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William
Van Landingham		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: July 16, 1970 in Usa, TN, COLUMBIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1997   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1994 23 PIT NL 5 16 .238 32 32 0 0 0 161.0 185 112 12 97 130 6.26 .285 .379 .413 .792 0.0
1997 26 PIT NL 8 9 .471 27 27 0 0 0 148.7 157 76 16 58 131 4.60 .268 .338 .395 .733 4.5
1998 27 PIT NL 12 5 .706 28 28 0 0 0 166.3 140 60 15 79 129 3.25 .231 .318 .365 .683 14.3
1999 28 PIT NL 13 10 .565 37 37 0 0 0 220.0 222 107 22 66 160 4.38 .259 .315 .424 .739 17.1
2000 29 PIT NL 13 18 .419 39 39 1 1 0 228.0 235 109 22 80 171 4.30 .267 .332 .408 .741 19.9
2001 30 PIT NL 5 10 .333 20 20 0 0 0 114.7 119 59 15 36 98 4.63 .263 .329 .423 .751 6.8
  TEX AL 10 2 .833 16 16 0 0 0 95.7 115 49 14 29 77 4.61 .293 .350 .468 .819 6.8
  TOT   15 12 .556 36 36 0 0 0 210.3 234 108 29 65 175 4.62 .277 .339 .444 .783 13.6
2002 31 TEX AL 17 9 .654 39 39 0 0 0 231.3 274 129 41 67 162 5.02 .287 .333 .471 .804 12.3
2003 32 TEX AL 14 14 .500 37 37 0 0 0 219.3 266 127 29 62 134 5.21 .297 .348 .467 .815 10.7
2004 33 TEX AL 8 10 .444 39 21 1 0 1 142.0 197 105 29 43 76 6.65 .322 .370 .542 .912 2.2
9 Years Sim 105 103 .505 314 296 2 1 1 1727.0 1910 933 215 617 1268 4.86 .277 .340 .438 .778 94.6
Season Average 11 11 .500 34 32 0 0 0 191.9 212 103 23 68 140 4.86 .277 .340 .438 .778  
Career Highs 17 18 .706 39 39 1 1 1 231.3 274 129 41 97 175 6.65 .322 .379 .542 .912  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1994 23 PIT NL 32 46 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 23 .043 .102 .065 .167 -1.8 0.0
1997 26 PIT NL 27 47 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 25 .043 .082 .064 .145 -2.2 0.0
1998 27 PIT NL 28 54 4 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 20 .111 .158 .148 .306 0.4 0.0
1999 28 PIT NL 37 64 3 8 1 1 0 8 0 0 4 31 .125 .186 .172 .358 1.6 0.0
2000 29 PIT NL 39 73 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 38 .068 .138 .082 .220 -1.9 0.0
2001 30 PIT NL 20 36 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 .056 .150 .056 .206 -0.8 0.0
6 Years Sim 183 320 16 25 4 2 0 20 0 0 22 158 .078 .139 .103 .242 -4.8 0.0
162 Game Average 283 14 22 3 1 0 17 0 0 19 139 .078 .139 .103 .242 -4.2  
Career Highs 39 73 5 8 1 1 0 8 0 0 6 38 .125 .186 .172 .358 1.6  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1994 23 PIT NL P 32 32 161.0 3 19 1 1 .957 1.23    
1997 26 PIT NL P 27 27 148.7 10 17 0 1 1.000 1.63    
1998 27 PIT NL P 28 28 166.3 9 21 0 3 1.000 1.62    
1999 28 PIT NL P 37 37 220.0 4 32 2 1 .947 1.47    
2000 29 PIT NL P 39 39 228.0 15 34 1 6 .980 1.93    
2001 30 PIT NL P 20 20 114.7 4 17 1 3 .955 1.65    
  TEX AL P 16 16 95.7 4 14 0 3 1.000 1.69    
  TOT   P 36 36 210.3 8 31 1 6 .975 1.67    
2002 31 TEX AL P 39 39 231.3 13 27 1 0 .976 1.56    
2003 32 TEX AL P 37 37 219.3 9 25 2 3 .944 1.40    
2004 33 TEX AL P 39 21 142.0 8 21 0 2 1.000 1.84    
Career Totals   314 296 1727.0 79 227 8 23 .975 1.59    
Career Highs   39 39 231.3 15 34 2 6 1.000 1.93    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1997 26 PIT NL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 13.3 7 2 0 7 11 1.35 .149 .259 .149 .408
1998 27 PIT NL 2 0 1.000 3 3 1 0 0 21.7 16 7 3 8 13 2.91 .203 .276 .380 .656
2001 30 TEX AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 2 2 0 5 3.60 .364 .364 .727 1.091
2002 31 TEX AL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 18.0 17 10 3 6 8 5.00 .239 .299 .437 .735
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 2 .714 9 9 1 0 0 58.0 48 21 8 21 37 3.26 .219 .288 .384 .671
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1997 26 PIT NL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1998 27 PIT NL 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .125 .222 .125 .347
Career Post-Season Batting 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .091 .167 .091 .258
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1998-6-3.25
 Wins
2002-4-17
2003-10-14
 Losses
1994-6-16
2000-2-18
2003-10-14
 Winning Pct
1998-7-.706
2002-9-.654
 Games Started
1999-9-37
2000-5-39
2002-1-39
 Complete Games
2000-3-1
Shutouts
2000-1-1
 Innings Pitched
1999-8-220.0
2000-4-228.0
2002-4-231.3
2003-10-219.3
 Hits Allowed
1999-5-222
2000-7-235
2002-2-274
2003-3-266
 Homeruns Allowed
2002-3-41
 Walks Allowed
1994-5-97
 Hits per 9IP
1998-5-7.6
WHiP
1999-9-1.31
 OAVG
1998-6-.231
 OSLG
1998-7-.365
 OOPS
1998-10-.683
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
 
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  1. Mike Maddux (946)
  2. Luis Leal (943)
  3. Scott Sanders (940)
  4. Jay Baller (940)
  5. Tom Edens (935)
  6. Jason Isringhausen (933)
  7. Steve Avery (930)
  8. Mariano Rivera (927)
  9. Steve Karsay (925)
  10. Kevin Gross (924)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Kevin Brown (997)
  2. Reggie Harris (995)
  3. Julian Tavarez (994)
  4. Brian Williams (993)
  5. Pedro Astacio (993)
  6. Clay Parker (991)
  7. Ben Sheets (990)
  8. Al Leiter (990)
  9. Jim Converse (990)
  10. Duane Ward (989)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 39th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1994
Earned first career win on 5/12/1994
Had first career hit (double) on 6/17/1994, off Bill Mooneyham (PHI)
Injured on 8/3/1995 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1997
1/31/2000: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
1/31/2001: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to Texas on 7/16/2001 (Going to PIT: P Rheal Cormier, P Butch Henry. Going to TEX: P William Van landingham, P Scott Eyre)
1/31/2002: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,278,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/2002: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Released by Texas on 4/1/2005
 
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