Bill Travers

William Edward Travers

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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Minors
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- 1974
- 1979
- 1975
- 1980
- 1976
- 1981
- 1977
- 1983
- 1978
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1974
- 1979
- 1975
- 1980
- 1976
- 1981
- 1977
- 1983
- 1978
HR Log
vs. Batter
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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

Standard Batting

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Minors
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- 1974
- 1979
- 1975
- 1980
- 1976
- 1981
- 1977
- 1983
- 1978
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1974
- 1979
- 1975
- 1980
- 1976
- 1981
- 1977
- 1983
- 1978
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	SH	Pos
1979	26	MIL	AL	1	1	1	1
9 Seasons				1	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	162	162

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1974	MIL	AL	21	P	23	1	53.0	10	2	8	0	0	1.000	1.70	0.43	.940	1.82	0.83
1975	MIL	AL	22	P	28	23	136.1	23	2	19	2	5	.913	1.39	0.75	.943	1.87	0.85
1976	MIL	AL	23	P	34	34	240.0	45	13	31	1	4	.978	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	2.00	1.42	.948	1.95	0.84
1978	MIL	AL	25	P	28	28	175.2	44	5	36	3	1	.932	2.10	1.46	.955	1.90	0.85
1979	MIL	AL	26	P	30	27	187.1	34	7	25	2	0	.941	1.54	1.07	.950	1.92	0.81
1980	MIL	AL	27	P	29	25	154.1	31	12	18	1	2	.968	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	1.86	0.50	.950	1.96	0.80
1983	CAL	AL	30	P	10	7	42.2	9	0	8	1	1	.889	1.69	0.80	.956	1.79	0.73
9 Seasons				P	205	168	1120.2	227	48	167	12	16	.947	1.73	1.05	.951	1.88	0.82
9 Seasons				TOT	205	168	1120.2	227	48	167	12	16	.947	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 2.81 (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

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Gray Ink Pitching - 15 (1220), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 4 (1498), 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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Gray Ink	Pitching - 15 (1220), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50