Mitch Williams
[edit] Biography
Born on November 17, 1964 in Santa Ana, California, Mitch Williams (Mitchell Steven Williams) played for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, California Angels and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 11 year career. Williams broke into the bigs on April 9, 1986 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 3.58 ERA in 98 innings pitched in 1986, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Mitch Williams's best season was 1991, when he posted a 2.34 ERA, won 12 games, notched 30 saves and struck out 84 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1986
| TEX
| A
| 80
| 0
| 8
| 6
| 3.58
| 90
| 39
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 98
| 69
| 8
| 79
| 8
| 5
| 11
|
| 1987
| TEX
| A
| 85
| 1
| 8
| 6
| 3.23
| 129
| 47
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 108.2
| 63
| 9
| 94
| 7
| 4
| 7
|
| 1988
| TEX
| A
| 67
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 4.63
| 61
| 38
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 68
| 48
| 4
| 47
| 3
| 5
| 6
|
| 1989
| CHI
| N
| 76
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 2.76
| 67
| 27
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 81.2
| 71
| 6
| 52
| 4
| 6
| 8
|
| 1990
| CHI
| N
| 59
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 3.93
| 55
| 38
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 66.1
| 60
| 4
| 50
| 6
| 4
| 1
|
| 1991
| PHI
| N
| 69
| 0
| 12
| 5
| 2.34
| 84
| 24
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 88.1
| 56
| 4
| 62
| 5
| 4
| 8
|
| 1992
| PHI
| N
| 66
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 3.78
| 74
| 39
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 81
| 69
| 4
| 64
| 2
| 5
| 6
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| 65
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 3.34
| 60
| 30
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 62
| 56
| 3
| 44
| 1
| 6
| 2
|
| 1994
| HOU
| N
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 7.65
| 21
| 17
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 20
| 21
| 4
| 24
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1995
| CAL
| A
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 6.75
| 9
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.2
| 13
| 1
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1997
| KC
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1.80
| 10
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.2
| 11
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 360
| 2
| 26
| 36
| 3.40
| 361
| 175
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 160
| 399.1
| 333
| 25
| 296
| 20
| 26
| 26
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 259
| 1
| 19
| 22
| 3.98
| 299
| 142
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 292
| 204
| 24
| 248
| 19
| 18
| 26
|
| Total
|
|
| 619
| 3
| 45
| 58
| 3.65
| 660
| 317
| 280
| 0
| 0
| 192
| 691.1
| 537
| 49
| 544
| 39
| 44
| 52
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1986
| TEX
| A
| P
| 80
| 0
| 98
| 1
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 4
| 1
| .846
|
| 1987
| TEX
| A
| P
| 85
| 1
| 108.2
| 5
| 15
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 11
| 8
| .870
|
| 1988
| TEX
| A
| P
| 67
| 0
| 68
| 3
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 6
| .929
|
| 1989
| CHI
| N
| P
| 76
| 0
| 81.2
| 0
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 7
| .786
|
| 1990
| CHI
| N
| P
| 59
| 2
| 66.1
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| PHI
| N
| P
| 69
| 0
| 88.1
| 0
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 2
| 1
| .727
|
| 1992
| PHI
| N
| P
| 66
| 0
| 81
| 1
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 6
| 2
| .800
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| P
| 65
| 0
| 62
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| 1994
| HOU
| N
| P
| 25
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| CAL
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 10.2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| KC
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 6.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 619
| 3
| 691.1
| 14
| 75
| 17
| 4
| 0
| 14
| 64
| 30
| 27
| .840
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1986
| TEX
| A
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| TEX
| A
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| TEX
| A
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| CHI
| N
| 76
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 3
| .200
| .200
| .800
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1990
| CHI
| N
| 59
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| PHI
| N
| 69
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .500
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| PHI
| N
| 66
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| 65
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| HOU
| N
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| CAL
| A
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| KC
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 360
| 16
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 4
| .188
| .235
| .375
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 259
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 619
| 16
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 4
| .188
| .235
| .375
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1982 - signed June 14, 1982).
- Selected by Texas Rangers from San Diego Padres in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 3, 1984).
- Returned to San Diego Padres (April 6, 1985).
- Traded by San Diego Padres to Texas Rangers in exchange for Randy Asadoor (April 6, 1985).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with Paul Kilgus, Steve Wilson, Curt Wilkerson, Luis Benitez and Pablo Delgado to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Rafael Palmeiro, Jamie Moyer and Drew Hall (December 5, 1988).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Chuck McElroy and Bob Scanlan (April 7, 1991).
- Granted free agency (October 31, 1991).
- Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (December 18, 1991).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Houston Astros in exchange for Doug Jones and Jeff Juden (December 2, 1993).
- Released by Houston Astros (May 31, 1994).
- Signed by California Angels (November 30, 1994).
- Released by California Angels (June 19, 1995).
- Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (July 6, 1996).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (August 19, 1996).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 14, 1997).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (May 12, 1997).
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