2025 Stats
W-L
1-0
ERA
3.46
WHIP
1.38
K
14
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Williams didn't make his season debut with the Guardians in July after working his way back from an elbow injury suffered during spring training. While the big right-hander never really got on a roll, he pitched better than his 4.86 ERA would suggest, as his 4.14 xERA, 4.19 SIERA and 3.67 FIP indicates. Williams' strikeout prowess in the minors (33.3 percent) has not yet carried over to the major-league level (23.6 percent), and his walk rate is hovering above 10 percent with the Guardians, as well. The 25-year-old seems to still be searching for the right pitch mix, as he introduced a cutter and used a curveball as his primary breaking ball in 2024 after a slider was his main breaking pitch in 2023. Williams' pedigree and the Guardians' pitching development track record points to the righty taking a step forward eventually, and perhaps as soon as 2025. Read Past Outlooks
Grabs first win
Williams (1-0 ) earned the win Thursday over the White Sox, allowing a run on three hits and two walks over five innings. He struck out seven.
ANALYSIS
Williams allowed a run in the first inning before settling down to blank the White Sox over his final four frames, retiring 12 of the last 13 batters he faced. Williams lowered his ERA to 3.46 with a 1.38 WHIP and 14:6 K:BB through his first three starts (13 innings) this year. He'll look to build on Thursday's outing in his next start, tentatively lined up for next week in Baltimore.
Williams allowed a run in the first inning before settling down to blank the White Sox over his final four frames, retiring 12 of the last 13 batters he faced. Williams lowered his ERA to 3.46 with a 1.38 WHIP and 14:6 K:BB through his first three starts (13 innings) this year. He'll look to build on Thursday's outing in his next start, tentatively lined up for next week in Baltimore.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
81
Last 10 Games
81
Last 5 Games
81
How many pitches does Gavin Williams generally throw?
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What part of the game does Gavin Williams generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-6%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-31%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .225 | 90 | 47 | 73 | 10 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .240 | 84 | 28 | 77 | 6 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .190 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .276 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .219 | 44 | 17 | 33 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .275 | 35 | 15 | 39 | 4 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .237 | 40 | 28 | 36 | 7 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .200 | 41 | 9 | 30 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-30%
ERA on Road
2025
-60%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 4.65 | 1.44 | 91.0 | 10.1 | 3.9 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 3.26 | 1.18 | 80.0 | 8.1 | 4.1 | ||||
| 2025Home | 1.80 | 1.00 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2025Away | 4.50 | 1.63 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2024Home | 6.55 | 1.70 | 33.0 | 11.5 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.56 | 1.12 | 43.0 | 7.7 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2023Home | 3.74 | 1.32 | 53.0 | 9.0 | 3.9 | ||||
| 2023Away | 2.48 | 1.14 | 29.0 | 8.7 | 4.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Gavin Williams compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.33K/9
9.7BB/9
4.2HR/9
0.7Fastball
96.9 mphERA
3.46WHIP
1.38BABIP
.327GB/FB
1.00Left On Base
66.3%Exit Velocity
85.5 mphBarrels/BBE
2.0%Spin Rate
2369 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.5%Swinging Strike
12.8%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2023
Williams opened the season in Double-A Akron but pushed his way into Cleveland's rotation by mid-June and remained there for the rest of the season. The apex of his season was consecutive double-digit strikeout games against Toronto and Tampa Bay in early August while the only true disastrous outing was one against the Dodgers later that month. The complaint with the rookie would be walks as he had four walks in five of his 16 outings but Williams also benefited from stranding runners in those outings as none of the five were terrible outings. We could also nitpick at him only going six or more innings in 5 of his 16 outings which made it tougher for him to net wins and quality starts. Cleveland has an excellent track record of pitching development and they'll no doubt continue to mold Williams into the front half of the rotation pitcher they envision him to be. That project just may not be completed in 2024.
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Labors through three frames
Williams didn't factor in the decision Friday against the Angels after giving up four runs (two earned) on five hits and three walks over three innings. He struck out five.
ANALYSIS
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Picks up no-decision vs. Royals
Williams didn't factor into the decision in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Royals. He went five innings, allowing two runs on four hits and a walk, striking out two.
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Up to 80 pitches
Williams allowed three runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over 4.1 innings in Wednesday's split-squad start against the Athletics.
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Six strikeouts Tuesday
Williams allowed one run on three hits and one walk while striking out six over 2.1 innings in Tuesday's spring start against the Angels.
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Strong spring debut
Williams struck out three over two scoreless innings in Wednesday's spring start against the Rangers.
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