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Dave Williams Pirates

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
6 137 .122 .148 .171 .128 1.1
Birth Date3-12-1979
Height6' 3"
Weight215 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsL

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2001 PIT 22 22 37 34 1 4 2 0 0 6 0 19 0 0 3 2 0 0 .118 .118 .176 .115 2.2 -0.6 0.2
2002 PIT 23 10 16 16 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 .125 .125 .312 .137 2.0 1.4 0.3
2004 PIT 25 10 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .087 1.2 0.6 0.2
2005 PIT 26 25 50 42 2 5 1 0 0 6 1 21 0 1 6 4 0 0 .119 .136 .143 .142 8.1 0.1 0.8
2006 CIN 27 8 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .092 -5.0 1.5 -0.3
2006 NYN 27 6 11 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .364 .222 .184 1.9 0.1 0.2
2007 NYN 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .004 -3.4 0.4 -0.3
Career8313712351530121465019900.122.148.171.1286.93.51.1

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
2001 PIT MLB 22 37 .115 .265 .317 .432 .000 .267 101 -5.8 1.0 5.6 -0.6 -0.0 1.3 0.1 2.2 0.2
2002 PIT MLB 10 16 .137 .263 .324 .426 .000 .333 103 -2.1 0.4 2.2 1.4 0.0 0.6 0.2 2.0 0.3
2003 NAS AAA 16 26 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 PIT MLB 10 9 .087 .248 .294 .394 .000 .167 95 -1.7 0.2 1.4 0.6 0.0 -0.4 0.0 1.2 0.2
2004 NAS AAA 16 31 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .357 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 PIT MLB 25 50 .142 .270 .326 .438 .000 .227 104 -6.3 1.3 7.2 0.1 0.5 2.4 0.2 8.1 0.8
2006 CIN MLB 8 13 .092 .291 .349 .472 .000 .143 101 -2.4 0.4 2.2 1.5 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 -5.0 -0.3
2006 NYN MLB 6 11 .184 .262 .330 .435 .000 .400 104 -0.9 0.3 1.8 0.1 -0.4 0.5 0.1 1.9 0.2
2006 NOR AAA 2 3 .190 .301 .326 .426 .000 .000 80 -0.2 0.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 NYN MLB 2 1 .004 .265 .316 .389 .000 .000 103 -0.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -3.4 -0.3
2007 NWO AAA 5 12 .076 .271 .340 .427 .000 .500 86 -2.9 0.4 2 0.3 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 HAR AA 9 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 SYR AAA 7 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB137.128.268.324.434.258.241102-19.53.620.63.4-0.13.90.76.91.1

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2001 PIT MLB 37 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 19 0 0 .118 .118 .176 .059 .115 2.2 -0.6 0.2
2002 PIT MLB 16 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 12 0 0 .125 .125 .312 .188 .137 2.0 1.4 0.3
2003 NAS AAA 26 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 .217 .192 .217 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 NAS AAA 31 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 .172 .161 .172 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 PIT MLB 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .000 .087 1.2 0.6 0.2
2005 PIT MLB 50 2 5 1 0 0 4 1 21 0 0 .119 .136 .143 .024 .142 8.1 0.1 0.8
2006 NOR AAA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .000 .190 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2006 CIN MLB 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .000 .092 -5.0 1.5 -0.3
2006 NYN MLB 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .222 .364 .222 .000 .184 1.9 0.1 0.2
2007 NWO AAA 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 .091 .167 .091 .000 .076 0.0 0.3 0.0
2007 NYN MLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .004 -3.4 0.4 -0.3
2009 HAR AA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.3 0.0
2009 SYR AAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-08-20 2009-09-08 Minors 19 0 Not Disclosed -
2007-03-31 2007-07-08 15-DL 99 86 Neck Recovery From Surgery Herniated Disc 2007-01-31
2007-01-31 2007-01-31 Off 0 0 - Neck Surgery Herniated Disc 2007-01-31 -
2006-06-09 2006-07-30 Minors 51 0 Not Disclosed -
2004-08-13 2004-08-31 15-DL 18 18 Trunk Strain Rib Cage -
2003-03-30 2003-06-03 60-DL 65 55 Left Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Labrum 2002-07-11
2002-05-28 2002-09-30 60-DL 125 111 Left Shoulder Surgery Labrum 2002-07-11

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 NYN $1,250,000
2006 CIN $1,400,000
2006 NYN $1,400,000
2005 PIT $330,000
2003 NYN $312,500
2002 PIT $234,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$4,926,500
5 yrTotal$4,926,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 137 dDavid Pepe

Details
  • signed 1 year 2008 deal with Yokohama Stars of Japan`s Central League 12/7/07
  • sent outright to Triple-A 11/6/07 (refused assignment)
  • contract purchased 9/18/07 designated for assignment 7/15/07
  • avoided arbitration 12/06, 1 year/$1.25M (07)
  • $1.25M performance bonus: $50K 30 rel app, $75K 40 rel app, $0.1M 50 ra, $0.15M 60 ra, $50K 10 games started, $0.1M 15 games started, $0.15M 20 games started, $0.2M 25 games started, $0.25M 30 games started
  • awards:$25K each All-Star,LCSMVP,WSMVP
  • recalled 9/06 optioned to Triple-A 8/06 recalled 8/06 acquired in trade from CIN 5/06 designated for assignment 5/06 acquired in trade from PIT 12/05
  • re-signed 10/05, 1 year/$1.4M (06)+bonuses ($40K for 160 innings pitched or 50 g, $60K for 180 innings pitched or 60 g, $0.125M for 200 innings pitched
  • re-signed 2/05, 1 year/$0.33M (05) recalled 8/04 optioned to Triple-A 3/04 re-signed 2/04
  • 1 year/$0.3125M (03) 40-m ros 11/02 recalled 6/01

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This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Matchups: Transient All-Star UpdateJim Baker2006-09-26
Transaction Analysis: September 5-11Christina Kahrl2006-09-13
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Prospectus Hit List: Week of May 21Jay Jaffe2006-05-23
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This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: Your First Place RedsJoe Sheehan2006-05-03
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: April 21-25Christina Kahrl2006-04-26
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Break Out the GrillWill Carroll2006-04-24
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Early WorriesWill Carroll2006-03-30
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 17-26Christina Kahrl2006-03-27
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessTeam Health Reports: Cincinnati RedsDave Haller2006-03-03
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessTeam Health Reports: Cincinnati RedsWill Carroll2006-03-03
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Matchups: The Transient All-Star Team: The Starting PitchersJim Baker2006-02-17
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: Dunn DealJoe Sheehan2006-02-14
Prospectus Notebook: Cubs, PiratesBaseball Prospectus2005-12-16
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: Meetings Wrap-Up, NLJoe Sheehan2005-12-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: December 7-13Christina Kahrl2005-12-14
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: Winter Meetings, Day ThreeJoe Sheehan2005-12-07
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: October 19-25Christina Kahrl2005-10-27
Prospectus Notebook: Pirates, RangersBaseball Prospectus2005-10-07
Prospectus Notebook: LAA, PHI, PITBaseball Prospectus2005-08-19
Prospectus Notebook: Thursday EditionBaseball Prospectus2005-06-09
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Game of the Week: Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs, 4/24/05Jonah Keri2005-04-25
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