Woody Williams

Full Name: Gregory Scott Williams Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180 First Game: May 14, 1993 Birthdate: August 19, 1966 MLB Experience: 14 years Birthplace: Houston, Texas Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on August 19, 1966 in Houston, Texas, Woody Williams (Gregory Scott Williams) played for the Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 14 year career. Williams broke into the bigs on May 14, 1993 with the Toronto Blue Jays, and put up a 3.64 ERA in 59.1 innings pitched in 1994, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Woody Williams's best season was 2003, when he posted a 3.87 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 153 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1993	TOR	A	30	0	3	1	4.38	24	18	18	0	0	0	37	40	2	22	3	2	1
1994	TOR	A	38	0	1	3	3.64	56	24	24	0	0	0	59.1	44	5	33	1	4	2
1995	TOR	A	23	3	1	2	3.69	41	23	22	0	0	0	53.2	44	6	28	1	0	2
1996	TOR	A	12	10	4	5	4.73	43	33	31	1	0	0	59	64	8	21	1	2	1
1997	TOR	A	31	31	9	14	4.35	124	98	94	0	0	0	194.2	201	31	66	3	7	5
1998	TOR	A	32	32	10	9	4.46	151	112	104	1	1	0	209.2	196	36	81	3	2	2
1999	SD	N	33	33	12	12	4.41	137	106	102	0	0	0	208.1	213	33	73	5	9	2
2000	SD	N	23	23	10	8	3.75	111	74	70	4	0	0	168	152	23	54	2	4	3
2001	STL	N	11	11	7	1	2.28	52	22	19	3	1	0	75	54	7	19	1	1	3
2001	SD	N	23	23	8	8	4.97	102	88	80	0	0	0	145	170	28	37	4	4	5
2001	TOT	N	34	34	15	9	4.05	154	110	99	3	1	0	220	224	35	56	5	5	8
2002	STL	N	17	17	9	4	2.53	76	30	29	1	0	0	103.1	84	10	25	2	2	4
2003	STL	N	34	33	18	9	3.87	153	101	95	0	0	0	220.2	220	20	55	2	3	11
2004	STL	N	31	31	11	8	4.18	131	93	88	0	0	0	189.2	193	20	58	3	12	9
2005	SD	N	28	28	9	12	4.85	106	92	86	0	0	0	159.2	174	24	51	1	1	3
2006	SD	N	25	24	12	5	3.65	72	68	59	0	0	0	145.1	152	21	35	3	4	7
2007	HOU	N	33	31	8	15	5.27	101	114	110	0	0	0	188	216	35	53	5	1	12
Total	NL		258	254	104	82	4.14	1041	788	738	8	1	0	1603	1628	221	460	28	41	59
Total	AL		166	76	28	34	4.30	439	308	293	2	1	0	613.1	589	88	251	12	17	13
Total			424	330	132	116	4.19	1480	1096	1031	10	2	0	2216.1	2217	309	711	40	58	72

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1993	TOR	A	P	30	0	37	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1994	TOR	A	P	38	0	59.1	2	6	1	2	0	0	5	1	0	.889
1995	TOR	A	P	23	3	53.2	6	6	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.000
1996	TOR	A	P	12	10	59	8	4	0	2	0	1	6	1	0	1.000
1997	TOR	A	P	31	31	194.2	9	10	1	0	0	3	8	9	2	.950
1998	TOR	A	P	32	32	209.2	12	18	3	4	0	1	17	5	3	.909
1999	SD	N	P	33	33	208.1	11	17	1	0	0	0	6	10	1	.966
2000	SD	N	P	23	23	168	7	12	2	1	0	0	9	2	0	.905
2001	STL	N	P	11	11	75	7	8	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	.938
2001	SD	N	P	23	23	145	9	15	3	2	0	0	13	4	0	.889
2001	TOT	N	P	34	34	220	16	23	4	3	0	0	14	7	0	.907
2002	STL	N	P	17	17	103.1	7	19	0	2	0	0	7	2	2	1.000
2003	STL	N	P	34	33	220.2	16	33	1	1	0	1	8	4	1	.980
2004	STL	N	P	31	31	189.2	20	31	3	2	0	1	10	6	1	.944
2005	SD	N	P	28	28	159.2	11	18	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	1.000
2006	SD	N	P	25	24	145.1	12	16	1	1	0	2	10	0	0	.966
2007	HOU	N	P	33	31	188	17	33	1	3	0	0	11	4	0	.980
Total			P	424	330	2216.1	159	252	18	23	0	11	124	52	10	.958

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1993	TOR	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	TOR	A	38	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	TOR	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	TOR	A	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	TOR	A	31	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1998	TOR	A	32	6	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1999	SD	N	34	73	4	13	0	6	.178	.197	.233	4	0	2	19	0	4	0	0	0
2000	SD	N	30	58	10	15	1	9	.259	.308	.379	4	0	4	26	1	1	0	0	1
2001	STL	N	11	27	4	7	0	3	.259	.286	.333	2	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
2001	SD	N	26	55	7	9	0	4	.164	.200	.218	3	0	2	18	1	1	0	0	0
2001	TOT	N	37	82	11	16	0	7	.195	.227	.256	5	0	3	22	1	2	0	0	0
2002	STL	N	18	29	3	6	1	3	.207	.226	.414	3	0	0	9	1	5	0	0	0
2003	STL	N	34	70	12	17	1	7	.243	.299	.371	4	1	5	26	1	9	0	0	0
2004	STL	N	34	61	3	11	0	2	.180	.200	.246	4	0	1	22	1	5	0	0	0
2005	SD	N	30	46	3	7	0	3	.152	.149	.152	0	0	0	19	0	8	1	0	1
2006	SD	N	26	54	3	11	0	4	.204	.232	.222	1	0	2	13	0	6	0	0	0
2007	HOU	N	33	59	3	6	1	2	.102	.102	.153	0	0	0	25	0	5	0	0	1
Total	NL		277	532	52	102	4	43	.192	.220	.265	25	1	17	181	5	45	1	0	3
Total	AL		166	8	0	3	0	0	.375	.375	.375	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total			443	540	52	105	4	43	.194	.222	.267	25	1	17	183	5	45	1	0	3

Transactions

• Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 28th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed June 5, 1988).
• Traded by Toronto Blue Jays with Carlos Almanzar and Peter Tucci to San Diego Padres in exchange for Joey Hamilton (December 12, 1998).
• Traded by San Diego Padres to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ray Lankford and cash (August 2, 2001).
• Granted free agency (October 30, 2002).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (November 26, 2002).
• Granted free agency (November 4, 2004).
• Signed by San Diego Padres (December 9, 2004).
• Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
• Signed by Houston Astros (November 24, 2006).