Billy Traber
William Henry Traber Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 18, 1979 in Torrance, CA
High School: El Segundo (El Segundo, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed September 5, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2003
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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
2003 23 CLE AL 6 9 .400 5.24 33 18 0 1 1 0 111.2 132 67 65 15 40 4 88 5 0 6 503 84 1.540 10.6 1.2 3.2 7.1 2.20
2006 26 WSN NL 4 3 .571 6.44 15 8 0 0 0 0 43.1 53 33 31 5 14 2 25 8 0 0 202 66 1.546 11.0 1.0 2.9 5.2 1.79
2007 27 WSN NL 2 2 .500 4.76 28 2 5 0 0 0 39.2 50 22 21 4 13 3 27 2 0 0 182 88 1.588 11.3 0.9 2.9 6.1 2.08
2008 28 NYY AL 0 0 7.02 19 0 3 0 0 0 16.2 23 13 13 3 7 1 11 2 0 2 80 63 1.800 12.4 1.6 3.8 5.9 1.57
2009 29 BOS AL 0 0 12.27 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 9 5 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 20 38 2.727 22.1 4.9 2.5 2.5 1.00
5 Seasons 12 14 .462 5.65 96 28 8 1 1 0 215.0 267 140 135 29 75 10 152 17 0 8 987 77 1.591 11.2 1.2 3.1 6.4 2.03
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .462 5.65 53 15 4 1 1 0 118 146 77 74 16 41 5 83 9 0 4 541 77 1.591 11.2 1.2 3.1 6.4 2.03
WSN (2 yrs) 6 5 .545 5.64 43 10 5 0 0 0 83.0 103 55 52 9 27 5 52 10 0 0 384 75 1.566 11.2 1.0 2.9 5.6 1.93
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 12.27 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 9 5 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 20 38 2.727 22.1 4.9 2.5 2.5 1.00
CLE (1 yr) 6 9 .400 5.24 33 18 0 1 1 0 111.2 132 67 65 15 40 4 88 5 0 6 503 84 1.540 10.6 1.2 3.2 7.1 2.20
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 7.02 19 0 3 0 0 0 16.2 23 13 13 3 7 1 11 2 0 2 80 63 1.800 12.4 1.6 3.8 5.9 1.57
AL (3 yrs) 6 9 .400 5.66 53 18 3 1 1 0 132.0 164 85 83 20 48 5 100 7 0 8 603 78 1.606 11.2 1.4 3.3 6.8 2.08
NL (2 yrs) 6 5 .545 5.64 43 10 5 0 0 0 83.0 103 55 52 9 27 5 52 10 0 0 384 75 1.566 11.2 1.0 2.9 5.6 1.93

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
2003 23 CLE AL 33 503 451 67 132 26 0 15 11 2 40 88 .293 .355 .450 .805 .333 203 11 5 4 3 4
2006 26 WSN NL 15 202 176 33 53 14 1 5 3 2 14 25 .301 .377 .477 .854 .327 84 4 8 3 1 2
2007 27 WSN NL 28 182 159 22 50 13 0 4 5 1 13 27 .314 .363 .472 .835 .346 75 3 2 3 5 3
2008 28 NYY AL 19 80 71 13 23 3 0 3 3 1 7 11 .324 .400 .493 .893 .351 35 1 2 0 0 1
2009 29 BOS AL 1 20 19 5 9 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .474 .500 .842 1.342 .438 16 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 96 987 876 140 267 57 1 29 22 6 75 152 .305 .367 .471 .839 .338 413 19 17 10 9 10
162 Game Avg. 53 541 480 77 146 31 1 16 12 3 41 83 .305 .367 .471 .839 .338 226 10 9 5 5 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2003 23 CLE AL 33 18 4 8 6 0 0 7 11 .389 1 2 1 1 5 28% 44 90 8 28 4 1 11 4.4 4.8 4.9 80 8 8 2 0 102
2006 26 WSN NL 15 8 3 3 2 2 1 5 3 .625 0 2 0 0 2 25% 38 67 11 14 2 0 5 5.9 6.3 4.5 74 4 3 1 0 106
2007 27 WSN NL 28 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 49 26 7 2 1 0 0.6 0.0 3.8 70 1 1 0 0 83
3 Seasons 76 28 7 13 8 2 1 12 16 .429 1 4 1 1 7 25% 42 90 8 49 8 2 16 4.6 5.0 4.7 78 13 12 3 0 106
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2003 23 CLE AL 33 15 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 0% 7 0.962 4 5 6 7 3 5 5 10 8 3 10 1 4.6 27
2006 26 WSN NL 15 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0% 7 1.027 2 3 2 3 1 3 3 4 1 3 2 2 3.1 17
2007 27 WSN NL 28 26 5 2 0 1 0 1 0% 4 2 16 10 63% 8 0.702 7 6 12 6 2 18 9 17 9 7 9 6 3.7 20
2008 28 NYY AL 19 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 10 6 60% 7 0.347 3 4 12 6 2 11 6 13 4 8 4 5 2.6 15
2009 29 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0.205 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 11.0 70
5 Seasons 96 68 8 5 1 1 0 1 0% 12 6 37 19 51% 0.862 17 18 32 22 8 38 24 44 23 21 26 14 3.6 21

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%
2003 23 CLE AL 503 74% 3.0% 17.5% 8.0% 8.2% 31% 1.03 1.45 70% 16% 9.7% 11% 103 11 11%
2006 26 WSN NL 202 77% 2.5% 12.4% 6.9% 9.9% 38% 0.85 1.19 73% 19% 6.6% 7% 44 4 9%
2007 27 WSN NL 182 69% 2.2% 14.8% 7.1% 9.3% 34% 0.89 1.17 73% 24% 6.0% 7% 39 3 8%
2008 28 NYY AL 80 41% 3.8% 13.8% 8.8% 7.5% 26% 0.76 1.38 71% 30% 9.7% 9% 17 1 6%
2009 29 BOS AL 20 65% 10.0% 5.0% 5.0% 15.0% 33% 0.64 0.67 80% 17% 25.0% 27% 4 0 0%
5 Seasons 987 71% 2.9% 15.4% 7.6% 8.8% 33% 0.93 1.31 71% 19% 8.6% 10% 207 19 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
2003 23 CLE AL 503 1859 3.70 1155 62% 29% 17% 22% 32% 71% 2% 44% 76% 58% 5% 23 14 20% 99 58 8 16% 16 6 0 0 0
2006 26 WSN NL 202 711 3.52 445 63% 27% 12% 26% 35% 73% 3% 46% 83% 60% 4% 9 6 22% 45 26 3 32% 10 1 0 0 0
2007 27 WSN NL 182 655 3.60 415 63% 26% 13% 27% 34% 74% 4% 47% 82% 60% 5% 9 3 23% 42 20 0 30% 3 3 0 0 0
2008 28 NYY AL 80 286 3.58 179 63% 31% 12% 23% 34% 69% 4% 43% 82% 64% 3% 2 1 20% 16 10 2 36% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 29 BOS AL 20 70 3.50 41 59% 22% 10% 24% 44% 78% 0% 46% 88% 55% 5% 1 1 20% 4 3 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 987 3581 3.63 2235 62% 28% 15% 24% 33% 72% 3% 45% 79% 59% 4% 44 25 21% 206 117 14 22% 29 10 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2003 23 CLE AL 503 132 19 8 15 0 9 14 1 8 7 35 23 5 66% 4 6 1 188 11 2 85% 8 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
2006 26 WSN NL 202 53 3 0 5 0 7 5 0 1 4 11 8 1 73% 4 0 0 76 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
2007 27 WSN NL 182 50 6 1 4 0 9 1 3 1 3 15 10 2 67% 3 0 0 81 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2008 28 NYY AL 80 23 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 3 4 3 1 75% 0 2 0 32 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 29 BOS AL 20 9 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 987 267 28 9 29 0 29 23 6 10 19 66 45 9 68% 11 8 1 385 22 6 79% 17 5 5 1 0 0 2 2 22 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2003 23 6 9 .400 5.24 33 18 0 1 1 0 111.2 132 67 65 15 40 4 88 5 0 6 503 84 1.540 10.6 1.2 3.2 7.1 2.20 84
2004 24 6 9 .400 5.24 33 18 0 1 1 0 111.2 132 67 65 15 40 4 88 5 0 6 503 84 1.540 10.6 1.2 3.2 7.1 2.20 84
2005 25 6 9 .400 5.24 33 18 0 1 1 0 111.2 132 67 65 15 40 4 88 5 0 6 503 84 1.540 10.6 1.2 3.2 7.1 2.20 84
2006 26 10 12 .455 5.57 48 26 0 1 1 0 155.0 185 100 96 20 54 6 113 13 0 6 705 78 1.542 10.7 1.2 3.1 6.6 2.09 78
2007 27 12 14 .462 5.41 76 28 5 1 1 0 194.2 235 122 117 24 67 9 140 15 0 6 887 80 1.551 10.9 1.1 3.1 6.5 2.09 80
2008 28 12 14 .462 5.54 95 28 8 1 1 0 211.1 258 135 130 27 74 10 151 17 0 8 967 78 1.571 11.0 1.1 3.2 6.4 2.04 78
2009 29 12 14 .462 5.65 96 28 8 1 1 0 215.0 267 140 135 29 75 10 152 17 0 8 987 77 1.591 11.2 1.2 3.1 6.4 2.03 77

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
2003 23 4 8 .333 5.42 108.0 133 72 65 15 40 85 5 1.602 11.1 3.3 7.1 2.13 1.3 33
2006 26 1 3 .250 6.28 43.0 52 33 30 5 14 25 8 1.535 10.9 2.9 5.2 1.79 1.0 15
2007 27 2 2 .500 4.85 39.0 51 23 21 4 13 27 2 1.641 11.8 3.0 6.2 2.08 0.9 28
2008 28 0 1 .000 7.31 16.0 23 14 13 3 7 11 2 1.875 12.9 3.9 6.2 1.57 1.7 19
2009 29 0 0 15.00 3.0 9 6 5 2 1 1 0 3.333 27.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 6.0 1
5 Seasons 7 14 .333 5.77 209.0 268 148 134 29 75 149 17 1.641 11.5 6.4 1.99 1.2 96

* 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

Shutouts s c a p y
2003 AL--1--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  9. Brad Woodall (971)
  10. Wayne Franklin (970)
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  7. Dan Serafini (968)
  8. Trever Miller (966)
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