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Willie Adams
William Edward Adams

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 7", Weight 215 lb.
School Stanford University

Debut June 11, 1996
  vs. CLE 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER
Final Game August 14, 1997
Born October 8, 1972 in Gallup, NM

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 21, 1993. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1996 23 OAK AL   3   4  12  12   1   1   0  0   76.3   76   39   34  11   23   68   5   2   329   3   0  4.01  5.10  127 1.297
 1997 24 OAK AL   3   5  13  12   0   0   0  0   58.3   73   53   53   9   32   37   4   2   282   2   0  8.18  4.43   54 1.800
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .400   6   9  25  24   1   1   0  0  134.7  149   92   87  20   55  105   9   4   611   5   0  5.81  4.81   83 1.515
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  12  34  33   1   1   0  0  186.7  206  127  120  27   76  145  12   5   847   6   0  5.81  4.81   83 1.515
 Career High      3   5  13  12   1   1   0  0   76.3   76   53   53  11   32   68   5   2   329   3   0  4.01  5.10  127 1.297

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1996 23 OAK AL P 12 5 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.92 0.52 1.30 1.77 12 76.3 1997 24 OAK AL P 13 2 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.92 0.49 1.85 1.71 12 58.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1996 23 OAK AL P 12 5 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.92 0.52 1.30 1.77 12 76.3 1997 24 OAK AL P 13 2 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.92 0.49 1.85 1.71 12 58.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 25 7 16 0 0 1.000 .954 0.92 0.50 1.54 1.74 24 134.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 25 7 16 0 0 1.000 .954 0.92 0.50 1.53 1.74 24 135
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Shutouts
1996 AL-1-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 52nd round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 21, 1993.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1996Oakland Athletics$109,000
1997Oakland Athletics$157,500
1998Oakland Athletics$177,000
Career (may be incomplete)$443,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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