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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 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
1986 21 TEX AL 8 6 .571 3.58 80 0 38 0 0 8 98.0 69 39 39 8 79 8 90 11 5 5 435 120 1.510 6.3 0.7 7.3 8.3 1.14
1987 22 TEX AL 8 6 .571 3.23 85 1 32 0 0 6 108.2 63 47 39 9 94 7 129 7 2 4 469 140 1.445 5.2 0.7 7.8 10.7 1.37
1988 23 TEX AL 2 7 .222 4.63 67 0 51 0 0 18 68.0 48 38 35 4 47 3 61 6 6 5 296 88 1.397 6.4 0.5 6.2 8.1 1.30
1989 24 CHC NL 4 4 .500 2.76 76 0 61 0 0 36 81.2 71 27 25 6 52 4 67 8 4 6 365 137 1.506 7.8 0.7 5.7 7.4 1.29 AS,CYA-9,MVP-10
1990 25 CHC NL 1 8 .111 3.93 59 2 39 0 0 16 66.1 60 38 29 4 50 6 55 1 2 4 310 104 1.658 8.1 0.5 6.8 7.5 1.10
1991 26 PHI NL 12 5 .706 2.34 69 0 60 0 0 30 88.1 56 24 23 4 62 5 84 8 1 4 386 156 1.336 5.7 0.4 6.3 8.6 1.35 CYA-6
1992 27 PHI NL 5 8 .385 3.78 66 0 56 0 0 29 81.0 69 39 34 4 64 2 74 6 3 5 368 93 1.642 7.7 0.4 7.1 8.2 1.16
1993 28 PHI NL 3 7 .300 3.34 65 0 57 0 0 43 62.0 56 30 23 3 44 1 60 2 0 6 281 119 1.613 8.1 0.4 6.4 8.7 1.36
1994 29 HOU NL 1 4 .200 7.65 25 0 18 0 0 6 20.0 21 17 17 4 24 2 21 1 0 1 106 52 2.250 9.5 1.8 10.8 9.5 0.88
1995 30 CAL AL 1 2 .333 6.75 20 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 13 10 8 1 21 0 9 2 1 2 65 69 3.188 11.0 0.8 17.7 7.6 0.43
1997 32 KCR AL 0 1 .000 10.80 7 0 4 0 0 0 6.2 11 8 8 2 7 1 10 0 0 2 38 43 2.700 14.9 2.7 9.5 13.5 1.43
11 Seasons 45 58 .437 3.65 619 3 419 0 0 192 691.1 537 317 280 49 544 39 660 52 24 44 3119 111 1.564 7.0 0.6 7.1 8.6 1.21
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .437 3.65 68 0 46 0 0 21 76 59 35 31 5 59 4 72 6 3 5 341 111 1.564 7.0 0.6 7.1 8.6 1.21
PHI (3 yrs) 20 20 .500 3.11 200 0 173 0 0 102 231.1 181 93 80 11 170 8 218 16 4 15 1035 118 1.517 7.0 0.4 6.6 8.5 1.28
TEX (3 yrs) 18 19 .486 3.70 232 1 121 0 0 32 274.2 180 124 113 21 220 18 280 24 13 14 1200 117 1.456 5.9 0.7 7.2 9.2 1.27
CHC (2 yrs) 5 12 .294 3.28 135 2 100 0 0 52 148.0 131 65 54 10 102 10 122 9 6 10 675 120 1.574 8.0 0.6 6.2 7.4 1.20
KCR (1 yr) 0 1 .000 10.80 7 0 4 0 0 0 6.2 11 8 8 2 7 1 10 0 0 2 38 43 2.700 14.9 2.7 9.5 13.5 1.43
CAL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 6.75 20 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 13 10 8 1 21 0 9 2 1 2 65 69 3.188 11.0 0.8 17.7 7.6 0.43
HOU (1 yr) 1 4 .200 7.65 25 0 18 0 0 6 20.0 21 17 17 4 24 2 21 1 0 1 106 52 2.250 9.5 1.8 10.8 9.5 0.88
NL (6 yrs) 26 36 .419 3.40 360 2 291 0 0 160 399.1 333 175 151 25 296 20 361 26 10 26 1816 111 1.575 7.5 0.6 6.7 8.1 1.22
AL (5 yrs) 19 22 .463 3.98 259 1 128 0 0 32 292.0 204 142 129 24 248 19 299 26 14 18 1303 110 1.548 6.3 0.7 7.6 9.2 1.21

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1989 24 CHC NL NLCS L SFG 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1993 28 PHI NL NLCS W ATL 2 0 1.000 1.69 4 0 3 0 0 2 5.1 6 2 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 25 1.500 10.1 0.0 3.4 8.4 2.50
1993 28 PHI NL WS L TOR 0 2 .000 20.25 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.2 5 6 6 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 15 3.375 16.9 3.4 13.5 3.4 0.25
2 Seasons (3 Series) 2 2 .500 7.00 9 0 6 0 0 3 9.0 12 8 7 1 6 0 8 0 0 0 44 2.000 12.0 1.0 6.0 8.0 1.33
2 NLCS 2 0 1.000 1.42 6 0 4 0 0 2 6.1 7 2 1 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 29 1.421 9.9 0.0 2.8 9.9 3.50
1 WS 0 2 .000 20.25 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.2 5 6 6 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 15 3.375 16.9 3.4 13.5 3.4 0.25

Standard Batting

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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
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 2.000 442 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
11 Seasons 360 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 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .188 .235 .375 .610 66 3 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
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
HOU (1 yr) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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 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 0
1993 28 PHI NL WS TOR L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 7 0 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 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 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 (845th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1989 NL (9, 1%)
1991 NL (6, 1%)
0.02 Career Shares (240th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1991 NL  .706 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1986 AL  80 (1st)
1987 AL  85 (2nd)
1988 AL  67 (3rd)
1989 NL  76 (1st)
1991 NL  69 (9th)
Career  619 (155th)

Saves s c a p y
1989 NL  36 (2nd)
1990 NL  16 (10th)
1991 NL  30 (3rd)
1992 NL  29 (5th)
1993 NL  43 (4th)
Career  192 (43rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 AL  94 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1986 AL  11 (5th)
1987 AL  7 (8th)
1989 NL  8 (2nd)
1991 NL  8 (2nd)
1992 NL  6 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1988 AL  51 (5th)
1989 NL  61 (2nd)
1990 NL  39 (9th)
1991 NL  60 (2nd)
1992 NL  56 (4th)
1993 NL  57 (5th)
Career  419 (50th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 23 (966), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 30 (438), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Norm Charlton (920)
  2. Jeff Brantley (914)
  3. Gregg Olson (908)
  4. Tippy Martinez (908)
  5. Jeff Russell (908)
  6. Ugueth Urbina (908)
  7. Terry Forster (907)
  8. Dave LaRoche (904)
  9. Jason Isringhausen (901)
  10. Jeff Shaw (898)
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  1. Hub Pruett (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rich Gossage (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Billy McCool (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Billy McCool (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Terry Forster (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Terry Forster (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Terry Forster (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Terry Forster (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Terry Forster (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave LaRoche (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1982.

December 3, 1984: Drafted by the Texas Rangers from the San Diego Padres in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

April 6, 1985: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Texas Rangers to the San Diego Padres.

April 6, 1985: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Texas Rangers for Randy Asadoor.

December 5, 1988: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Luis Benitez (minors), Pablo Delgado (minors), Paul Kilgus, Curtis Wilkerson and Steve Wilson to the Chicago Cubs for Drew Hall, Jamie Moyer and Rafael Palmeiro.

April 7, 1991: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chuck McElroy and Bob Scanlan.

October 31, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

December 2, 1993: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Houston Astros for Doug Jones and Jeff Juden.

May 31, 1994: Released by the Houston Astros.

November 30, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

June 19, 1995: Released by the California Angels.

July 6, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 19, 1996: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 14, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

May 12, 1997: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Texas Rangers$60,000
1988Texas Rangers$200,000
1989Chicago Cubs$377,500
1990Chicago Cubs$1,125,000
1991Philadelphia Phillies$1,500,000
1992Philadelphia Phillies$3,200,000
1993Philadelphia Phillies$3,500,000
1994Houston Astros$2,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$12,462,500
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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