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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
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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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
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1979 26 MIL AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
9 Seasons 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 MIL AL 21 P 23 1 53.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.70 0.43 .940 1.82 0.83
1975 MIL AL 22 P 28 23 136.1 23 2 19 2 5 .913 0.0 0.0 1.39 0.75 .943 1.87 0.85
1976 MIL AL 23 P 34 34 240.0 45 13 31 1 4 .978 0.0 0.0 1.65 1.29 .949 1.87 0.85 AS
1977 MIL AL 24 P 19 19 121.2 29 6 21 2 3 .931 0.0 0.0 2.00 1.42 .948 1.95 0.84
1978 MIL AL 25 P 28 28 175.2 44 5 36 3 1 .932 0.0 0.0 2.10 1.46 .955 1.90 0.85
1979 MIL AL 26 P 30 27 187.1 34 7 25 2 0 .941 0.0 0.0 1.54 1.07 .950 1.92 0.81
1980 MIL AL 27 P 29 25 154.1 31 12 18 1 2 .968 0.0 0.0 1.75 1.03 .958 1.85 0.77
1981 CAL AL 28 P 4 4 9.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.86 0.50 .950 1.96 0.80
1983 CAL AL 30 P 10 7 42.2 9 0 8 1 1 .889 0.0 0.0 1.69 0.80 .956 1.79 0.73
9 Seasons P 205 168 1120.2 227 48 167 12 16 .947 0.0 0.0 1.73 1.05 .951 1.88 0.82
9 Seasons TOT 205 168 1120.2 227 48 167 12 16 .947 0.0 0.0 1.73 1.05 .898 1.88 0.82

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 - 12 (1370), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1138), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 6th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

November 22, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

January 26, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

July 19, 1983: Released by the California Angels.

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