Married to Sherri...Has 2 children: Bailey and Jarrett...Attended Lamar (TX) University...Graduated from Buna (TX) High School.
2011
Began the season with Triple-A Pawtucket and made 19 relief appearances for the PawSox from 4/30-7/15 before being selected to the Major League roster on 7/16...Made his Red Sox debut that night at TB, recording a hold with 1 strikeout in 1.0 scoreless inning of relief...In 7 appearances with BOS, went 0-1 with a 6.48 ERA (6 ER/8.1 IP)...Recorded a strikeout in 5 of the 7 outings, including 2 K's on 8/3 vs. CLE (1.1 IP)...Did not allow a run in his last 3 games (2.2 IP) after at least 1 run allowed in each his 3 previous appearances...Was designated for assignment on 8/19 and outrighted to Pawtucket on 8/23...Compiled a 1-1 record with 8 saves a 1.41 ERA (5 ER/32.0 IP) and 36 strikeouts over 27 appearances overall with Triple-A Pawtucket...Recorded a 0.48 ERA (1 ER/18.2 IP) in 16 home games and a 2.70 ERA (4 ER in 13.1 IP) in 11 road games...Pitched a perfect 9th inning on 9/3 vs. Scranton Wilkes-Barre to secure the team's 1st International League North Division Championship since 2003.
2010
Split the season between the White Sox and their Triple-A Charlotte affiliate...Made his 1st Major League Opening Day roster...Matched his ML season high with 22 K's (also 2009)...Suffered the loss in his season debut on 4/7 vs. CLE, allowing 1 run over 1.1 IP...Recorded his only hold on 5/1 at NYY...Struck out a career-high 4 batters over 2.0 innings on 4/18 at CLE (2.0 IP)...Posted a 7.36 ERA (9 ER/11.0 IP) in his final 11 games before transferring to Charlotte on 6/30...Remained with the Knights for the duration of the season, going 1-0 with 2 saves and a 2.53 ERA (9 ER/32.0 IP) in 21 games (1 start)...Started and tossed 4.0 scoreless innings at Louisville on 7/30...Was his first start since 1999...Was placed on the DL with a strained right oblique on 8/23 and reinstated on 8/30...Following the season, pitched in 11 games for the Venados de Mazatlan in the Mexican Pacific League, going 0-1 with a 11.00 ERA (11 ER/9.0 IP).
2009
split the season between Class AAA Charlotte and the White Sox...made 25 relief appearances with
Chicago, going 0-1 with a 4.58 ERA (9 er/17.2 ip) and 22 strikeouts...21 of his 25 outings were scoreless, and 17 were less than 1.0 IP...averaged 11.21 strikeouts per 9.0 IP...lefties hit .162 (6-37) with 14 strikeouts...posted a 1.80 ERA (2 ER/10.0 IP) at u.s. cellular field, compared to a 8.22 ERA (7 ER/7.2 IP) on the road...went 3-0 with a 3.44 ERA (14 ER/36.2 IP), one save and 40 strikeouts in 33 appearances with the Knights...his contract was purchased from Charlotte on 7/29...made his Sox debut that night at Minnesota with 1.0 scoreless IP, his first major-league appearance since 10/1/05 at San Diego (with Colorado)...earned his first hold with the Sox in his second outing on 8/1 vs. Yankees (0.1 IP)...struck out a career-high three batters on 8/8 vs. Cleveland...allowed a game-ending, three-run homer to Robinson Cano on 8/28 at the Yankees...made 11 consecutive scoreless appearances to end the season (7.1 IP)...posted a 0.00 ERA (0 ER/6.1 IP) and four saves in seven games with Mazatlan of the Mexican Pacific Winter League.
2008
Spent the entire season with Triple-A Albuquerque in the Marlins system...Averaged 11.33 strikeouts per 9.0 innings (34 K's/27.0 IP)...Held left-handers to a .240 clip (12-for-50) with 21 K's...Posted a 15-game scoreless streak from 4/14-5/27, recording 16 strikeouts over 11.1 innings in that time...Missed time on DL with a left groin strain from 6/29-7/5 and from 7/12 through the remainder of the season...Went 3-0 with 1 save and a 2.16 ERA (6 ER/25.0 IP) in 13 games (3 starts) with Mazatlan of the Mexican Pacific League.
2007
Went 3-2 with a 5.29 ERA (38 ER/64.2 IP) in 50 games between Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Oklahoma in the Rangers system...Made 16 appearances with Frisco before a promotion to Oklahoma on 5/17...Remained in Triple-A for the duration of the year...Had a 1.42 ERA (4 ER/25.1 IP) with 24 strikeouts over his last 20 starts beginning 7/3, including just 1 earned run in 11.2 July innings (0.77 ERA)...Pitched for Mazatlan in the Mexican Pacific League, going 6-3 with a 3.23 ERA (27 ER/75.1 IP) in 14 regular season games, including 13 starts.
2006
Pitched in 47 games for the Rockies Triple-A affiliate in Colorado Springs...Threw 59.0 innings with an ERA of 6.41 (42 ER) for the Sky Sox...Picked up his lone win of the season in his final appearance of the year, 9/2 vs. Sacramento.
2005
After beginning the year in the San Diego organization, the left-hander was acquired in May and became a permanent part of the Rockies bullpen after the All-Star break...the rookie entered this year with just 6 major league appearances, all with Seattle in 2004...went 3-1 with a 6.84 ERA (26.1 ip, 20 er) in 32 games overall with San Diego and Colorado...opposing batters hit .300 (33-for-110)...recorded 4 holds and finished 6 games, all with Colorado...went 0-for-2 in save chances, both with Rockies, as first batters hit .241 (7-for-29) with 2 walks and one hit by pitch overall...allowed just 5 of 26 (19.2%) of inherited runners to score, including just 3 of 24 (12.5%) with Colorado...the 19.2% overall figure was the 8th-lowest in the National League among pitchers with at least 25 inherited runners...the 12.5% mark with Colorado matched the 3rd-lowest in franchise history (minimum 20 inherited runners)...began the year with Portland, San Diego's Triple-A affiliate, going 1-1 with a 6.39 ERA (12.2 ip, 9 er) in 12 appearances...outside of a 6-run outing on April 30 (G2) at Colorado Springs, ERA was 2.19...opposing lefties hit just .136 (3-for-22) with the Beavers...made final appearance for Portland on May 3 and was recalled by San Diego the next day...allowed one run in 1.0 inning in his Padres debut on May 6 at St. Louis...Pads scored 3 runs in top of next frame to take the lead as Williams was credited with his first major league win that night...was designated for assignment on May 9 and acquired by Colorado on a waiver claim on May 11...was assigned to Colorado Springs, where he went 2-2 with 4 saves and a 3.49 ERA (28.1 ip, 11 er) in 26 relief appearances for the Sky Sox...designated for assignment on June 6 and outrighted off 40-man roster on June 9...in final 12 games with the Springs from June 23-July 20, had a 1.50 ERA (12.0 ip, 2 er) with just 3 walks against just 15 strikeouts...purchased by Colorado on July 23 and would spend duration of the season with the Rockies...allowed unearned run in 0.1 inning in his Rox debut on July 23 at Pittsburgh...beginning Aug. 19, had a 5.11 ERA (12.1 ip, 7 er) over final 19 games to drop from 8.36 to 6.84...earned win on Aug. 24 at Los Angeles, retiring only batter faced, Oscar Robles...also earned win on Sept. 16 at Arizona, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings in a 6-5 win...took lone loss and a blown save the next day, allowing back-to-back solo homers to Chad Tracy and Tony Clark in the 7th inning of a 6-5 Rockies defeat.
2004
ALL THE WAY TO TACOMA... Opened the season at Triple-A Tacoma, going 7-2 with eight saves and a 3.63 ERA (32 ER/79.1 IP) in 50 games.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW: Earned a promotion on September 11 and made his Major League debut that night against the Red Sox allowing two runs in 0.2 IP... appeared in six games, all in relief, with the Mariners going 0-0 with a 5.79 ERA (3 ER/4.2 IP)... tossed a season-high 2.0 innings, allowing just one hit, October 2 vs. Texas... was not scored on in his last three appearances with Seattle, spanning 3.1 IP... held left-handers hitless (0-for-7) with four strikeouts.
2003
Compiled a 6-3 record with 3 saves and a 3.07 ERA (23 ER/67.1 IP) over 47 relief appearances in Seattle's system...Combined to limit left-handers to a .178 average (18-for-101)...Posted a 12.0-inning scoreless streak from 4/11-5/5 and a 13.0-frame run from 6/11-30 while with Double-A San Antonio...Was promoted to Triple-A Tacoma on 7/3.
2002
Returned to action with Edinburg of the independent Central League after missing all of the previous 2 seasons due to injury...Allowed an earned run in just 6 of his 42 appearances, posting a 1.20 ERA (7 ER/52.2 IP) with 10 saves and a 5-2 record...Held opponents to a .193 average (36-for-187)...Had a streak of 21 consecutive scoreless appearances from 7/2-8/20 (23.1 IP).
2001
Missed his 2nd consecutive season rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.
2000
Did not play after undergoing surgery in March.
1999
Appeared in 14 games (9 starts) with High-A Daytona in the Cubs system...Posted a 0.87 ERA (2 ER/20.2 IP) over 5 relief outings...Was on the DL from 6/7-7/19.
1998
Limited to just 2 games with the Cubs Rookie-level Arizona League team...Was placed on the DL on 6/24 and reinstated on 8/23.
1997
Missed the entire season after undergoing left shoulder surgery.
