Billy Traber

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 200lb (196cm, 90kg)

Born: September 18, 1979 in Torrance, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 58th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from El Segundo HS (El Segundo, CA) and the New York Mets in the 1st round (16th) of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: El Segundo HS (El Segundo, CA)

School: Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 4, 2003 (Age 23-198d, 18,236th in major league history)
vs. KCR 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 6, 2009 (Age 29-322d)
vs. NYY 3.2 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Full Name: William Henry Traber

Pronunciation: \TREY-bur\

Twitter: @BillyTraber

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

ERA

5.65

215.0

152

WHIP

1.591

Summary of 29 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 11 go ahead

4 Tms
CLE	15
WSN	9
NYY	3
BOS	2

Platoon
vs RHB	23
vs LHB	6

Home/Road
Away	19
Home	10

Outs
0	12
1	9
2	8

13 Opps
ARI	3
ATL	3
TEX	3
DET	3
CHW	3
TOR	3
NYM	2
TBD/TBR	2
PIT	2
NYY	2
KCR	1
COL	1
SDP	1

26 Batters
Magglio Ordóñez	2
Mark Teixeira	2
Brian McCann	2
Marco Scutaro	1
Carlos Peña	1
Julio Lugo	1
Chipper Jones	1
Aramis Ramírez	1
Paul Lo Duca	1
Conor Jackson	1
Brian Buchanan	1
Paul Konerko	1
Matt Stairs	1
Carl Crawford	1
Chris Snyder	1
Ramón Castro	1
Alex Rodriguez	1
Jorge Posada	1
Adam LaRoche	1
Michael Young	1
Craig Monroe	1
Josh Phelps	1
Dmitri Young	1
Joe Randa	1
Chris Young	1
Preston Wilson	1

12 Parks
Progressive (CLE)	8
Turner Fld (ATL)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	3
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	3
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1

Where Hit
7	10
9	7
89	5
78	4
8	3

General field locations
when available.

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

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	17
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	13
12-	5
1--	5
-2-	3
1-3	3

53 Runs
RISP	11
0 on	13
1 on	8
2 on	8
Any on	16

Inning
1	7
2	5
3	2
4	3
5	3
6	4
7	3
8	2

1-3	14
4-6	10
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	2
+2	2
+1	3
Tied	10
-1	1
-2	1
-3	4
-4..	1

Ahead	12
Tied	10
Behind	7

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-1	7
3-2	6
0-0	3
1-0	3
1-1	2
0-1	2
2-2	2
2-0	2
1-2	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

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

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

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2003-05-19	Carlos Peña	DET	@	CLE	tied 7-7	t 7	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	31%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Higginson Scores
2	2	2	1	2003-06-04	Preston Wilson	COL		CLE	tied 1-1	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	8	10%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	2003-06-10	Brian Buchanan	SDP	@	CLE	behind 4-7	t 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	8%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
4	4	4	1	2003-06-21	Aramis Ramírez	PIT		CLE	behind 2-5	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	5	10%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	2003-07-13	Magglio Ordóñez	CHW	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	4,(2-1) BSBX	3	4	9	18%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Graffanino Scores; A. Rowand Scores
6	6	6	1	2003-08-01	Michael Young	TEX		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	8,(3-2) CBBFFFBX	1	1	4	9%	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
7	7	7	2	2003-08-01	Mark Teixeira	TEX		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	3	20%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); A. Rodriguez Scores; R. Palmeiro Scores
8	8	8	3	2003-08-01	Alex Rodriguez	TEX		CLE	ahead 4-0	b 2	2	1--	5,(3-1) BB>F1BX	2	3	6	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Sadler Scores
9	9	9	1	2003-08-18	Julio Lugo	TBD	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	5,(2-2) BLBCX	1	2	6	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
10	10	10	1	2003-08-26	Craig Monroe	DET	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	7,(3-2) CBBBCFX	1	5	7	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
11	11	11	2	2003-08-26	Dmitri Young	DET	@	CLE	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	DH	11%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	12	1	2003-08-31	Josh Phelps	TOR	@	CLE	behind 2-3	t 6	2	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	5	3	32%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Bordick Scores
13	13	13	1	2003-09-05	Paul Konerko	CHW		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	0	12-	6,(3-2) BBFCB>X	3	7	3	17%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Lee Scores; C. Everett Scores
14	14	14	2	2003-09-05	Magglio Ordóñez	CHW		CLE	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	4	9	3%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	15	1	2003-09-16	Joe Randa	KCR	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1-3	4,(2-1) BBCX	3	5	5	24%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Á. Berroa Scores; R. Ibañez Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2006-08-11	Paul Lo Duca	NYM	@	WSN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	7,(3-2) CFBFBBX	1	2	2	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	2	1	2006-08-27	Chipper Jones	ATL		WSN	behind 0-3	b 1	1	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	3	5	14%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); É. Rentería Scores
18	18	3	1	2006-09-11	Conor Jackson	ARI		WSN	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	6,(3-2) BCFBBX	1	5	3	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	4	2	2006-09-11	Chris Snyder	ARI		WSN	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	4,(1-2) BFCX	1	7	2	9%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	5	3	2006-09-11	Chris Young	ARI		WSN	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	7%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2007-06-06	Adam LaRoche	PIT	@	WSN	behind 2-5	t 8	1	12-	4,(2-1) .BBCX	3	6	3	34%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); F. Sanchez Scores; R. Paulino Scores
22	22	2	1	2007-06-25	Brian McCann	ATL		WSN	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	12-	4,(2-1) B*BCX	3	5	2	21%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); É. Rentería Scores; A. Jones Scores
23	23	3	1	2007-06-27	Brian McCann	ATL		WSN	ahead 10-0	b 6	0	1--	7,(3-2) FBFBFBX	2	6	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Francoeur Scores
24	24	4	1	2007-07-29	Ramón Castro	NYM		WSN	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1--	4,(2-1) *BBC>X	2	7	2	10%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Easley Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2008-04-14	Carl Crawford	TBR		NYY	behind 2-7	b 7	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	2	7	6%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Bartlett Scores
26	26	2	1	2008-07-11	Matt Stairs	TOR		NYY	ahead 3-0	b 8	1	-2-	6,(2-2) CBBCFX	2	4	DH	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); L. Overbay Scores
27	27	3	1	2008-08-21	Marco Scutaro	TOR		NYY	ahead 10-0	b 5	0	12-	3,(1-1) SBX	3	2	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. McDonald Scores; J. Inglett Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2009-08-06	Jorge Posada	NYY		BOS	ahead 6-3	b 4	2	1-3	2,(1-0) B.X	3	6	2	11%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Teixeira Scores; H. Matsui Scores
29	29	2	2	2009-08-06	Mark Teixeira	NYY		BOS	ahead 12-4	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) .CBBX	1	3	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)