Billy Koch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 218lb (190cm, 98kg)

Born: December 14, 1974 in Rockville Centre, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from West Babylon HS (West Babylon, NY) and the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (4th) of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

High School: West Babylon HS (West Babylon, NY)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: May 5, 1999 (Age 24-142d, 17,444th in major league history)
vs. OAK 2.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 26, 2004 (Age 29-256d)
vs. SFG 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: William Christopher Koch

Pronunciation: \COTCH\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

3.89

379

163

407.1

357

WHIP

1.399

Summary of 41 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 5 walk-off, 10 tying, 13 go ahead

4 Tms
TOR	18
CHW	13
OAK	7
FLA	3

Platoon
vs LHB	22
vs RHB	19

Home/Road
Home	26
Away	15

Outs
1	17
2	13
0	11

16 Opps
CLE	6
MIN	5
TEX	5
KCR	4
TBD	3
OAK	3
FLA	3
SEA	2
NYY	2
TOR	2
ANA	1
DET	1
PIT	1
LAD	1
MON	1
CHW	1

36 Batters
Karim García	2
Iván Rodríguez	2
Mike Sweeney	2
Kevin Millar	2
Michael Cuddyer	2
Wil Cordero	1
Tim Salmon	1
Alex Rodriguez	1
Mike Lowell	1
Carl Crawford	1
Brent Mayne	1
Roberto Alomar	1
Midre Cummings	1
Jorge Posada	1
Bobby Higginson	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Adrián Beltré	1
Jason McDonald	1
Hank Blalock	1
Cristian Guzmán	1
Fred McGriff	1
Herbert Perry	1
Bobby Hill	1
José Vidro	1
Tom Lampkin	1
Carlos Beltrán	1
Felipe López	1
Shane Spencer	1
Randy Velarde	1
Jacque Jones	1
Jeff Cirillo	1
Bernie Williams	1
Carlos Delgado	1
Ramón Hernández	1
Travis Hafner	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1

14 Parks
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	11
Guaranteed (CHI)	8
RingCentral Col (OAK)	7
SunLife Stad (MIA)	3
Progressive (CLE)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
9	15
7	12
78	6
8	5
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	11
5	9
2	8
4	4
6	3
3	3
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	37
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	10
12-	3
123	3
-2-	2
--3	1
1-3	1

71 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	21
1 on	13
2 on	4
3 on	3
Any on	20

Inning
8	9
9	27
Extra	5

7-end	41

RelScore
+4..	7
+1	2
Tied	10
-1	8
-2	3
-3	5
-4..	6

Ahead	9
Tied	10
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	11
2-2	6
3-1	5
0-1	5
3-2	3
1-2	3
1-0	3
1-1	3
0-2	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	8
C	6
LF	6
3B	5
RF	4
2B	3
CF	3
SS	3
PH	2
DH	1

OrderPos
7th	6
4th	6
2nd	6
3rd	5
5th	5
8th	4
6th	4
1st	3
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	20
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	13

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1999-07-15	Kevin Millar	FLA	@	TOR	behind 4-5	t 9	0	---	7,(2-2) BFBCFFX	1	4	3	32%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2	2	2	1	1999-08-14	Jason McDonald	OAK	@	TOR	ahead 12-5	t 9	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	1	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1999-09-08	Tom Lampkin	SEA		TOR	behind 2-3	b 9	0	1--	4,(1-2) BCFX	2	7	2	63%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); S. Monahan Scores
4	4	4	1	1999-09-14	Bernie Williams	NYY	@	TOR	behind 2-6	t 8	2	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	4	8	34%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Knoblauch Scores/unER; D. Jeter Scores/unER; P. O'Neill Scores/unER; B. Williams Scores/Team unER
5	5	5	1	1999-09-26	Wil Cordero	CLE	@	TOR	tied 7-7	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	32%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2000-05-22	Herbert Perry	CHW	@	TOR	behind 1-3	t 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	5	34%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Abbott Scores
7	7	2	1	2000-05-28	Bobby Higginson	DET		TOR	behind 6-12	b 8	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	5	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	3	1	2000-06-03	Mike Lowell	FLA		TOR	behind 0-1	b 8	2	---	5,(3-1) SBBBX	1	5	5	33%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	4	2	2000-06-03	Kevin Millar	FLA		TOR	tied 1-1	b 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	31%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	5	1	2000-08-01	Randy Velarde	OAK		TOR	tied 1-1	b 10	2	1--	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	2	4	43%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); R. Hernández Scores
11	11	6	1	2000-08-18	Midre Cummings	MIN	@	TOR	behind 0-3	t 9	2	---	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	1	7	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	2001-04-07	Jorge Posada	NYY		TOR	behind 0-3	b 9	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	2	12%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Justice Scores/unER
13	13	2	1	2001-04-10	Fred McGriff	TBD	@	TOR	behind 1-2	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	32%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	3	1	2001-04-24	Iván Rodríguez	TEX	@	TOR	behind 4-7	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	2	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	4	1	2001-07-07	José Vidro	MON	@	TOR	behind 5-8	t 9	2	12-	4,(0-2) SCFX	3	2	4	35%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Blum Scores; P. Bergeron Scores
16	16	5	1	2001-08-18	Iván Rodríguez	TEX	@	TOR	ahead 6-5	t 9	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	5	2	10%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. Catalanotto Scores; A. Rodriguez Scores; R. Palmeiro Scores
17	17	6	1	2001-09-24	Roberto Alomar	CLE		TOR	behind 0-1	b 9	1	---	6,(2-2) FBFBFX	1	3	4	46%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
18	18	7	1	2001-10-05 (2)	Karim García	CLE	@	TOR	behind 2-3	t 9	1	---	5,(2-2) FBFBX	1	7	9	34%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2002-05-11	Felipe López	TOR	@	OAK	behind 2-7	t 9	1	-2-	6,(3-2) BCCBBX	2	7	6	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Mondesí Scores
20	20	2	1	2002-05-12	Carlos Delgado	TOR	@	OAK	ahead 8-3	t 9	2	12-	5,(3-1) BFBBX	3	4	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); V. Wells Scores; D. Berg Scores
21	21	3	1	2002-05-24	Greg Vaughn	TBD	@	OAK	behind 6-9	t 9	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	7	6%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Winn Scores
22	22	4	1	2002-07-20	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	@	OAK	behind 4-5	t 9	0	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	5	3	33%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	5	1	2002-07-27	Alex Rodriguez	TEX		OAK	tied 6-6	b 10	1	123	2,(0-1) FX	4	3	6	16%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Kapler Scores; F. Catalanotto Scores; H. Perry Scores
24	24	6	1	2002-09-01	Michael Cuddyer	MIN	@	OAK	tied 4-4	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	9	41%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
25	25	7	1	2002-09-17	Tim Salmon	ANA	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 10	1	---	7,(3-2) BBFFBFX	1	7	9	37%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	2003-04-03	Brent Mayne	KCR		CHW	ahead 7-6	b 8	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	7	2	13%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Relaford Scores; K. Harvey Scores
27	27	2	1	2003-04-15	Mike Sweeney	KCR	@	CHW	behind 4-5	t 9	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	3	3	63%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); J. Randa Scores
28	28	3	1	2003-04-19	Travis Hafner	CLE	@	CHW	behind 2-12	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	4	1	2003-04-21	Karim García	CLE	@	CHW	ahead 7-2	t 9	2	--3	5,(3-1) B.BCBX	2	3	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Phillips Scores
30	30	5	1	2003-04-26	Michael Cuddyer	MIN	@	CHW	behind 2-7	t 9	2	1--	5,(2-2) .BCBCX	2	9	PH	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. LeCroy Scores
31	31	6	1	2003-05-03	Jeff Cirillo	SEA	@	CHW	ahead 10-1	t 8	1	1--	5,(2-2) CFB*BX	2	8	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); C. Guillén Scores
32	32	7	1	2003-06-25	Jacque Jones	MIN		CHW	tied 5-5	b 11	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
33	33	8	1	2003-07-04	Carl Crawford	TBD		CHW	behind 1-3	b 9	1	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	1	7	80%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Valentín Scores; A. Martin Scores
34	34	9	1	2003-07-11	Shane Spencer	CLE		CHW	ahead 10-5	b 8	1	-2-	2,(0-1) SX	2	2	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); C. Crisp Scores
35	35	10	1	2003-08-09	Ramón Hernández	OAK	@	CHW	ahead 6-2	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2004-04-14	Carlos Beltrán	KCR	@	CHW	behind 6-8	t 9	1	1--	5,(1-2) CBSFX	2	2	8	34%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Á. Berroa Scores
37	37	2	2	2004-04-14	Mike Sweeney	KCR	@	CHW	tied 8-8	t 9	1	---	4,(0-2) SFFX	1	3	3	37%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	3	1	2004-05-23	Cristian Guzmán	MIN		CHW	behind 6-17	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	2	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	4	1	2004-06-20	Hank Blalock	TEX	@	FLA	tied 2-2	t 11	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	5	35%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Young Scores
40	40	5	1	2004-07-18	Bobby Hill	PIT		FLA	tied 2-2	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	9	PH	26%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
41	41	6	1	2004-08-17	Adrián Beltré	LAD		FLA	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	7,(2-2) ..BBCSFFX	1	4	5	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)