86%
MLB Averages 76% 31% 89% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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