Willie Adams

Who is Willie Adams?

William Edward "Willie" Adams is a retired professional baseball player whose career spanned eight seasons, including parts of two in Major League Baseball with the Oakland Athletics. Over his major league career, Adams went 6–9 with a 5.81 earned run average, one complete game, one shutout and 105 strikeouts in 25 games, 24 starts. Adams also played in the minor leagues with the Class-A Madison Muskies, the Class-A Advanced Modesto A's, the Double-A Huntsville Stars, the Triple-A Edmonton Trappers, the rookie-level Arizona League Athletics, the Class-A Advanced Sarasota Red Sox, the Double-A Trenton Thunder and the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox. In 123 minor league games, Adams went 40–34 with a 4.34 ERA, five complete games, two shutouts, six saves and 421 strikeouts.

Before turning professional, Adams attended Stanford University. He was drafted by the Athletics during his junior year at Stanford in the first round of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft. Adams also pitched two games in 1992 Summer Olympics as a member of the United States national baseball team. Adam batted and threw left-handed.