Bill Travers
William Edward Travers
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 27, 1952 in Norwood, MA
High School: Norwood (Norwood, MA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 6th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1974
Final Game: July 17, 1983
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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
1974 21 MIL AL 2 3 .400 4.92 23 1 9 0 0 0 53.0 59 29 29 6 30 5 31 1 0 4 237 73 1.679 10.0 1.0 5.1 5.3 1.03
1975 22 MIL AL 6 11 .353 4.29 28 23 2 5 0 1 136.1 130 78 65 15 60 3 57 11 0 4 594 89 1.394 8.6 1.0 4.0 3.8 0.95
1976 23 MIL AL 15 16 .484 2.81 34 34 0 15 3 0 240.0 211 92 75 21 95 5 120 8 0 7 1006 124 1.275 7.9 0.8 3.6 4.5 1.26 AS
1977 24 MIL AL 4 12 .250 5.25 19 19 0 2 1 0 121.2 140 75 71 13 57 5 49 7 0 11 558 78 1.619 10.4 1.0 4.2 3.6 0.86
1978 25 MIL AL 12 11 .522 4.41 28 28 0 8 3 0 175.2 184 93 86 20 58 1 66 6 0 6 760 86 1.378 9.4 1.0 3.0 3.4 1.14
1979 26 MIL AL 14 8 .636 3.89 30 27 2 9 2 0 187.1 196 89 81 33 45 0 74 3 0 6 785 108 1.286 9.4 1.6 2.2 3.6 1.64
1980 27 MIL AL 12 6 .667 3.91 29 25 1 7 1 0 154.1 147 76 67 20 47 2 62 6 0 2 650 99 1.257 8.6 1.2 2.7 3.6 1.32
1981 28 CAL AL 0 1 .000 8.38 4 4 0 0 0 0 9.2 14 11 9 2 4 0 5 0 0 0 46 43 1.862 13.0 1.9 3.7 4.7 1.25
1983 30 CAL AL 0 3 .000 5.91 10 7 2 0 0 0 42.2 58 32 28 4 19 1 24 2 0 4 201 68 1.805 12.2 0.8 4.0 5.1 1.26
9 Seasons 65 71 .478 4.10 205 168 16 46 10 1 1120.2 1139 575 511 134 415 22 488 44 0 44 4837 93 1.387 9.1 1.1 3.3 3.9 1.18
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .478 4.10 37 31 3 8 2 0 204 208 105 93 24 76 4 89 8 0 8 882 93 1.387 9.1 1.1 3.3 3.9 1.18
MIL (7 yrs) 65 67 .492 3.99 191 157 14 46 10 1 1068.1 1067 532 474 128 392 21 459 42 0 40 4590 96 1.366 9.0 1.1 3.3 3.9 1.17
CAL (2 yrs) 0 4 .000 6.36 14 11 2 0 0 0 52.1 72 43 37 6 23 1 29 2 0 4 247 62 1.815 12.4 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.26

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1976 MIL AL 23

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
1974 21 MIL AL 23 237 199 29 59 8 0 6 3 4 30 31 .296 .386 .427 .813 .321 85 8 1 4 3 5
1975 22 MIL AL 28 595 517 78 130 19 3 15 9 9 60 57 .251 .338 .387 .725 .255 200 17 11 1 6 3
1976 23 MIL AL 34 1006 890 92 211 35 7 21 24 14 95 120 .237 .315 .363 .678 .252 323 17 8 8 5 5
1977 24 MIL AL 19 558 481 75 140 21 6 13 7 4 57 49 .291 .370 .441 .811 .299 212 12 7 7 6 5
1978 25 MIL AL 28 759 685 93 184 21 3 20 6 3 58 66 .269 .329 .396 .725 .272 271 15 6 6 4 1
1979 26 MIL AL 30 785 726 89 196 30 3 33 9 6 45 74 .270 .313 .456 .769 .261 331 14 3 5 6 0
1980 27 MIL AL 29 650 591 76 147 22 5 20 11 6 47 62 .249 .309 .404 .713 .248 239 10 6 2 4 2
1981 28 CAL AL 4 46 42 11 14 5 0 2 0 0 4 5 .333 .391 .595 .987 .343 25 1 0 0 0 0
1983 30 CAL AL 10 201 175 32 58 14 3 4 5 3 19 24 .331 .397 .514 .911 .360 90 4 2 2 3 1
9 Seasons 205 4837 4306 575 1139 175 30 134 74 49 415 488 .265 .333 .412 .745 .270 1776 98 44 35 37 22
162 Game Avg. 37 882 785 105 208 32 5 24 13 9 76 89 .265 .333 .412 .745 .270 324 18 8 6 7 4
MLB Averages

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
1974 21 MIL AL 23 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 17 9 0 1 9.0 18.0 1.0
1975 22 MIL AL 28 23 6 11 6 2 2 8 15 .348 3 3 5 0 9 39% 48 79 18 31 12 13 6 3.5 3.6 5.4
1976 23 MIL AL 34 34 15 16 3 1 6 15 19 .441 2 0 15 3 22 65% 56 85 14 21 5 14 10 3.1 3.1 7.1
1977 24 MIL AL 19 19 4 12 3 2 4 4 15 .211 1 1 2 1 7 37% 43 70 -13 19 5 0 15 2.8 3.1 6.4
1978 25 MIL AL 28 28 12 11 5 3 3 14 14 .500 4 1 8 3 15 54% 48 82 22 33 12 6 9 5.7 5.4 6.3
1979 26 MIL AL 30 27 12 8 7 3 2 16 11 .593 1 5 9 2 12 44% 49 84 25 14 3 3 15 4.6 4.8 6.4
1980 27 MIL AL 29 25 12 6 7 3 2 14 11 .560 1 5 7 1 12 48% 52 83 21 14 6 0 11 5.5 5.8 5.8
1981 28 CAL AL 4 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 58 25 3 2 0 3 4.4 4.5 2.4
1983 30 CAL AL 10 7 0 3 4 0 0 2 5 .286 3 1 0 0 2 29% 41 64 24 10 3 0 4 3.6 3.3 4.7
9 Seasons 205 168 61 68 39 14 19 75 93 .446 15 17 46 10 79 47% 49 85 -13 162 57 36 74 4.2 4.2 6.1
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
1974 21 MIL AL 23 22 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 25 6 24% 8 1.015 5 9 6 0 4 18 16 6 15 4 16 1 7.1
1975 22 MIL AL 28 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 2 33% 4 1.130 2 0 3 1 1 3 3 2 5 0 5 2 7.0
1979 26 MIL AL 30 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 0.989 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 15.0
1980 27 MIL AL 29 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 6 0.864 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 4 0 6.5
1983 30 CAL AL 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 1 0.963 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 10.0
5 Seasons 120 37 16 4 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 45 12 27% 0.990 9 12 14 1 5 31 27 10 30 4 31 3 7.9

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%
1974 21 MIL AL 237 71% 2.5% 13.1% 12.7% 5.9% 24% 1.03 70% 62 8 13%
1975 22 MIL AL 595 76% 2.5% 9.6% 10.1% 6.2% 29% 0.98 76% 118 17 14%
1976 23 MIL AL 1006 81% 2.1% 11.9% 9.4% 6.3% 30% 0.83 75% 180 17 9%
1977 24 MIL AL 558 72% 2.3% 8.8% 10.2% 7.2% 29% 0.96 76% 111 12 11%
1978 25 MIL AL 760 74% 2.6% 8.7% 7.6% 5.8% 24% 1.04 79% 150 15 10%
1979 26 MIL AL 785 74% 4.2% 9.4% 5.7% 8.4% 34% 0.69 80% 119 14 12%
1980 27 MIL AL 650 77% 3.1% 9.5% 7.2% 7.2% 32% 0.57 79% 125 10 8%
1981 28 CAL AL 46 89% 4.4% 10.9% 8.7% 15.2% 50% 0.53 76% 9 1 11%
1983 30 CAL AL 201 76% 2.0% 11.9% 9.5% 10.5% 36% 0.59 75% 47 4 9%
9 Seasons 4838 76% 2.8% 10.1% 8.6% 7.0% 30% 0.82 77% 921 98 11%
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
1974 21 MIL AL 237 59 6 1 6 5 1 3 3 18 7 2 39% 1 4 0 113 3 4 43% 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
1975 22 MIL AL 595 130 15 1 6 12 3 6 9 22 14 0 64% 15 4 3 238 9 9 50% 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1976 23 MIL AL 1006 211 21 0 17 18 3 6 15 38 21 4 55% 14 7 6 367 24 14 63% 20 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 23 0
1977 24 MIL AL 558 140 13 0 9 11 2 5 8 35 20 4 57% 8 11 2 221 7 4 64% 7 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 23 0
1978 25 MIL AL 760 184 20 1 13 15 5 6 14 32 20 6 63% 7 6 0 277 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1979 26 MIL AL 785 196 33 0 9 28 5 14 19 29 18 6 62% 6 6 1 262 9 6 60% 8 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 18 0
1980 27 MIL AL 650 147 20 0 10 18 2 9 11 19 10 5 53% 11 2 0 238 11 6 65% 9 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1981 28 CAL AL 46 14 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1983 30 CAL AL 201 58 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 19 7 2 37% 1 4 2 86 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
9 Seasons 4838 1139 134 4 75 113 21 50 84 215 119 29 55% 64 44 14 1819 74 49 60% 65 44 9 3 0 2 8 1 121 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+
1974 21 2 3 .400 4.92 23 1 9 0 0 0 53.0 59 29 29 6 30 5 31 1 0 4 237 73 1.679 10.0 1.0 5.1 5.3 1.03 73
1975 22 8 14 .364 4.47 51 24 11 5 0 1 189.1 189 107 94 21 90 8 88 12 0 8 831 84 1.474 9.0 1.0 4.3 4.2 0.98 84
1976 23 23 30 .434 3.54 85 58 11 20 3 1 429.1 400 199 169 42 185 13 208 20 0 15 1837 102 1.363 8.4 0.9 3.9 4.4 1.12 102
1977 24 27 42 .391 3.92 104 77 11 22 4 1 551.0 540 274 240 55 242 18 257 27 0 26 2395 95 1.419 8.8 0.9 4.0 4.2 1.06 95
1978 25 39 53 .424 4.04 132 105 11 30 7 1 726.2 724 367 326 75 300 19 323 33 0 32 3155 92 1.409 9.0 0.9 3.7 4.0 1.08 92
1979 26 53 61 .465 4.01 162 132 13 39 9 1 914.0 920 456 407 108 345 19 397 36 0 38 3940 95 1.384 9.1 1.1 3.4 3.9 1.15 95
1980 27 65 67 .492 3.99 191 157 14 46 10 1 1068.1 1067 532 474 128 392 21 459 42 0 40 4590 96 1.366 9.0 1.1 3.3 3.9 1.17 96
1981 28 65 68 .489 4.03 195 161 14 46 10 1 1078.0 1081 543 483 130 396 21 464 42 0 40 4636 95 1.370 9.0 1.1 3.3 3.9 1.17 95
1982 29 65 68 .489 4.03 195 161 14 46 10 1 1078.0 1081 543 483 130 396 21 464 42 0 40 4636 95 1.370 9.0 1.1 3.3 3.9 1.17 95
1983 30 65 71 .478 4.10 205 168 16 46 10 1 1120.2 1139 575 511 134 415 22 488 44 0 44 4837 93 1.387 9.1 1.1 3.3 3.9 1.18 93

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1974 21 1 4 .200 6.51 47.0 63 38 34 6 32 27 1 2.021 12.1 6.1 5.2 0.84 1.1 23
1975 22 5 9 .357 4.95 129.0 136 79 71 16 63 54 12 1.543 9.5 4.4 3.8 0.86 1.1 28
1976 23 13 11 .542 3.65 222.0 232 100 90 23 104 111 9 1.514 9.4 4.2 4.5 1.07 0.9 34
1977 24 4 8 .333 5.69 117.0 143 82 74 13 58 47 7 1.718 11.0 4.5 3.6 0.81 1.0 19
1978 25 7 11 .389 5.24 165.0 196 107 96 21 62 62 6 1.564 10.7 3.4 3.4 1.00 1.1 28
1979 26 10 10 .500 4.15 180.0 201 92 83 34 46 71 3 1.372 10.1 2.3 3.6 1.54 1.7 30
1980 27 7 9 .438 4.50 146.0 155 81 73 21 50 59 6 1.404 9.6 3.1 3.6 1.18 1.3 29
1981 28 0 1 .000 11.77 13.0 24 19 17 3 7 7 0 2.385 16.6 4.8 4.8 1.00 2.1 4
1983 30 1 3 .250 6.75 40.0 60 33 30 4 20 22 2 2.000 13.5 4.5 5.0 1.10 0.9 10
9 Seasons 48 66 .421 4.83 1059.0 1210 631 568 141 442 460 46 1.560 10.3 3.9 1.04 1.2 205

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1976

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1976 AL--2.813--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1979 AL--.636--9th
1980 AL--.667--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL--7.913--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL--2.162--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1978 AL--3--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1976 AL--21--4th
1979 AL--33--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL--95--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1976 AL--16--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1976 AL--7--9th
1977 AL--11--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 AL--11--3rd
1976 AL--8--7th
1977 AL--7--9th
1980 AL--6--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1976 AL--124--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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