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Bill Travers

William Edward Travers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: October 27, 1952 in Norwood, MA
High School: Norwood HS (Norwood, MA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 6th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1974
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Angels 1974-1983
Agents: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: July 17, 1983
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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 4 595 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 2 650 100 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 45 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 69 1.805 12.2 0.8 4.0 5.1 1.26
9 Yrs 65 71 .478 4.10 205 168 16 46 10 1 1120.2 1139 575 511 134 415 22 488 44 0 44 4838 94 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 94 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 4591 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 63 1.815 12.4 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.26

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1974 21 MIL AL 53.0 23 1 29 4.92 4.04 0.11 -0.33 101.5 3.66 -7 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .465 .495 $
1975 22 MIL AL 136.1 28 23 78 5.15 4.29 -0.26 0.09 101.9 4.72 -6 -0.7 1.1 -0.1 0.4 8 .476 .496 $
1976 23 MIL AL 240.0 34 34 92 3.45 4.09 -0.04 0.12 98.0 4.16 20 2.3 -0.1 4.3 42 .569 .514 $ AS
1977 24 MIL AL 121.2 19 19 75 5.55 4.72 -0.02 0.15 99.3 4.85 -10 -0.9 -0.1 0.0 4 .450 .494 $
1978 25 MIL AL 175.2 28 28 93 4.76 4.08 0.15 0.12 100.0 4.05 -13 -1.4 -0.1 0.0 4 .450 .491 $
1979 26 MIL AL 187.1 30 27 89 4.28 4.65 0.04 0.11 97.7 4.61 7 0.7 .9 -0.1 2.2 29 .523 .504 $
1980 27 MIL AL 154.1 29 25 76 4.43 4.54 0.15 0.12 94.9 4.28 -3 -0.3 .5 -0.1 0.9 14 .488 .498 $
1981 28 CAL AL 9.2 4 4 11 10.24 4.05 -0.02 0.13 102.7 4.32 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .348 .496 $375,000
1983 30 CAL AL 42.2 10 7 32 6.75 4.69 -0.29 0.03 97.1 4.87 -9 -0.9 .8 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .413 .495 $375,000
9 Seasons 1120.2 205 168 575 4.62 4.36 0.00 0.09 98.6 4.38 -29 -2.6 .9 -0.7 6.3 89 .487 .498 $750,000
MIL (7 yrs) 1068.1 191 157 532 4.48 4.35 0.02 0.10 98.7 4.36 -14 -1.1 1.0 -0.7 7.3 99 .494 .499 $
CAL (2 yrs) 52.1 14 11 43 7.39 4.58 -0.24 0.05 98.1 4.77 -15 -1.5 .8 -0.0 -1.0 -10 .395 .495 $750,000

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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*

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 ROE
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 1
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 15
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 14
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 8
1978 25 MIL AL 28 760 685 93 184 21 3 20 6 3 58 66 .269 .329 .396 .725 .272 271 15 6 6 4 1 7
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 6
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 11
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 1
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 1
9 Yrs 205 4838 4306 575 1139 175 30 134 74 49 415 488 .265 .333 .412 .745 .270 1776 98 44 35 37 22 64
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 12
MLB Averages .260 .325 .382 .708 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1974 21 MIL AL -6.0 -0.6 250 -1.0 3.8 -4.8 .96 -0.7 -0.3 -1.3 -0.1 0.96 -7.1 5 7 8
1975 22 MIL AL -8.5 -0.9 618 -1.0 11.7 -12.7 1.12 -1.1 0.2 -9.5 -0.9 1.12 -11.3 2 0 3
1976 23 MIL AL 15.2 1.7 1053 2.3 18.4 -16.1 1.02 0.6 1.6 12.4 1.4 1.02 5.1 0 0 0
1977 24 MIL AL -13.8 -1.3 584 -1.3 9.4 -10.7 1.01 -1.8 0.5 -14.8 -1.4 1.01 -17.8 0 0 0
1978 25 MIL AL -10.5 -1.1 774 -1.3 11.7 -13.0 .95 -0.5 -0.9 -9.3 -0.9 0.95 -5.1 0 0 0
1979 26 MIL AL 7.1 0.7 809 0.3 14.6 -14.3 .98 -0.2 0.5 8.0 0.8 0.98 0.9 1 1 1
1980 27 MIL AL -0.8 -0.1 670 0.1 10.0 -9.9 .85 0.7 -0.6 1.0 0.1 0.85 1.6 0 2 1
1981 28 CAL AL -5.4 -0.5 47 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 1.05 -0.3 -0.2 -5.6 -0.5 1.05 -3.0 0 0 0
1983 30 CAL AL -9.2 -0.9 214 -0.9 3.2 -4.1 .97 -1.3 0.3 -9.6 -0.9 0.97 -15.9 1 0 2
9 Yrs -32.0 -3.0 5019 -3.4 83.4 -86.8 .99 -4.6 1.1 -28.7 -2.6 0.99 -52.6 9 10 15

Starting Pitching*

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% 29.0 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% 48.1 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% 56.0 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% 43.3 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% 48.0 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% 49.3 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 2 5 7 1 12 48% 51.7 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% 41.0 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% 40.6 64 24 10 3 0 4 3.6 3.3 4.7
9 Yrs 205 168 61 68 39 14 19 75 93 .446 16 17 46 10 79 47% 49 85 -13 162 57 36 74 4.2 4.2 6.1
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.3 4.2 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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 .963 5 7 8 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 1.122 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 .984 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 .848 0 2 1 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 .966 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 10.0
5 Yrs 120 37 16 4 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 45 12 27% .978 9 10 15 1 5 31 27 10 30 4 31 3 7.9

Ratio Pitching*

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 29% 2.5% 13.1% 12.7% 5.9% 24% 1.03 70% 62 8 13%
1975 22 MIL AL 595 24% 2.5% 9.6% 10.1% 6.2% 29% 0.98 76% 118 17 14%
1976 23 MIL AL 1006 19% 2.1% 11.9% 9.4% 6.3% 30% 0.83 75% 180 17 9%
1977 24 MIL AL 558 28% 2.3% 8.8% 10.2% 7.2% 29% 0.96 76% 111 12 11%
1978 25 MIL AL 760 26% 2.6% 8.7% 7.6% 5.8% 24% 1.04 79% 150 15 10%
1979 26 MIL AL 785 26% 4.2% 9.4% 5.7% 8.4% 34% 0.69 80% 119 14 12%
1980 27 MIL AL 650 23% 3.1% 9.5% 7.2% 7.2% 32% 0.57 79% 125 10 8%
1981 28 CAL AL 46 11% 4.4% 10.9% 8.7% 15.2% 50% 0.53 76% 9 1 11%
1983 30 CAL AL 201 24% 2.0% 11.9% 9.5% 10.5% 36% 0.59 75% 47 4 9%
9 Yrs 4838 24% 2.8% 10.1% 8.6% 7.0% 30% 0.82 77% 921 98 11%
MLB Averages 44% 1.9% 12.9% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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 0 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 1 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 0 0 12 0
9 Yrs 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 4 1 121 0
MLB Averages 53% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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 8 832 85 1.474 9.0 1.0 4.3 4.2 0.98 85
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 1838 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 2396 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 3156 93 1.409 9.0 0.9 3.7 4.0 1.08 93
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 3941 96 1.384 9.1 1.1 3.4 3.9 1.15 96
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 4591 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 4637 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 4637 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 4838 94 1.387 9.1 1.1 3.3 3.9 1.18 94

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1974 21 1 4 .200 6.65 46.0 64 38 34 7 33 27 1 2.109 12.5 6.5 5.3 0.82 1.4 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 3.59 223.0 231 99 89 23 104 111 9 1.502 9.3 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 5.20 166.0 194 107 96 21 61 62 6 1.536 10.5 3.3 3.4 1.02 1.1 28
1979 26 10 10 .500 4.15 180.0 200 92 83 34 46 71 3 1.367 10.0 2.3 3.6 1.54 1.7 30
1980 27 7 9 .438 4.47 147.0 153 81 73 21 49 59 6 1.374 9.4 3.0 3.6 1.20 1.3 29
1981 28 0 1 .000 11.77 13.0 23 19 17 3 7 7 0 2.308 15.9 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 Yrs 48 66 .421 4.81 1061.0 1204 630 567 142 441 460 46 1.550 10.2 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1976 AL  4.3 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1976 AL  2.81 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
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 - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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