#98 John "Big boy" Williams , Starting Pitcher, 24 yrs, Brooklyn Robins Friday, 10/20/1929 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| John Williams Big boy 1/1/1905 24 NEGRO,LG,PLAYER 5"10 185
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 5 / 6 (Very Popular) 6 / 6 (Extremely Popular) Good Normal Normal 5.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 12,050,000 1932 18 Year(s), 23 Days (3119 total Days) 172 Day(s) 18 Year(s), 0 Days (3096 total Days) 18 Year(s) Not eligible 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 10 | 10 | 10 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
Talent | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 47 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 2 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .933 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
9/1 | CIN | W 3-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
9/5 | @PHI | W 4-0 | * | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
9/10 | CHC | W 2-1 | * | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
9/14 | @STL | L 1-2 | * | 8.2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | L | | | | |
9/18 | PHI | W 3-1 | * | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
9/23 | @CIN | W 5-2 | * | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/30 | @CHC | L 9-12 | | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
10/4 | STL | L 1-12 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
10/8 | @PHI | W 6-5 | * | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | W | | | | |
10/12 | PHI | L 3-5 | * | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 44 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1.69 | 367.0 | 283 | 81 | 69 | 40 | 292 | 33 | 78.6 | 5 | 37 | 88.1 |
Projected | 38 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1.69 | 314.0 | 243 | 69 | 59 | 34 | 250 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 2 | 2 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1.49 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 672 | 160 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 41 | 43 | 24 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .238 | .266 | .339 | .605 |
vs. RHB | 670 | 123 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 38 | 16 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .184 | .203 | .249 | .453 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 24 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2.05 | 206.0 | 170 | 54 | 47 | 24 | 159 |
Road | 20 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1.23 | 161.0 | 113 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 133 |
Postseason | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.71 | 17.0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.03 | 62.0 | 57 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 55 |
May | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.29 | 56.0 | 46 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 49 |
June | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.09 | 69.0 | 51 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 48 |
July | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.92 | 61.0 | 51 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 41 |
August | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.69 | 64.0 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 50 |
Sept./Oct. | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.98 | 55.0 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 49 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1912 | 34 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3.85 | 182.1 | 158 | 90 | 78 | 7 | 30 | 117 | 23 | 3 | 1.03 | .000 | NYL |
1913 | 34 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3.85 | 182.1 | 158 | 90 | 78 | 7 | 30 | 117 | 23 | 3 | 1.03 | .000 | NYL |
1914 | 34 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3.85 | 182.1 | 158 | 90 | 78 | 7 | 30 | 117 | 23 | 3 | 1.03 | .000 | NYL |
1915 | 34 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3.85 | 182.1 | 158 | 90 | 78 | 7 | 30 | 117 | 23 | 3 | 1.03 | .000 | NYL |
1916 | 34 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3.85 | 182.1 | 158 | 90 | 78 | 7 | 30 | 117 | 23 | 3 | 1.03 | .000 | NYL |
1917 | 34 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3.85 | 182.1 | 158 | 90 | 78 | 7 | 30 | 117 | 23 | 3 | 1.03 | .000 | NYL |
1918 | 44 | 44 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 2.94 | 366.2 | 334 | 158 | 120 | 16 | 74 | 200 | 28 | 1 | 1.11 | .267 | BRO,NL |
1919 | 44 | 44 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 2.80 | 363.0 | 341 | 149 | 113 | 13 | 60 | 189 | 31 | 3 | 1.10 | .274 | BRO |
1920 | 35 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 2.29 | 303.1 | 250 | 93 | 77 | 13 | 46 | 151 | 21 | 3 | 0.98 | .245 | BRO |
1921 | 45 | 45 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 2.75 | 386.1 | 341 | 139 | 118 | 14 | 48 | 202 | 39 | 5 | 1.01 | .262 | BRO,NL |
1922 | 44 | 44 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 2.23 | 383.2 | 322 | 119 | 95 | 15 | 31 | 218 | 33 | 2 | 0.92 | .256 | BRO,NL |
1923 | 43 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 2.62 | 371.1 | 342 | 132 | 108 | 9 | 34 | 185 | 33 | 4 | 1.01 | .273 | BRO,NL |
1924 | 45 | 45 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 2.12 | 390.1 | 330 | 113 | 92 | 2 | 30 | 232 | 32 | 5 | 0.92 | .272 | BRO,NL |
1925 | 45 | 45 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1.98 | 399.0 | 323 | 101 | 88 | 7 | 25 | 247 | 34 | 7 | 0.87 | .258 | BRO,NL |
1926 | 36 | 36 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2.08 | 293.2 | 233 | 74 | 68 | 4 | 25 | 226 | 24 | 9 | 0.88 | .269 | BRO |
1927 | 45 | 45 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2.41 | 392.1 | 321 | 124 | 105 | 7 | 34 | 276 | 31 | 5 | 0.90 | .266 | BRO,NL |
1928 | 45 | 45 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 2.03 | 376.2 | 293 | 99 | 85 | 6 | 38 | 287 | 25 | 3 | 0.88 | .263 | BRO,NL |
1929 | 44 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1.69 | 367.0 | 283 | 81 | 69 | 7 | 40 | 292 | 33 | 5 | 0.88 | .265 | BRO,NL |
Total | 719 | 681 | 434 | 194 | 0 | 2.63 | 5487.1 | 4661 | 1922 | 1606 | 155 | 665 | 3407 | 502 | 70 | 0.97 | .350 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1920 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.76 | 17.0 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
1922 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.81 | 26.0 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
1923 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.35 | 43.0 | 42 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 0 |
1924 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.36 | 24.2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
1925 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 | 17.0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
1927 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 39.0 | 42 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 0 |
1928 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.90 | 31.0 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
1929 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.71 | 17.0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 26 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3.14 | 214.2 | 195 | 92 | 75 | 23 | 135 | 20 | 1 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1918 | 44 | 125 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .062 | .072 | .134 | BRO,NL |
1919 | 44 | 131 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | .084 | .091 | .107 | .198 | BRO |
1920 | 35 | 106 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | .085 | .102 | .094 | .196 | BRO |
1921 | 45 | 137 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 0 | .066 | .086 | .102 | .188 | BRO,NL |
1922 | 44 | 138 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .099 | .094 | .193 | BRO,NL |
1923 | 43 | 135 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .079 | .081 | .160 | BRO,NL |
1924 | 45 | 144 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .082 | .090 | .172 | BRO,NL |
1925 | 45 | 148 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | .101 | .119 | .122 | .241 | BRO,NL |
1926 | 36 | 105 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | .076 | .084 | .095 | .179 | BRO |
1927 | 45 | 150 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 0 | .073 | .097 | .107 | .203 | BRO,NL |
1928 | 45 | 126 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .098 | .095 | .194 | BRO,NL |
1929 | 41 | 121 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | .058 | .080 | .074 | .154 | BRO,NL |
Total | 512 | 1566 | 113 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 73 | 32 | 726 | 1 | 0 | .072 | .090 | .095 | .185 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 44 | 42 | 12 | 46 | 2 | 63 | 5 | .921 | 367.0 | 1.54 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1918... Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 4 on 4/1/1918 ... Had first career hit on 4/9/1918, off Dazzy Vance (STL)... Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 24 on 4/13/1918 ... Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 31 on 4/17/1918 ... Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 40 on 4/25/1918 ... Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 43 on 4/30/1918 ... Was selected to the 1918 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1918, going 6-1, 2.85... Injured on 5/8/1920 with a Inflamed Tricep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks... 8/16/1920: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $10,550,000 per year, for 4 years. Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1921, going 6-2, 1.90... Was selected to the 1921 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1921, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1921, going 26-16, 2.75 ERA... Was selected to the 1922 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1922, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1922, going 6-0, 0.65... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1922, going 28-11, 2.23 ERA... Injured on 4/17/1923 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1923, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1923, winning 2 games with a 2.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1923, going 8-0, 1.63... Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1923, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1923, going 7-0, 2.14... Was selected to the 1923 Allstar game... Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1923... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1923, going 30-9, 2.62 ERA... Hit first career homerun on 5/20/1924, off Willie Foster (CHC)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1924, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1924, going 5-1, 1.65... Was selected to the 1924 Allstar game... 7/5/1924: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $10,550,000 per year, for 4 years. Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1924, going 6-0, 1.18... Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1924, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Injured on 10/16/1924 with a Strained Back, out for one week... Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1924... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1924, going 30-10, 2.12 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 4/10/1925, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1925, going 5-0, 2.00... Was selected to the 1925 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1925, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1925, winning 2 games with a 2.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1925, going 6-1, 1.89... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1925, going 31-7, 1.98 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1926, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1926, going 7-1, 2.44... Injured on 5/4/1926 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week... Injured on 6/7/1926 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1926, going 6-1, 1.45... Injured on 9/18/1926 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1926, going 24-5, 2.08 ERA... Injured on 3/4/1927 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1927, going 7-1, 1.93... Was selected to the 1927 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1927, going 6-0, 0.74... Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1927, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1927... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1927, going 31-9, 2.41 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1928, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1928, going 4-3, 1.23... Was selected to the 1928 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1928, going 6-0, 1.26... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1928, going 5-1, 2.70... 10/5/1928: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $12,050,000 per year, for 4 years. Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1928... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1928, going 30-10, 2.03 ERA... Was selected to the 1929 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1929, going 6-0, 1.92... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1929, going 6-1, 1.69... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1929, going 5-1, 1.00... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1929, going 28-8, 1.69 ERA...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1918 - 2.94 - 7th 1919 - 2.80 - 4th 1920 - 2.29 - 3rd 1921 - 2.75 - 1st 1922 - 2.23 - 1st 1923 - 2.62 - 3rd 1924 - 2.12 - 2nd 1925 - 1.98 - 1st 1926 - 2.08 - 1st 1927 - 2.41 - 2nd 1928 - 2.03 - 1st
| WHIP 1918 - 1.11 - 3rd 1919 - 1.10 - 4th 1920 - 0.98 - 2nd 1921 - 1.01 - 1st 1922 - 0.92 - 1st 1923 - 1.01 - 2nd 1924 - 0.92 - 1st 1925 - 0.87 - 1st 1926 - 0.88 - 1st 1927 - 0.90 - 1st 1928 - 0.88 - 1st
| Wins 1918 - 21 - 4th 1921 - 26 - 2nd 1922 - 28 - 1st 1923 - 30 - 1st 1924 - 30 - 1st 1925 - 31 - 1st 1926 - 24 - 3rd 1927 - 31 - 2nd 1928 - 30 - 1st
| Losses 1918 - 18 - 9th 1919 - 19 - 5th 1921 - 16 - 10th
| IP 1918 - 366.2 - 4th 1919 - 363.0 - 2nd 1921 - 386.1 - 1st 1922 - 383.2 - 1st 1923 - 371.1 - 4th 1924 - 390.1 - 1st 1925 - 399.0 - 1st 1927 - 392.1 - 1st 1928 - 376.2 - 1st
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K's 1918 - 200 - 5th 1919 - 189 - 5th 1920 - 151 - 8th 1921 - 202 - 5th 1922 - 218 - 3rd 1923 - 185 - 6th 1924 - 232 - 2nd 1925 - 247 - 2nd 1926 - 226 - 3rd 1927 - 276 - 2nd 1928 - 287 - 2nd
| CG 1919 - 31 - 6th 1921 - 39 - 1st 1922 - 33 - 3rd 1923 - 33 - 6th 1924 - 32 - 5th 1925 - 34 - 2nd 1927 - 31 - 7th 1928 - 25 - 10th
| SHO 1919 - 3 - 7th 1920 - 3 - 9th 1921 - 5 - 1st 1922 - 2 - 7th 1923 - 4 - 3rd 1924 - 5 - 1st 1925 - 7 - 1st 1926 - 9 - 1st 1927 - 5 - 1st 1928 - 3 - 2nd
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