Happy Birthday Woody Williams

Aug 19 2019 by Bluebird Banter

 
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Former Blue Jays pitcher Woody Williams turns 53 today.

I’ll admit I often confuse him with Chris Carpenter. They both ended up in St. Louis, after leaving the Jays (Williams had a stop in San Diego first). They both pitched better with the Cards (Carpenter was much better). They were teammates in St. Louis.

Woody was a 28th round draft pick in 1988 (Joey Hamilton was picked in the same round, a few spot earlier by the Orioles), out of the...

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