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Gregory Scott "Woody" Williams (born August 19, 1966 in Houston, Texas) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He made his major league debut for the Toronto Blue Jays on May 14, 1993, and pitched in the majors for fifteen seasons. ==Baseball career== Williams, a Cy-Fair High School graduate and University of Houston alumnus, began his career pitching in relief until he was moved to a full-time starter in . On December 12, 1998, he was traded to the San Diego Padres with minor leaguer Peter Tucci and Carlos Almanzar for right-handed pitcher Joey Hamilton. He worked exclusively as a starter in San Diego until he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for outfielder Ray Lankford on August 2, 2001. After he was traded, Williams' career took off. While in San Diego that season, he posted an 8-8 win-loss record with a 4.97 ERA in 23 starts, but with St. Louis, Williams went 7-1 with a 2.28 ERA in 11 starts. He continued to pitch well for St. Louis, making the 2003 All-Star Game and starting Game 1 of the 2004 World Series. After the season came to a close, Williams filed for free agency and signed back with the Padres on December 9, 2004. On November 24, 2006, the Houston Astros announced they had signed Williams to a two year, $12.5 million contract, at the same press conference announcing the Carlos Lee signing.() After a career-worst 2007 season with Houston, where he went 8-15 with a 5.27 ERA, and a poor showing during the spring training, Williams was released by the Astros on March 29 and subsequently retired. He is one of only fifteen pitchers to earn a victory against all 30 MLB teams.〔http://m.mlb.com/news/article/56479852/〕〔http://sports.yahoo.com/news/hudson-beats-former-now-w-against-30-teams-231738425--mlb.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woody Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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