Randy Williams

Randall Duane Williams

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 18, 1975 in Harlingen, TX
High School: Buna HS (Buna, TX)
School: Lamar University (Beaumont, TX)
Drafted
by the Chicago Cubs in the 12th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 2004
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Rockies/RedSox/Mariners/Padres 2004-2011

Final Game: August 5, 2011
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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
1997 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2000 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2004 28 SEA AL 0 0 5.79 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 3 3 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 22 83 1.929 5.8 0.0 11.6 7.7 0.67
2005 29 TOT NL 3 1 .750 6.84 32 0 6 0 0 0 26.1 33 21 20 5 13 3 21 1 0 0 125 69 1.747 11.3 1.7 4.4 7.2 1.62
2005 29 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 12.46 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 6 6 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 25 34 2.538 14.5 2.1 8.3 4.2 0.50
2005 29 COL NL 2 1 .667 5.73 30 0 6 0 0 0 22.0 26 15 14 4 9 3 19 0 0 0 100 85 1.591 10.6 1.6 3.7 7.8 2.11
2009 33 CHW AL 0 1 .000 4.58 25 0 6 0 0 0 17.2 13 9 9 2 12 4 22 3 0 0 80 104 1.415 6.6 1.0 6.1 11.2 1.83
2010 34 CHW AL 0 1 .000 5.40 27 0 2 0 0 0 25.0 37 17 15 2 21 6 22 3 0 0 132 80 2.320 13.3 0.7 7.6 7.9 1.05
2011 35 BOS AL 0 1 .000 6.48 7 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 10 6 6 0 5 0 6 0 0 1 40 68 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 6.5 1.20
5 Yrs 3 4 .429 5.82 97 0 16 0 0 0 82.0 96 56 53 9 57 13 75 7 0 1 399 79 1.866 10.5 1.0 6.3 8.2 1.32
162 Game Avg. 2 3 .429 5.82 68 0 11 0 0 0 57 67 39 37 6 40 9 53 5 0 1 280 79 1.866 10.5 1.0 6.3 8.2 1.32
CHW (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 5.06 52 0 8 0 0 0 42.2 50 26 24 4 33 10 44 6 0 0 212 89 1.945 10.5 0.8 7.0 9.3 1.33
COL (1 yr) 2 1 .667 5.73 30 0 6 0 0 0 22.0 26 15 14 4 9 3 19 0 0 0 100 85 1.591 10.6 1.6 3.7 7.8 2.11
BOS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.48 7 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 10 6 6 0 5 0 6 0 0 1 40 68 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 6.5 1.20
SDP (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 12.46 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 6 6 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 25 34 2.538 14.5 2.1 8.3 4.2 0.50
SEA (1 yr) 0 0 5.79 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 3 3 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 22 83 1.929 5.8 0.0 11.6 7.7 0.67
AL (4 yrs) 0 3 .000 5.34 65 0 10 0 0 0 55.2 63 35 33 4 44 10 54 6 0 1 274 85 1.922 10.2 0.6 7.1 8.7 1.23
NL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 6.84 32 0 6 0 0 0 26.1 33 21 20 5 13 3 21 1 0 0 125 69 1.747 11.3 1.7 4.4 7.2 1.62

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 Awards
2004 28 SEA AL 4.2 6 0 3 5.79 5.33 0.10 -0.40 94.8 4.59 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 0.0 -0 .489 .500 $
2005 29 SDP NL 4.1 2 0 6 12.46 5.03 -0.32 -0.38 100.0 4.96 -4 -0.3 .6 0.1 -0.2 -3 .341 .498 $
2005 29 COL NL 22.0 30 0 15 6.14 4.51 -0.10 -0.34 111.9 4.77 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .489 .498 $
2009 33 CHW AL 17.2 25 0 9 4.58 5.10 -0.12 -0.38 104.8 5.08 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .503 .501 $
2010 34 CHW AL 25.0 27 0 17 6.12 4.82 -0.43 -0.37 103.7 5.06 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .488 .498 $415,000
2011 35 BOS AL 8.1 7 0 6 6.48 4.59 0.24 -0.35 104.5 4.18 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .469 .499 $
5 Seasons 82.0 97 0 56 6.15 4.81 -0.17 -0.36 105.5 4.87 -12 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .488 .499 $415,000
CHW (2 yrs) 42.2 52 0 26 5.48 4.93 -0.30 -0.37 104.2 5.07 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.1 0.1 3 .495 .499 $415,000
COL (1 yr) 22.0 30 0 15 6.14 4.51 -0.10 -0.34 111.9 4.77 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .489 .498 $
BOS (1 yr) 8.1 7 0 6 6.48 4.59 0.24 -0.35 104.5 4.18 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .469 .499 $
SDP (1 yr) 4.1 2 0 6 12.46 5.03 -0.32 -0.38 100.0 4.96 -4 -0.3 .6 0.1 -0.2 -3 .341 .498 $
SEA (1 yr) 4.2 6 0 3 5.79 5.33 0.10 -0.40 94.8 4.59 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 0.0 -0 .489 .500 $

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
2004 28 SEA AL 6 22 16 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 .188 .409 .250 .659 .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 29 COL NL 30 100 90 15 26 5 0 4 0 0 9 19 .289 .350 .478 .828 .324 43 1 0 0 1 3 1
2005 29 SDP NL 2 25 20 6 7 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 .350 .480 .650 1.130 .353 13 0 1 0 0 0 0
2005 29 TOT NL 32 125 110 21 33 8 0 5 0 0 13 21 .300 .376 .509 .885 .329 56 1 1 0 1 3 1
2009 33 CHW AL 25 80 63 9 13 2 0 2 5 2 12 22 .206 .354 .333 .688 .275 21 0 3 1 1 4 1
2010 34 CHW AL 27 132 107 17 37 14 0 2 2 3 21 22 .346 .462 .533 .995 .417 57 4 3 0 1 6 3
2011 35 BOS AL 7 40 33 6 10 4 0 0 1 0 5 6 .303 .385 .424 .809 .357 14 0 0 1 1 0 0
5 Yrs 97 399 329 56 96 29 0 9 8 5 57 75 .292 .403 .462 .865 .349 152 6 7 2 4 13 5
162 Game Avg. 68 280 231 39 67 20 0 6 6 4 40 53 .292 .403 .462 .865 .349 107 4 5 1 3 9 4
MLB Averages .263 .331 .417 .748 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2004 28 SEA AL -0.4 -0.0 22 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .18 0.1 0.2 -0.6 -0.1 0.18 0.3 1 0 4
2005 29 TOT NL -6.0 -0.6 125 -0.5 1.4 -1.9 .72 -0.5 -0.3 -6.9 -0.6 0.72 -6.1 10 9 12
2005 29 SDP NL -4.1 -0.4 25 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 .25 -0.2 -0.3 -5.4 -0.5 0.25 -4.1 0 1 1
2005 29 COL NL -1.8 -0.2 100 -0.4 1.4 -1.8 .84 -0.3 -0.2 -1.4 -0.1 0.84 -2.0 10 8 11
2009 33 CHW AL 0.7 0.1 87 -0.2 1.0 -1.3 .83 0.0 -0.3 1.0 0.1 0.83 0.1 8 4 13
2010 34 CHW AL -3.3 -0.3 137 -0.5 0.8 -1.4 .45 -0.9 -0.3 -15.8 -1.5 0.45 -11.9 3 6 17
2011 35 BOS AL -1.6 -0.2 43 0.0 0.7 -0.6 1.04 -0.1 0.1 -1.1 -0.1 1.04 -1.0 3 0 4
5 Yrs -10.5 -1.0 414 -1.2 4.0 -5.2 .66 -1.4 -0.4 -23.4 -2.2 0.66 -18.6 25 19 50

Reliever Pitching*

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
2004 28 SEA AL 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 7 .177 1 0 4 1 0 5 2 4 1 4 1 1 2.3 15
2005 29 TOT NL 32 32 6 3 1 2 0 2 0% 7 4 26 5 19% .721 10 9 12 9 4 19 17 15 4 19 6 9 2.5 15
2005 29 SDP NL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1 .249 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.5 46
2005 29 COL NL 30 30 6 2 1 2 0 2 0% 7 4 24 3 13% 7 .839 10 8 11 9 4 17 16 14 3 19 5 9 2.2 13
2009 33 CHW AL 25 25 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 20 6 30% 7 .827 8 4 13 6 3 16 13 12 3 17 6 6 2.1 13
2010 34 CHW AL 27 27 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 22 13 59% 7 .446 3 6 17 4 4 19 13 14 8 16 9 7 2.8 18
2011 35 BOS AL 7 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 17% 6 1.036 3 0 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 2 4 0 3.6 20
5 Yrs 97 97 16 3 4 3 0 3 0% 14 10 76 25 33% .653 25 19 50 23 13 61 49 48 19 58 26 23 2.5 16

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2004 28 SEA AL 22 45% 0.0% 18.2% 27.3% 4.6% 33% 0.50 1.00 55% 25% 0.0% 0% 7 1 14%
2005 29 TOT NL 125 46% 4.0% 16.8% 10.4% 10.4% 39% 0.80 0.87 68% 16% 11.9% 16% 26 1 4%
2005 29 SDP NL 25 32% 4.0% 8.0% 16.0% 16.0% 57% 1.00 1.20 68% 17% 14.3% 22% 5 0 0%
2005 29 COL NL 100 49% 4.0% 19.0% 9.0% 9.0% 35% 0.76 0.81 68% 15% 11.4% 15% 21 1 5%
2009 33 CHW AL 80 54% 2.5% 27.5% 15.0% 5.0% 31% 0.91 1.23 50% 21% 11.8% 23% 15 0 0%
2010 34 CHW AL 132 45% 1.5% 16.7% 15.9% 12.1% 43% 0.56 0.85 64% 27% 4.1% 11% 41 4 10%
2011 35 BOS AL 40 48% 0.0% 15.0% 12.5% 10.0% 40% 0.87 1.11 70% 14% 0.0% 13% 11 0 0%
5 Yrs 399 47% 2.3% 18.8% 14.3% 9.5% 40% 0.72 0.95 62% 20% 7.0% 14% 100 6 6%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.5% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2004 28 SEA AL 22 92 4.18 45 49% 31% 20% 22% 27% 69% 0% 34% 71% 59% 14% 3 2 18% 4 1 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
2005 29 TOT NL 125 486 3.89 295 61% 25% 15% 29% 31% 75% 6% 45% 80% 47% 10% 12 7 15% 19 11 2 14% 2 2 0 0 0
2005 29 SDP NL 25 91 3.64 53 58% 25% 11% 30% 34% 75% 0% 44% 85% 48% 12% 3 2 12% 3 2 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0
2005 29 COL NL 100 395 3.95 242 61% 26% 16% 29% 30% 74% 8% 46% 78% 47% 9% 9 5 16% 16 9 2 16% 1 1 0 0 0
2009 33 CHW AL 82 321 3.91 181 56% 29% 22% 25% 24% 71% 11% 40% 70% 48% 13% 11 4 16% 13 6 0 23% 1 3 -2 0 0
2010 34 CHW AL 133 498 3.74 284 57% 30% 15% 25% 30% 70% 11% 40% 79% 53% 10% 13 3 22% 29 18 0 27% 2 4 -1 0 0
2011 35 BOS AL 40 142 3.55 89 63% 26% 18% 24% 33% 74% 0% 46% 76% 58% 5% 2 2 20% 8 3 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 402 1539 3.83 894 58% 28% 17% 26% 29% 72% 8% 42% 77% 51% 10% 41 18 18% 73 39 2 19% 7 10 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

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
2004 28 SEA AL 22 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 29 TOT NL 125 33 4 0 5 0 6 1 4 1 4 9 5 1 56% 1 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 29 SDP NL 25 7 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 29 COL NL 100 26 2 0 4 0 3 1 3 1 3 8 4 1 50% 1 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 33 CHW AL 80 13 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 50% 1 0 0 34 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
2010 34 CHW AL 132 37 4 0 2 0 8 2 0 2 0 17 7 3 41% 3 0 0 60 2 3 40% 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0
2011 35 BOS AL 40 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 0 1 1 23 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Yrs 399 96 10 0 9 0 19 4 5 4 5 35 18 5 51% 5 1 1 187 8 5 62% 5 4 3 1 0 0 4 4 8 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2004 28 0 0 5.79 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 3 3 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 22 83 1.929 5.8 0.0 11.6 7.7 0.67 83
2005 29 3 1 .750 6.68 38 0 7 0 0 0 31.0 36 24 23 5 19 3 25 1 0 0 147 71 1.774 10.5 1.5 5.5 7.3 1.32 71
2006 30 3 1 .750 6.68 38 0 7 0 0 0 31.0 36 24 23 5 19 3 25 1 0 0 147 71 1.774 10.5 1.5 5.5 7.3 1.32 71
2007 31 3 1 .750 6.68 38 0 7 0 0 0 31.0 36 24 23 5 19 3 25 1 0 0 147 71 1.774 10.5 1.5 5.5 7.3 1.32 71
2008 32 3 1 .750 6.68 38 0 7 0 0 0 31.0 36 24 23 5 19 3 25 1 0 0 147 71 1.774 10.5 1.5 5.5 7.3 1.32 71
2009 33 3 2 .600 5.92 63 0 13 0 0 0 48.2 49 33 32 7 31 7 47 4 0 0 227 80 1.644 9.1 1.3 5.7 8.7 1.52 80
2010 34 3 3 .500 5.74 90 0 15 0 0 0 73.2 86 50 47 9 52 13 69 7 0 0 359 80 1.873 10.5 1.1 6.4 8.4 1.33 80
2011 35 3 4 .429 5.82 97 0 16 0 0 0 82.0 96 56 53 9 57 13 75 7 0 1 399 79 1.866 10.5 1.0 6.3 8.2 1.32 79

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
2004 28 0 0 3.60 5.0 2 2 2 0 4 5 0 1.200 3.6 7.2 9.0 1.25 0.0 6
2005 29 1 1 .500 6.23 26.0 32 20 18 5 13 21 1 1.731 11.1 4.5 7.3 1.62 1.7 32
2009 33 1 1 .500 4.00 18.0 12 9 8 2 11 22 3 1.278 6.0 5.5 11.0 2.00 1.0 25
2010 34 1 1 .500 6.26 23.0 38 18 16 2 22 20 3 2.609 14.9 8.6 7.8 0.91 0.8 27
2011 35 0 0 6.75 8.0 10 7 6 0 5 6 0 1.875 11.3 5.6 6.8 1.20 0.0 7
5 Yrs 3 3 .500 5.63 80.0 94 56 50 9 55 74 7 1.863 10.6 8.3 1.35 1.0 97

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