Billy Koch
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 14, 1974 in Rockville Centre, NY
High School: West Babylon (West Babylon, NY)
School: Clemson University
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed August 23, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1999
Final Game: August 26, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1999 24 TOR AL 0 5 .000 3.39 56 0 48 0 0 31 63.2 55 26 24 5 30 5 57 3 0 0 272 145 1.335 7.8 0.7 4.2 8.1 1.90 RoY-7
2000 25 TOR AL 9 3 .750 2.63 68 0 62 0 0 33 78.2 78 28 23 6 18 4 60 2 0 1 326 193 1.220 8.9 0.7 2.1 6.9 3.33
2001 26 TOR AL 2 5 .286 4.80 69 0 56 0 0 36 69.1 69 39 37 7 33 7 55 6 0 5 308 96 1.471 9.0 0.9 4.3 7.1 1.67
2002 27 OAK AL 11 4 .733 3.27 84 0 79 0 0 44 93.2 73 38 34 7 46 6 93 4 0 5 398 133 1.270 7.0 0.7 4.4 8.9 2.02 MVP-18
2003 28 CHW AL 5 5 .500 5.77 55 0 45 0 0 11 53.0 59 36 34 10 28 1 42 1 0 3 244 80 1.642 10.0 1.7 4.8 7.1 1.50
2004 29 TOT MLB 2 3 .400 4.41 47 0 35 0 0 8 49.0 45 25 24 6 36 4 50 2 0 5 229 100 1.653 8.3 1.1 6.6 9.2 1.39
2004 29 CHW AL 1 1 .500 5.40 24 0 19 0 0 8 23.1 24 15 14 3 16 4 25 2 0 4 114 88 1.714 9.3 1.2 6.2 9.6 1.56
2004 29 FLA NL 1 2 .333 3.51 23 0 16 0 0 0 25.2 21 10 10 3 20 0 25 0 0 1 115 117 1.597 7.4 1.1 7.0 8.8 1.25
6 Seasons 29 25 .537 3.89 379 0 325 0 0 163 407.1 379 192 176 41 191 27 357 18 0 19 1777 120 1.399 8.4 0.9 4.2 7.9 1.87
162 Game Avg. 5 4 .537 3.89 68 0 58 0 0 29 73 68 34 32 7 34 5 64 3 0 3 319 120 1.399 8.4 0.9 4.2 7.9 1.87
TOR (3 yrs) 11 13 .458 3.57 193 0 166 0 0 100 211.2 202 93 84 18 81 16 172 11 0 6 906 137 1.337 8.6 0.8 3.4 7.3 2.12
CHW (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 5.66 79 0 64 0 0 19 76.1 83 51 48 13 44 5 67 3 0 7 358 82 1.664 9.8 1.5 5.2 7.9 1.52
OAK (1 yr) 11 4 .733 3.27 84 0 79 0 0 44 93.2 73 38 34 7 46 6 93 4 0 5 398 133 1.270 7.0 0.7 4.4 8.9 2.02
FLA (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.51 23 0 16 0 0 0 25.2 21 10 10 3 20 0 25 0 0 1 115 117 1.597 7.4 1.1 7.0 8.8 1.25
AL (6 yrs) 28 23 .549 3.91 356 0 309 0 0 163 381.2 358 182 166 38 171 27 332 18 0 18 1662 120 1.386 8.4 0.9 4.0 7.8 1.94
NL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.51 23 0 16 0 0 0 25.2 21 10 10 3 20 0 25 0 0 1 115 117 1.597 7.4 1.1 7.0 8.8 1.25

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2002 27 OAK AL ALDS L MIN 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 5 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 16 2.333 15.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1 ALDS 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 5 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 16 2.333 15.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 24 TOR AL 56 272 234 26 55 12 0 5 7 2 30 57 .235 .328 .350 .679 .289 82 7 3 4 1 5
2000 25 TOR AL 68 326 302 28 78 17 1 6 4 1 18 60 .258 .304 .381 .685 .305 115 6 2 4 0 4
2001 26 TOR AL 69 308 260 39 69 12 0 7 7 0 33 55 .265 .356 .392 .749 .307 102 8 6 5 4 7
2002 27 OAK AL 84 398 341 38 73 9 1 7 10 4 46 93 .214 .314 .308 .622 .273 105 4 4 6 1 6
2003 28 CHW AL 55 244 210 36 59 15 1 10 9 1 28 42 .281 .364 .505 .868 .304 106 5 1 2 3 1
2004 29 CHW AL 24 114 94 15 24 5 0 3 5 0 16 25 .255 .368 .404 .773 .309 38 1 2 0 2 4
2004 29 FLA NL 23 115 93 10 21 5 0 3 2 0 20 25 .226 .360 .376 .736 .273 35 3 0 1 1 0
2004 29 TOT MLB 47 229 187 25 45 10 0 6 7 0 36 50 .241 .364 .390 .754 .291 73 4 2 1 3 4
6 Seasons 379 1777 1534 192 379 75 3 41 44 8 191 357 .247 .335 .380 .715 .294 583 34 18 22 12 27
162 Game Avg. 68 319 275 34 68 13 1 7 8 1 34 64 .247 .335 .380 .715 .294 105 6 3 4 2 5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1999 24 TOR AL 56 56 48 0 5 35 31 4 89% 35 0 12 7 58% 9 1.851 28 13 15 43 2 11 6 50 11 5 14 11 3.4 18
2000 25 TOR AL 68 68 62 9 3 38 33 5 87% 38 0 18 4 22% 9 1.624 39 7 19 47 10 11 11 57 19 6 19 20 3.5 18
2001 26 TOR AL 69 69 56 2 5 44 36 8 82% 45 0 14 2 14% 9 2.172 35 16 17 51 5 13 9 60 7 8 8 14 3.0 16
2002 27 OAK AL 84 84 79 11 4 50 44 6 88% 50 0 11 3 27% 9 2.127 47 19 16 62 13 9 7 77 15 4 15 28 3.3 19
2003 28 CHW AL 55 55 45 5 5 15 11 4 73% 17 1 18 6 33% 9 1.368 22 6 22 27 8 20 9 46 7 17 8 13 2.9 16
2004 29 TOT MLB 47 47 35 2 3 11 8 3 73% 15 4 7 3 43% 1.260 17 4 22 25 4 18 4 43 7 6 7 8 3.1 20
2004 29 CHW AL 24 24 19 1 1 11 8 3 73% 12 1 6 3 50% 9 2.014 12 2 7 17 2 5 3 21 2 3 2 4 2.9 20
2004 29 FLA NL 23 23 16 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0% 8 0.513 5 2 15 8 2 13 1 22 5 3 5 4 3.3 20
6 Seasons 379 379 325 29 25 193 163 30 84% 200 5 80 25 31% 1.784 188 65 111 255 42 82 46 333 66 46 71 94 3.2 18

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1999 24 TOR AL 272 49% 1.8% 21.0% 11.0% 6.3% 31% 1.23 1.77 64% 16% 6.9% 9% 48 7 15%
2000 25 TOR AL 326 48% 1.8% 18.4% 5.5% 7.4% 31% 0.87 1.27 72% 27% 5.4% 12% 54 6 11%
2001 26 TOR AL 308 48% 2.3% 17.9% 10.7% 6.2% 28% 0.88 1.28 66% 22% 8.0% 18% 68 8 12%
2002 27 OAK AL 398 44% 1.8% 23.4% 11.6% 4.3% 23% 0.87 1.24 61% 21% 6.0% 10% 70 4 6%
2003 28 CHW AL 244 52% 4.1% 17.2% 11.5% 10.7% 44% 0.69 0.97 66% 20% 11.4% 13% 48 5 10%
2004 29 TOT MLB 229 50% 2.6% 21.8% 15.7% 7.0% 36% 0.68 1.00 59% 20% 8.0% 11% 61 4 7%
2004 29 CHW AL 114 52% 2.6% 21.9% 14.0% 7.0% 33% 0.82 1.09 60% 20% 8.3% 8% 32 1 3%
2004 29 FLA NL 115 49% 2.6% 21.7% 17.4% 7.0% 38% 0.56 0.93 57% 20% 7.7% 13% 29 3 10%
6 Seasons 1777 48% 2.3% 20.1% 10.8% 6.7% 31% 0.86 1.25 65% 21% 7.5% 12% 349 34 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1999 24 TOR AL 272 1034 3.80 644 62% 30% 17% 24% 28% 70% 5% 43% 75% 57% 7% 19 11 25% 67 43 3 28% 11 3 0 0 2
2000 25 TOR AL 326 1199 3.68 790 66% 23% 17% 29% 31% 77% 4% 51% 78% 61% 5% 16 10 24% 78 44 4 22% 16 2 0 0 0
2001 26 TOR AL 308 1134 3.68 707 62% 24% 16% 30% 30% 76% 7% 47% 79% 61% 6% 19 9 27% 83 49 3 25% 7 3 0 0 0
2002 27 OAK AL 398 1605 4.03 1006 63% 25% 18% 32% 25% 75% 4% 47% 76% 57% 8% 30 17 27% 108 48 5 24% 11 8 0 0 0
2003 28 CHW AL 244 899 3.68 544 61% 28% 15% 26% 32% 72% 1% 44% 79% 55% 4% 10 5 18% 45 25 2 29% 9 4 0 0 0
2004 29 TOT MLB 229 931 4.07 558 60% 30% 19% 26% 25% 70% 3% 42% 73% 52% 9% 21 11 26% 60 31 6 16% 12 8 0 0 0
2004 29 CHW AL 114 482 4.23 304 63% 31% 14% 31% 23% 69% 7% 43% 79% 54% 6% 7 4 34% 39 20 3 20% 5 1 0 0 0
2004 29 FLA NL 115 449 3.90 254 57% 28% 24% 20% 28% 72% 0% 41% 66% 50% 12% 14 7 18% 21 11 3 12% 7 7 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1777 6802 3.83 4249 62% 26% 17% 28% 29% 74% 4% 46% 77% 57% 6% 115 63 25% 441 240 23 24% 66 28 0 0 2
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1999 24 TOR AL 272 55 8 2 5 1 7 2 3 4 1 13 5 3 38% 2 0 3 104 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2000 25 TOR AL 326 78 8 1 6 0 6 4 2 2 4 12 7 2 58% 2 1 0 129 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2001 26 TOR AL 308 69 10 1 7 1 8 2 5 5 2 17 10 1 59% 2 5 2 127 7 0 100% 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
2002 27 OAK AL 398 73 11 0 7 1 19 4 3 6 1 28 9 6 32% 5 5 3 138 10 4 71% 9 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 8 0
2003 28 CHW AL 244 59 6 0 10 0 9 5 5 6 4 10 7 1 70% 2 3 0 101 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2004 29 TOT MLB 229 45 0 0 6 0 10 2 4 3 3 17 8 2 47% 1 5 1 101 7 0 100% 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2004 29 CHW AL 114 24 0 0 3 0 6 1 2 2 1 11 5 2 45% 1 4 0 52 5 0 100% 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2004 29 FLA NL 115 21 0 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 6 3 0 50% 0 1 1 49 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 1777 379 43 4 41 3 59 19 22 26 15 97 46 15 47% 14 19 9 700 44 8 85% 37 7 7 1 0 0 3 2 46 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1999 24 0 5 .000 3.39 56 0 48 0 0 31 63.2 55 26 24 5 30 5 57 3 0 0 272 145 1.335 7.8 0.7 4.2 8.1 1.90 145
2000 25 9 8 .529 2.97 124 0 110 0 0 64 142.1 133 54 47 11 48 9 117 5 0 1 598 168 1.272 8.4 0.7 3.0 7.4 2.44 168
2001 26 11 13 .458 3.57 193 0 166 0 0 100 211.2 202 93 84 18 81 16 172 11 0 6 906 137 1.337 8.6 0.8 3.4 7.3 2.12 137
2002 27 22 17 .564 3.48 277 0 245 0 0 144 305.1 275 131 118 25 127 22 265 15 0 11 1304 135 1.317 8.1 0.7 3.7 7.8 2.09 135
2003 28 27 22 .551 3.82 332 0 290 0 0 155 358.1 334 167 152 35 155 23 307 16 0 14 1548 123 1.365 8.4 0.9 3.9 7.7 1.98 123
2004 29 29 25 .537 3.89 379 0 325 0 0 163 407.1 379 192 176 41 191 27 357 18 0 19 1777 120 1.399 8.4 0.9 4.2 7.9 1.87 120

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1999 24 4 2 .667 3.19 62.0 53 24 22 5 29 55 3 1.323 7.7 4.2 8.0 1.90 0.7 56
2000 25 6 2 .750 2.31 78.0 72 22 20 6 17 59 2 1.141 8.3 2.0 6.8 3.47 0.7 68
2001 26 3 4 .429 4.50 68.0 67 38 34 7 32 54 6 1.456 8.9 4.2 7.1 1.69 0.9 69
2002 27 6 4 .600 3.36 91.0 74 38 34 7 47 90 4 1.330 7.3 4.6 8.9 1.91 0.7 84
2003 28 2 3 .400 5.54 52.0 58 36 32 10 28 41 1 1.654 10.0 4.8 7.1 1.46 1.7 55
2004 29 2 3 .400 4.22 49.0 44 26 23 6 35 50 2 1.612 8.1 6.4 9.2 1.43 1.1 47
6 Seasons 23 18 .561 3.71 400.0 368 184 165 41 188 349 18 1.390 8.3 7.9 1.86 0.9 379

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2002-AL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2002-AL-18-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Games Played s c a p y
2002 AL--84--1st

Saves s c a p y
1999 AL--31--6th
2000 AL--33--7th
2001 AL--36--5th
2002 AL--44--2nd
Career--163--58th

Games Finished s c a p y
2000 AL--62--2nd
2001 AL--56--4th
2002 AL--79--1st
2003 AL--45--9th
Career--325--83rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 13 (1073), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (528), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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