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b. August 19, 1966 · Toronto Blue Jays 1993–1998, San Diego Padres 1999–2001, 2005–2006, St. Louis Cardinals 2001–2004, Houston Astros 2007

Toronto used him in the bullpen for four years before making him a starter at twenty-nine. He went 18-9 with a 3.28 earned run average for St. Louis in 2003, at thirty-six, and was an All-Star that summer.

Fifteen seasons gave him 132 wins against 116, a 4.19 earned run average, 2,216 innings and 1,480 strikeouts. He was traded from San Diego to St. Louis in 2001 for Ray Lankford and won 45 games in three and a half seasons there, pitching in the 2004 World Series.

He was from Houston, went to the University of Houston, and finished at home with the Astros in 2007. No Hall of Fame ballot has listed him.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	2003
Pitcher of the Month	1	2001

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1993	TOR	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1994	TOR	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1995	TOR	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1996	TOR	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1997	TOR	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500
1998	TOR	32	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
1999	SDP	34	73	4	13	4	0	0	6	2	19	0	.178
2000	SDP	30	58	10	15	4	0	1	9	4	26	0	.259
2001	SDP/STL	37	82	11	16	5	0	0	7	3	22	0	.195
2002	STL	18	29	3	6	3	0	1	3	0	9	0	.207
2003	STL	34	70	12	17	4	1	1	7	5	26	0	.243
2004	STL	34	61	3	11	4	0	0	2	1	22	0	.180
2005	SDP	30	46	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	19	1	.152
2006	SDP	26	54	3	11	1	0	0	4	2	13	0	.204
2007	HOU	34	59	3	6	0	0	1	2	0	25	0	.102
Career	—	443	540	52	105	25	1	4	43	17	183	1	.194

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1993	TOR	3	1	30	0	37.0	40	18	22	24	4.38
1994	TOR	1	3	38	0	59.1	44	24	33	56	3.64
1995	TOR	1	2	23	3	53.2	44	22	28	41	3.69
1996	TOR	4	5	12	10	59.0	64	31	21	43	4.73
1997	TOR	9	14	31	31	194.2	201	94	66	124	4.35
1998	TOR	10	9	32	32	209.2	196	104	81	151	4.46
1999	SDP	12	12	33	33	208.1	213	102	73	137	4.41
2000	SDP	10	8	23	23	168.0	152	70	54	111	3.75
2001	SDP/STL	15	9	34	34	220.0	224	99	56	154	4.05
2002	STL	9	4	17	17	103.1	84	29	25	76	2.53
2003	STL	18	9	34	33	220.2	220	95	55	153	3.87
2004	STL	11	8	31	31	189.2	193	88	58	131	4.18
2005	SDP	9	12	28	28	159.2	174	86	51	106	4.85
2006	SDP	12	5	25	24	145.1	152	59	35	72	3.65
2007	HOU	8	15	33	31	188.0	216	110	53	101	5.27
Career	—	132	116	424	330	2216.1	2217	1031	711	1480	4.19

On this day & linked events

1966

Born August 19, 1966

Houston, TX, USA

1993

Major-league debut: Woody Williams

Woody Williams made a major-league debut on May 14, 1993.

2007

Final major-league game: Woody Williams

Woody Williams played a final major-league game on September 22, 2007.