Jerome Williams (baseball)
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Jerome Lee Williams (born December 4, 1981 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He has played with the San Francisco Giants (2003-2005) and the Chicago Cubs (2005-2006). Williams was a Giants' 1st-round draft pick in the 1999 entry draft, the 39th overall selection. He was a regular starter in the Giants rotation in 2003-2004, going 7-5 with a 3.30 ERA in 2003 and 10-7 with a 4.24 ERA in 2004.
He was acquired by the Cubs along with David Aardsma for struggling right-hander LaTroy Hawkins. In Williams' Cubs debut, he pitched 7 innings, giving up 2 runs and striking out six Milwaukee Brewers players. However, Williams played most of 2006 with the Cubs' AAA minor-league affiliate, the Iowa Cubs.
At the end of the minor-league season, September 5, 2006, Williams was waived by the Cubs but then claimed by the Oakland Athletics. Williams did not play for Oakland and was not tendered a contract in December, making him a free agent.
On January 12, 2007, Williams was signed by the Washington Nationals organization.
Williams was well known for wearing a puka shell necklace at all times on the playing field, in honor of his mother Deborah, who died of breast cancer in 2001 while he was still a minor league pitcher. However, he got rid of it after a bad start in 2005 [1].
[edit] External links
- MLB.com Jerome Williams
- Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
- Jerome Williams at ESPN.com
- 2007 spring training highlight video at The Washington Post
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