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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
20 424 2216.3 132 116 0 4.19 21.2
Birth Date8-19-1966
Height6' 0"
Weight200 lbs
Age57 years, 8 months, 5 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
1993 TOR MLB 30 0 37.0 3 1 0 40 22 24 2 103 9.7 5.4 0.5 5.8 0% .309 1.68 4.26 4.38 127 6.55 141.3 -0.5
1994 TOR MLB 38 0 59.3 1 3 0 44 33 56 5 100 6.7 5.0 0.8 8.5 0% .248 1.30 4.17 3.64 105 4.47 90.2 0.7
1995 TOR MLB 23 3 53.7 1 2 0 44 28 41 6 98 7.4 4.7 1.0 6.9 0% .245 1.34 4.74 3.69 111 5.36 109.7 0.1
1996 TOR MLB 12 10 59.0 4 5 0 64 21 43 8 96 9.8 3.2 1.2 6.6 0% .308 1.44 4.66 4.73 119 6.02 118.8 0.1
1997 TOR MLB 31 31 194.7 9 14 0 201 66 124 31 94 9.3 3.1 1.4 5.7 0% .280 1.37 5.03 4.35 116 6.12 127.4 -0.6
1998 TOR MLB 32 32 209.7 10 9 0 196 81 151 36 94 8.4 3.5 1.5 6.5 0% .256 1.32 5.20 4.46 117 6.18 128.0 -0.7
1999 SDN MLB 33 33 208.3 12 12 0 213 73 137 33 96 9.2 3.2 1.4 5.9 0% .280 1.37 4.89 4.41 109 5.15 100.2 2.5
2000 SDN MLB 23 23 168.0 10 8 0 152 54 111 23 102 8.1 2.9 1.2 5.9 0% .253 1.23 4.53 3.75 99 3.89 74.8 4.2
2001 SDN 0 23 23 145.0 8 8 0 170 37 102 28 103 10.6 2.3 1.7 6.3 0% .309 1.43 4.97 4.97 105 4.72 97.9 1.8
2001 SLN 0 11 11 75.0 7 1 0 54 19 52 7 100 6.5 2.3 0.8 6.2 0% .225 0.97 3.71 2.28 101 4.34 90.0 1.2
2002 SLN MLB 17 17 103.3 9 4 0 84 25 76 10 99 7.3 2.2 0.9 6.6 0% .249 1.05 3.50 2.53 90 3.07 65.8 3.0
2003 SLN MLB 34 33 220.7 18 9 0 220 55 153 20 101 9.0 2.2 0.8 6.2 0% .284 1.25 3.66 3.87 96 3.92 82.2 4.5
2004 SLN MLB 31 31 189.7 11 8 0 193 58 131 20 95 9.2 2.8 0.9 6.2 0% .289 1.32 3.99 4.18 101 4.58 94.5 2.5
2005 SDN MLB 28 28 159.7 9 12 0 174 51 106 24 90 9.8 2.9 1.4 6.0 0% .292 1.41 4.62 4.85 103 4.32 93.0 2.1
2006 SDN MLB 25 24 145.3 12 5 0 152 35 72 21 84 9.4 2.2 1.3 4.5 0% .268 1.29 4.86 3.65 112 4.83 98.3 1.6
2007 HOU MLB 33 31 188.0 8 15 0 216 53 101 35 102 10.3 2.5 1.7 4.8 0% .286 1.43 5.55 5.27 119 6.35 131.4 -1.2
2001 TOT MLB 34 34 220.0 15 9 0 224 56 154 35 102 9.2 2.3 1.4 6.3 0% .000 1.27 4.54 4.05 104 4.59 95.2 3.0
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
1988 STC A- NYP 12 12 76.0 8 2 0 48 21 58 1 5.7 2.5 0.1 6.9 0% .000 0.91 2.27 1.54 0 0.00 0.0
1988 KNX AA SOU 6 4 28.3 2 2 0 27 12 25 1 8.6 3.8 0.3 8.0 0% .000 1.38 2.84 3.82 0 0.00 0.0
1989 DUN A+ FSL 20 9 81.3 3 5 3 63 27 60 3 7.0 3.0 0.3 6.6 0% .000 1.11 2.86 2.32 0 0.00 0.0
1989 KNX AA SOU 14 12 71.0 3 5 1 61 33 51 6 7.7 4.2 0.8 6.5 0% .000 1.32 4.07 3.55 0 0.00 0.0
1990 KNX AA SOU 42 12 126.0 7 9 5 111 39 74 7 7.9 2.8 0.5 5.3 0% .000 1.19 3.40 3.14 0 0.00 0.0
1990 SYR AAA INT 3 0 9.0 0 1 0 15 4 8 1 15.0 4.0 1.0 8.0 0% .000 2.11 3.92 10.00 0 0.00 0.0
1991 KNX AA SOU 18 1 42.7 3 2 3 42 14 37 1 8.9 3.0 0.2 7.8 0% .000 1.31 2.51 3.58 0 0.00 0.0
1991 SYR AAA INT 31 0 54.7 3 4 6 52 27 37 2 8.6 4.4 0.3 6.1 0% .000 1.44 3.71 4.11 0 0.00 0.0
1992 SYR AAA INT 25 16 120.7 6 8 1 115 41 81 4 8.6 3.1 0.3 6.0 0% .000 1.29 3.19 3.13 0 0.00 0.0
1993 TOR MLB AL 30 0 37.0 3 1 0 40 22 24 2 103 9.7 5.4 0.5 5.8 0% .309 1.68 4.26 4.38 127 6.55 141.3
1993 DUN A+ FSL 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.0 4.5 0.0 4.5 0% .000 0.50 3.68 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1993 SYR AAA INT 12 0 16.3 1 1 3 15 5 16 2 8.3 2.8 1.1 8.8 0% .000 1.23 3.74 2.21 0 0.00 0.0
1994 TOR MLB AL 38 0 59.3 1 3 0 44 33 56 5 100 6.7 5.0 0.8 8.5 0% .248 1.30 4.17 3.64 105 4.47 90.2
1994 SYR AAA INT 1 0 1.7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 0% .000 0.00 1.88 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1995 TOR MLB AL 23 3 53.7 1 2 0 44 28 41 6 98 7.4 4.7 1.0 6.9 0% .245 1.34 4.74 3.69 111 5.36 109.7
1995 SYR AAA INT 5 1 7.7 0 0 1 5 5 13 0 5.8 5.8 0.0 15.2 0% .000 1.30 1.76 3.51 0 0.00 0.0
1996 TOR MLB AL 12 10 59.0 4 5 0 64 21 43 8 96 9.8 3.2 1.2 6.6 0% .308 1.44 4.66 4.73 119 6.02 118.8
1996 STC A- NYP 2 2 7.3 0 0 0 7 4 12 0 8.6 4.9 0.0 14.8 0% .000 1.51 1.94 3.70 0 0.00 0.0
1996 DUN A+ FSL 2 2 7.7 0 2 0 9 2 11 1 10.5 2.3 1.2 12.9 0% .000 1.43 2.88 8.18 0 0.00 0.0
1996 SYR AAA INT 7 7 32.0 3 1 0 22 7 33 3 6.2 2.0 0.8 9.3 0% .000 0.91 3.26 1.41 0 0.00 0.0
1997 TOR MLB AL 31 31 194.7 9 14 0 201 66 124 31 94 9.3 3.1 1.4 5.7 0% .280 1.37 5.03 4.35 116 6.12 127.4
1998 TOR MLB AL 32 32 209.7 10 9 0 196 81 151 36 94 8.4 3.5 1.5 6.5 0% .256 1.32 5.20 4.46 117 6.18 128.0
1999 SDN MLB NL 33 33 208.3 12 12 0 213 73 137 33 96 9.2 3.2 1.4 5.9 0% .280 1.37 4.89 4.41 109 5.15 100.2
2000 SDN MLB NL 23 23 168.0 10 8 0 152 54 111 23 102 8.1 2.9 1.2 5.9 0% .253 1.23 4.53 3.75 99 3.89 74.8
2000 RCU A+ CLF 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 5.4 0.0 0.0 18.0 0% -.300 0.60 -0.32 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2000 LVG AAA PCL 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 7 0 5 1 10.5 0.0 1.5 7.5 0% -1.000 1.17 4.08 1.50 0 0.00 0.0
2001 SDN MLB NL 23 23 145.0 8 8 0 170 37 102 28 103 10.6 2.3 1.7 6.3 0% .309 1.43 4.97 4.97 105 4.72 97.9
2001 SLN MLB NL 11 11 75.0 7 1 0 54 19 52 7 100 6.5 2.3 0.8 6.2 0% .225 0.97 3.71 2.28 101 4.34 90.0
2002 SLN MLB NL 17 17 103.3 9 4 0 84 25 76 10 99 7.3 2.2 0.9 6.6 0% .249 1.05 3.50 2.53 90 3.07 65.8
2002 MEM AAA PCL 1 1 5.0 1 0 0 1 1 7 0 1.8 1.8 0.0 12.6 0% .125 0.40 1.25 1.80 0 0.00 0.0
2003 SLN MLB NL 34 33 220.7 18 9 0 220 55 153 20 101 9.0 2.2 0.8 6.2 0% .284 1.25 3.66 3.87 96 3.92 82.2
2004 SLN MLB NL 31 31 189.7 11 8 0 193 58 131 20 95 9.2 2.8 0.9 6.2 0% .289 1.32 3.99 4.18 101 4.58 94.5
2005 SDN MLB NL 28 28 159.7 9 12 0 174 51 106 24 90 9.8 2.9 1.4 6.0 0% .292 1.41 4.62 4.85 103 4.32 93.0
2006 SDN MLB NL 25 24 145.3 12 5 0 152 35 72 21 84 9.4 2.2 1.3 4.5 0% .268 1.29 4.86 3.65 112 4.83 98.3
2006 LEL A+ CLF 1 1 3.2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.0 2.8 0.0 14.1 0% .000 0.31 2.51 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2006 POR AAA PCL 1 1 2.0 0 1 0 8 2 2 1 103 36.0 9.0 4.5 9.0 0% .538 5.00 10.83 27.00 112 9.15 192.1
2007 HOU MLB NL 33 31 188.0 8 15 0 216 53 101 35 102 10.3 2.5 1.7 4.8 0% .286 1.43 5.55 5.27 119 6.35 131.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2006-05-13 2006-07-01 15-DL 49 43 Left Lower Leg Strain Calf -
2005-05-02 2005-06-05 15-DL 34 31 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2002-07-07 2002-08-29 15-DL 53 47 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2002-04-06 2002-05-15 15-DL 39 35 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2000-05-02 2000-07-02 15-DL 61 53 Right Shoulder Surgery Aneurysm In Armpit 2000-05-04 -
1996-06-07 1996-07-26 15-DL 49 44 Right Shoulder Soreness - -
1996-04-01 1996-06-02 60-DL 62 54 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Labrum and Rotator Cuff 1995-09-12 -
1995-07-17 1995-10-02 60-DL 77 72 Right Shoulder Surgery Labrum and Rotator Cuff 1995-09-12 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 HOU $6,250,000
2007 HOU $6,000,000
2006 SDN $4,000,000
2005 SDN $3,000,000
2004 SLN $8,000,000
2003 SLN $6,000,000
2002 SLN $7,300,000
2001 SDN $5,083,000
2000 SDN $4,583,333
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$50,216,333
9 yrTotal$50,216,333

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
14 y 143 dBarry Meister2 years/$12.5M (2007-08)

Details
  • 2 years/$12.5M (2007-08). Signed by Houston as a free agent 11/06. 07:$6M, 08:$6.25M, 09:$6.75M club option, $0.25M buyout. Released 3/29/08. Performance bonus: $0.1M each for 160, 180 innings pitched. $0.25M for 200 IP.
  • 1 year/$3.5M (2005), plus 2006 option. Re-signed by St. Louis as a free agent 12/04. 05:$3M, 06:$4M club option, $0.5M buyout. With 15 starts in 2004, 2005 option is guaranteed at $4M plus $0.1M for each start in 2004. With 25 starts in 2004, 2005 option is guaranteed at $5M plus $66,667 for each start in 2004. Performance bonuses: $0.125M/start. Award bonus:$25,000 each for All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger. $50,000 each for WS MVP, LCS MVP. $0.1M for Cy Young ($50,000 for second in vote, $25,000 for third).
  • 2 years/$14.9M (2003-04), plus 2005 club option. Re-signed 11/02. 03:$6M, 04:$8M, 05:$8M club option, $0.9M buyout. Award bonus: $25,000 for All-Star. St. Louis declined 2005 option 11/04.
  • Acquired in trade from San Diego 8/01. Club exercised $7.25M 2002 option in return for Williams deferring $1M of 2001 salary.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Woody Williams threw 1,020 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2008, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2008, he relied primarily on his Slider (82mph) and Curve (73mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (85mph). He also rarely threw a Change (79mph).