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William
Williamson		  
Nickname: Wild Willy
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 168
 
Born: March 15, 1860 in Pittsburgh, PA
 
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Best Pitcher Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1882 22 BL2 NL 22 21 .512 43 43 43 3 0 383.7 409 131 0 55 176 3.07 .268 .296 .362 .658 22.0
1883 23 BL2 NL 29 31 .483 60 60 60 6 0 546.3 567 196 2 92 177 3.23 .260 .291 .339 .630 32.7
1884 24 BL2 NL 25 34 .424 59 59 59 3 0 525.0 582 195 4 133 214 3.34 .276 .318 .353 .671 25.5
1885 25 BL2 NL 27 37 .422 64 64 64 3 0 563.0 603 234 2 228 169 3.74 .269 .338 .332 .669 32.9
1886 26 BL2 NL 22 32 .407 54 54 54 5 0 475.7 467 192 2 194 242 3.63 .252 .325 .304 .629 24.6
1887 27 IN3 NL 23 22 .511 45 45 45 2 0 400.7 493 186 3 99 44 4.18 .298 .342 .362 .704 31.3
1888 28 IN3 NL 27 21 .563 48 48 48 5 0 435.0 401 127 8 86 113 2.63 .238 .279 .302 .581 32.7
1889 29 IN3 NL 27 21 .563 49 49 46 3 0 436.3 443 156 7 166 165 3.22 .257 .325 .327 .652 38.1
1890 30 BRP NL 21 15 .583 36 36 36 1 0 325.7 328 107 4 49 75 2.96 .254 .282 .327 .609 19.9
1891 31 BRO NL 30 7 .811 39 39 29 3 0 339.7 331 100 9 89 116 2.65 .253 .302 .332 .634 31.3
10 Years Sim 253 241 .512 497 497 484 34 0 4431.0 4624 1624 41 1191 1491 3.30 .263 .312 .334 .646 290.9
Season Average 25 24 .510 49 49 48 3 0 443.1 462 162 4 119 149 3.30 .263 .312 .334 .646  
Career Highs 30 37 .811 64 64 64 6 0 563.0 603 234 9 228 242 4.18 .298 .342 .362 .704  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   3605 1228 9 691 1057   .269 .305 .339 .644
vs LH   1019 396 32 500 434   .243 .324 .318 .643
Home 115 126 .477 243 243 239 20 0 2239.7 2379 863 21 636 768 3.47 .266 .315 .341 .656
Away 138 115 .545 254 254 245 14 0 2191.3 2245 761 20 555 723 3.13 .260 .305 .326 .631
Mar/Apr 8 8 .500 16 16 16 2 0 141.0 130 27 0 30 44 1.72 .236 .275 .274 .549
May 46 40 .535 87 87 85 11 0 766.0 773 240 14 153 299 2.82 .255 .290 .325 .615
June 49 35 .583 85 85 83 7 0 769.7 787 283 5 191 256 3.31 .259 .303 .328 .631
July 44 46 .489 90 90 87 4 0 813.0 863 293 7 191 253 3.24 .269 .310 .338 .648
August 43 52 .453 96 96 90 6 0 842.6 900 324 6 210 285 3.46 .266 .309 .346 .655
Sep/Oct 63 60 .512 123 123 123 4 0 1098.7 1171 457 9 416 354 3.74 .268 .332 .340 .672
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Best Hitter Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1882 22 BL2 NL 43 147 13 43 6 2 0 20 0 0 3 32 .293 .305 .361 .665 16.3 2.9
1883 23 BL2 NL 60 203 21 56 7 0 1 24 0 0 2 32 .276 .279 .325 .604 18.6 2.6
1884 24 BL2 NL 59 202 19 47 10 0 0 9 0 0 4 61 .233 .248 .282 .530 13.5 1.0
1885 25 BL2 NL 64 205 24 41 5 0 0 17 1 0 14 53 .200 .252 .224 .477 12.2 0.0
1886 26 BL2 NL 54 188 10 28 4 0 0 14 0 0 6 56 .149 .173 .170 .344 2.6 0.0
1887 27 IN3 NL 45 159 17 43 5 1 0 28 0 0 5 22 .270 .289 .314 .604 15.7 0.5
1888 28 IN3 NL 48 162 17 34 3 1 1 11 0 0 4 36 .210 .228 .259 .487 9.5 0.4
1889 29 IN3 NL 49 161 16 44 7 0 0 22 0 0 6 39 .273 .300 .317 .617 16.5 2.3
1890 30 BRP NL 36 118 8 20 1 1 1 8 0 0 3 18 .169 .198 .220 .419 6.1 0.0
1891 31 BRO NL 39 126 9 23 4 0 0 15 0 0 1 24 .183 .200 .214 .414 4.7 0.0
10 Years Sim 497 1671 154 379 52 5 3 168 1 0 48 373 .227 .249 .269 .518 115.7 9.8
162 Game Average 544 50 123 16 1 0 54 0 0 15 121 .227 .249 .269 .518 37.7  
Career Highs 64 205 24 56 10 2 1 28 1 0 14 61 .293 .305 .361 .665 18.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1251 120 280 38 4 2 125 1 0 34 294 .224 .244 .265 .510 70.9
vs LH   420 34 99 14 1 1 43 0 0 14 79 .236 .261 .281 .542 28.0
Home 243 793 68 181 32 2 2 81 0 0 24 196 .228 .251 .281 .532 49.9
Away 254 878 86 198 20 3 1 87 1 0 24 177 .226 .246 .259 .505 49.0
RISP   453 0 103 14 0 2 160 0 0 13 96 .227 .240 .272 .512 27.3
Close/Late   221 20 58 5 2 0 16 0 0 10 42 .262 .297 .303 .601 18.9
Mar/Apr 16 49 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 13 .224 .255 .245 .500 2.8
May 87 288 29 64 10 1 1 30 1 0 10 62 .222 .252 .274 .526 17.8
June 85 273 22 69 9 1 0 27 0 0 10 59 .253 .277 .293 .570 20.8
July 90 326 32 80 11 1 1 28 0 0 5 65 .245 .255 .294 .550 22.0
August 96 320 30 66 10 0 0 33 0 0 7 75 .206 .224 .238 .462 13.2
Sep/Oct 123 415 36 89 11 2 1 46 0 0 14 99 .214 .240 .258 .498 22.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1882 22 BL2 NL P 43 43 383.7 30 70 3 2 .971 2.35    
1883 23 BL2 NL P 60 60 546.3 39 86 6 6 .954 2.06    
1884 24 BL2 NL P 59 59 525.0 37 96 5 8 .964 2.28    
1885 25 BL2 NL P 64 64 563.0 35 105 7 8 .952 2.24    
1886 26 BL2 NL P 54 54 475.7 28 96 7 5 .947 2.35    
1887 27 IN3 NL P 45 45 400.7 33 88 8 11 .938 2.72    
1888 28 IN3 NL P 48 48 435.0 25 89 5 1 .958 2.36    
1889 29 IN3 NL P 49 49 436.3 31 86 7 8 .944 2.41    
1890 30 BRP NL P 36 36 325.7 20 68 2 6 .978 2.43    
1891 31 BRO NL P 39 39 339.7 20 62 4 6 .953 2.17    
Career Totals   497 497 4431.0 298 846 54 61 .955 2.32    
Career Highs   64 64 563.0 39 105 8 11 .978 2.72    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1887-6-4.18
1891-6-2.65
CAR-36-3.30
 Wins
1882-9-22
1883-8-29
1888-6-27
1889-6-27
1891-2-30
CAR-7-253
 Losses
1882-10-21
1883-4-31
1884-8-34
1885-4-37
1886-3-32
CAR-4-241
 Winning Pct
1891-1-.811
CAR-40-.512
 Games Pitched
1883-5-60
1884-8-59
1885-2-64
1886-6-54
1887-9-45
1888-4-48
1889-8-49
CAR-6-497
 Games Started
1883-5-60
1884-8-59
1885-2-64
1886-6-54
1887-9-45
1888-4-48
1889-7-49
CAR-6-497
Complete Games
1883-5-60
1884-8-59
1885-2-64
1886-6-54
1887-9-45
1888-4-48
1889-9-46
CAR-6-484
 Shutouts
1882-9-3
1883-3-6
1886-4-5
1887-4-2
1888-4-5
1889-7-3
1891-5-3
CAR-8-34
 Innings Pitched
1883-6-546.3
1885-7-563.0
1886-6-475.7
1887-10-400.7
1888-4-435.0
1889-9-436.3
CAR-6-4431.0
 Hits Allowed
1882-6-409
1883-4-567
1884-4-582
1885-2-603
1886-6-467
1888-9-401
1889-7-443
CAR-6-4624
 Homeruns Allowed
CAR-37-41
 Strikeouts
1882-8-176
1883-7-177
CAR-9-1491
Walks Allowed
1883-7-92
1885-8-228
1886-7-194
1889-10-166
CAR-3-1191
 Walks per 9IP
1882-5-1.3
CAR-48-2.4
 Hits per 9IP
1887-9-11.1
CAR-43-9.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1882-7-4.1
CAR-36-3.0
 WHiP
1887-4-1.48
CAR-38-1.31
 OAVG
1887-7-.298
CAR-39-.263
OOBP
1887-5-.342
CAR-43-.312
 OSLG
1887-4-.362
1888-10-.302
CAR-40-.334
 OOPS
1887-2-.704
CAR-42-.646
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 3
   Gray Ink Test: 98
   Hall of Fame Standards: 118
 
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1887-7-22
CAR-26-373
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 0
 
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