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Frank Williams
Frank Lee Williams

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.
School Lewis-Clark State College

Debut April 5, 1984
  vs. CHC 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER
Final Game September 27, 1989
Born February 13, 1958 in Seattle, WA

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1984 26 SFG NL   9   4  61   1   1   1  15  3  106.3   88   49   42   2   51   91   3   8   454   6   5  3.55  3.52   99 1.307
 1985 27 SFG NL   2   4  49   0   0   0  15  0   73.0   65   39   34   5   35   54   6   3   318   7   1  4.19  3.45   82 1.370
 1986 28 SFG NL   3   1  36   0   0   0  12  1   52.3   35    8    7   0   21   33   4   1   194   4   0  1.20  3.54  294 1.070
 1987 29 CIN NL   4   0  85   0   0   0  19  2  105.7  101   37   27   5   39   60   2   4   446   9   0  2.30  4.21  183 1.325
 1988 30 CIN NL   3   2  60   0   0   0   8  1   62.7   59   24   18   6   35   43   2   4   276   4   1  2.59  3.59  139 1.500
 1989 31 DET AL   3   3  42   0   0   0  16  1   71.7   70   37   29   5   46   33   3   2   330  10   0  3.64  3.85  106 1.619
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .632  24  14 333   1   1   1  85  8  471.7  418  194  157  23  227  314  20  22  2018  40   7  3.00  3.73  124 1.367
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   2  67   0   0   0  17  1   96.0   85   39   31   4   46   63   4   4   410   8   1  3.00  3.73  124 1.367
 Career High      9   4  85   1   1   1  19  3  106.3  101   49   42   6   51   91   6   8   454  10   5  1.20  4.21  294 1.070

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 26 SFG NL  61   18    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   7  .222  .333  .222   62    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1985 27 SFG NL  49    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1986 28 SFG NL  36    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  184    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1987 29 CIN NL  85    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   1
 1988 30 CIN NL  60    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      333   29    1    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  10  .172  .250  .172   21    5   3   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         14    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .172  .250  .172   21    2   1   0   0   0   0
 Career High     85   18    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   7                           4   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 26 SFG NL   21   14    2   3.8    91| .222  .260| .333  .324| .222  .378| .555  .702|  62  .461  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1985 27 SFG NL    4    4    0   0.0    91| .000  .254| .000  .321| .000  .379| .000  .700|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1986 28 SFG NL    3    2    1  13.5    93| .500  .256| .500  .325| .500  .385|1.000  .710| 184  .890   0.2   0.0   0%
 1987 29 CIN NL    6    7    0   0.0   109| .000  .274| .000  .344| .000  .426| .000  .770|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1988 30 CIN NL    1    1    0   0.0    93| .000  .261| .000  .325| .000  .383| .000  .708|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons        35   28    3   2.9    94| .172  .261| .250  .327| .172  .387| .422  .714|  21  .325  -3.1  -0.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 26 SFG NL P 61 4 35 4 2 .907 .954 0.64 0.67 3.30 1.88 1 106.3 1985 27 SFG NL P 49 4 12 4 2 .800 .952 0.33 0.68 1.97 1.92 0 73.0 1986 28 SFG NL P 36 1 10 0 3 1.000 .957 0.31 0.66 1.89 1.94 0 52.3 1987 29 CIN NL P 85 8 19 2 5 .931 .954 0.32 0.62 2.30 1.91 0 105.7 1988 30 CIN NL P 60 2 13 4 1 .789 .955 0.25 0.69 2.15 1.97 0 62.7 1989 31 DET AL P 42 3 10 0 0 1.000 .963 0.31 0.66 1.63 1.87 0 71.7 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1989 31 DET AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1984 26 SFG NL P 61 4 35 4 2 .907 .954 0.64 0.67 3.30 1.88 1 106.3 1985 27 SFG NL P 49 4 12 4 2 .800 .952 0.33 0.68 1.97 1.92 0 73.0 1986 28 SFG NL P 36 1 10 0 3 1.000 .957 0.31 0.66 1.89 1.94 0 52.3 1987 29 CIN NL P 85 8 19 2 5 .931 .954 0.32 0.62 2.30 1.91 0 105.7 1988 30 CIN NL P 60 2 13 4 1 .789 .955 0.25 0.69 2.15 1.97 0 62.7 1989 31 DET AL P 42 3 10 0 0 1.000 .963 0.31 0.66 1.63 1.87 0 71.7 1989 31 DET AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 333 22 99 14 13 .896 .955 0.36 0.66 2.31 1.91 1 471.7 LF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 RF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 333 22 99 14 13 .896 .955 0.36 0.66 2.31 1.91 1 472
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1987 NL-85-3

Wild Pitches
1984 NL-8-10

Hit Batsmen
1985 NL-6-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2553) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

January 8, 1987: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Mike Villa (minors) and Timber Mead (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds for Eddie Milner.

December 21, 1988: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

January 16, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 21, 1989: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986San Francisco Giants$275,000
1987Cincinnati Reds$300,000
1988Cincinnati Reds$442,500
1989Detroit Tigers$425,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,442,500

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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