Brian Williams | Major Leaguer 1991-2000

Full Name: Brian O'Neal Williams
Born: February 15,1969 in Lancaster, South Carolina
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Lewisville (Fort Lawn,SC)
College: University of South Carolina

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Prospect Rankings*
1992 - 24th ranked Major League prospect
1992 - 1st ranked organizational prospect for Houston Astros

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in 3rd Round (60th overall) of 1987 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Houston Astros in 1st Round (31st overall) of 1990 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Seattle Mariners in 42nd Round (1174th overall) of 1992 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Dec 28,1994] - Traded by Astros with Sean Fesh, Roberto Petagine, Steve Finley, Andujar Cedeno and Ken Caminiti to Padres for Craig Shipley, Phil Plantier, Pedro Martinez, Ricky Gutierrez, Doug Brocail and Derek Bell. [Dec 21,1995] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 10,1996] - Signed as Free Agent by Tigers. [Nov 20,1996] - Released by Tigers. [Jan 21,1997] - Signed as Free Agent by Orioles. [Dec 21,1997] - Released by Orioles. [Jan 21,1999] - Signed as Free Agent by Astros. [Oct 28,1999] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 7,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Cubs. [May 30,2000] - Released by Cubs. [Jun 5,2000] - Signed as Free Agent by Indians. [Oct 5,2000] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 4,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1990	Auburn	NYPL	21	Hou	A-	0	0	4.05	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.2	6	5	3	0	6	7	1		8.11	0.00	8.11	9.46	1.80	--
1991	Osceola	FSL	22	Hou	A+	6	4	2.91	15	15	0	0	0	0	89.2	72	41	29	0	40	67	3		7.23	0.00	4.02	6.73	1.25	--
	Jackson	Tex	22	Hou	AA	2	1	4.20	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	17	8	7	1	7	15	3		10.20	0.60	4.20	9.00	1.60	--
	Tucson	PCL	22	Hou	AAA	0	1	4.93	7	7	0	0	0	0	38.1	39	25	21	3	22	29	3		9.16	0.70	5.17	6.81	1.59	--
	Houston	NL	22	Hou	MLB	0	1	3.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	11	5	5	2	4	4	0	0	8.25	1.50	3.00	3.00	1.25	55%
1992	Tucson	PCL	23	Hou	AAA	6	1	4.50	12	12	0	0	0	0	70.0	78	37	35	3	26	58	5		10.03	0.39	3.34	7.46	1.49	--
	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	7	6	3.92	16	16	0	0	0	0	96.1	92	44	42	10	42	54	2	1	8.60	0.93	3.92	5.05	1.39	41%
1993	Tucson	PCL	24	Hou	AAA	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0		3.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.33	--
	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	4	4	4.83	42	5	0	0	12	3	82.0	76	48	44	7	38	56	9	2	8.34	0.77	4.17	6.15	1.39	53%
1994	Tucson	PCL	25	Hou	AAA	2	0	2.21	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	22	6	5	0	9	17	1	0	9.74	0.00	3.98	7.53	1.52	--
	Houston	NL	25	Hou	MLB	6	5	5.74	20	13	0	0	2	0	78.1	112	64	50	9	41	49	3	1	12.87	1.03	4.71	5.63	1.95	46%
1995	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	3	10	6.00	44	6	0	0	7	0	72.0	79	54	48	3	38	75	7	1	9.88	0.38	4.75	9.38	1.63	49%
1996	Toledo	IL	27	Det	AAA	1	2	5.49	3	3	1	0	0	0	19.2	22	13	12	1	9	21	3	1	10.07	0.46	4.12	9.61	1.58	--
	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	3	10	6.77	40	17	2	1	17	2	121.0	145	107	91	21	85	72	8	0	10.79	1.56	6.32	5.36	1.90	47%
1997	Rochester	IL	28	Bal	AAA	4	3	3.89	22	9	0	0	13	8	69.1	68	33	30	8	23	78	1	2	8.83	1.04	2.99	10.13	1.31	--
	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	0	0	3.00	13	0	0	0	8	0	24.0	20	8	8	0	18	14	1	0	7.50	0.00	6.75	5.25	1.58	--
1999	Houston	NL	30	Hou	MLB	2	1	4.41	50	0	0	0	15	0	67.1	69	35	33	4	35	53	7	0	9.22	0.53	4.68	7.08	1.54	--
2000	Buffalo	IL	31	Cle	AAA	4	3	2.57	18	0	0	0	8	3	21.0	23	7	6	1	11	21	2	0	9.86	0.43	4.71	9.00	1.62	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	31	Chc	MLB	1	1	9.62	22	0	0	0	5	1	24.1	28	27	26	4	23	14	3	0	10.36	1.48	8.51	5.18	2.10	58%
	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	0	0	4.00	7	0	0	0	1	0	18.0	23	9	8	2	8	6	1	0	11.50	1.00	4.00	3.00	1.72	44%
2001	Pawtucket	IL	32	Bos	AAA	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.50	0.00	2.25	6.75	0.75	--
	Columbus	IL	32	Nyy	AAA	5	6	39.38	16	9	0	0	3	0	8.0	72	43	35	5	26	33	3	0	81.00	5.63	29.25	37.13	12.25	--
2003	AC Surf	Atl	34		Ind	1	4	7.16	7	7	0	0	0	0	27.2	41	28	22	4	16	17	0		13.34	1.30	5.21	5.53	2.06	--

Major League Totals - 9 Season(s)						26	38	5.37	256	59	2	1	67	6	595.1	655	401	355	62	332	397	41	5	9.90	0.94	5.02	6.00	1.66	48%
Minor League Totals - 10 Season(s)						32	25	4.70	114	71	1	0	26	11	392.2	463	246	205	26	196	369	25		10.62	0.60	4.50	8.47	1.68	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1991	Jackson	Tex	22	Hou	AA	p		3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Tucson	PCL	22	Hou	AAA	p		9	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		.286	.286	.286	572	--
	Houston	NL	22	Hou	MLB	p	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	33%
1992	Tucson	PCL	23	Hou	AAA	p		12	12	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0		.333	.333	.583	916	--
	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	p	9	20	30	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	0	0	5	1	0	.133	.129	.167	296	52%
1993	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	p	9	42	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	.200	.200	.300	500	20%
1994	Tucson	PCL	25	Hou	AAA	p		3	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.429	.500	929	--
	Houston	NL	25	Hou	MLB	p	9	20	23	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	0	0	.261	.261	.261	522	68%
1995	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	p	9	44	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.071	.071	.143	214	64%
1996	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	p	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1997	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1999	Houston	NL	30	Hou	MLB	p		49	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
2000	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	p	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	31	Chc	MLB	p	9	22	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500	--

Major League Totals - 9 Season(s)								259	85	5	15	4	0	0	9	0	0	0	26	0	0	15	1	1	.176	.174	.224	398	56%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								27	29	2	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	4	0		.276	.300	.414	714	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1990	Auburn	NYPL	21	Hou	A-	P	3			1	2	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	--

1991	Osceola	FSL	22	Hou	A+	P	15			12	24	1	37	0	-	-	-	.973	--
1991	Jackson	Tex	22	Hou	AA	P	3			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1991	Tucson	PCL	22	Hou	AAA	P	7			5	4	2	11	0	-	-	-	.818	--
1991	Houston	NL	22	Hou	MLB	P	2		12	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.25

1992	Tucson	PCL	23	Hou	AAA	P	12			4	8	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1992	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	P	16		96.1	8	15	2	25	0	-	-	-	.920	2.15

1993	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	P	42		82	7	20	1	28	0	-	-	-	.964	2.96

1994	Tucson	PCL	25	Hou	AAA	P	3			1	0	0	1	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1994	Houston	NL	25	Hou	MLB	P	20		78.1	8	9	4	21	0	-	-	-	.810	1.95

1995	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	P	44		72	6	9	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.88

1996	Toledo	IL	27	Det	AAA	P	3			0	3	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	--
1996	Detroit	AL	27	Det	MLB	P	40		121	6	16	2	24	3	-	-	-	.917	1.64

1997	Rochester	IL	28	Bal	AAA	P	22			1	10	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1997	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	P	13		24	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.13

1999	Houston	NL	30	Hou	MLB	P	50		67.1	4	11	0	15	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.00

2000	Buffalo	IL	31	Cle	AAA	P	18			3	4	15	22	0	-	-	-	.318	--
2000	Chi Cubs	NL	31	Chc	MLB	P	22		24.1	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.11
2000	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	P	7		18	2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.00

2001	Columbus	IL	32	Nyy	AAA	P	16			1	8	2	11	2	-	-	-	.818	--
2001	Pawtucket	IL	32	Bos	AAA	P	3			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

[1992] - NL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #7)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1991	*100,000		617,627	69
1992	*109,000		798,185	78
1993	140,000		815,723	58
1994	195,000		914,157	54
1995	275,000		831,504	41
1996	500,000		835,262	32
1997	*150,000		996,990	80
1999	375,000		1,222,537	44
2000	600,000		1,369,505	38

Career:	$2,444,000	estimate

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