Billy Wagner
William Edward Wagner (Billy the Kid)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 25, 1971 in Tannersville, VA
High School: Tazewell (Tazewell, VA)
School: Ferrum College
Drafted
by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1995
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Standard Batting

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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
1995 23 HOU NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1996 24 HOU NL 37 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 25 HOU NL 61 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 26 HOU NL 55 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 78 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 27 HOU NL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-16
2000 28 HOU NL 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 29 HOU NL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2002 30 HOU NL 68 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 31 HOU NL 73 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-23
2004 32 PHI NL 41 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 33 PHI NL 74 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2006 34 NYM NL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-6
2007 35 NYM NL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2008 36 NYM NL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2009 37 NYM NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 739 21 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .100 .143 .100 .243 -35 2 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .143 .100 .243 -35 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (9 yrs) 449 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .067 .125 .067 .192 -48 1 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (4 yrs) 175 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 115 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1996 24 HOU NL 5 5 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .260 .000 .328 .000 .407 .000 .735 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1997 25 HOU NL 1 1 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .266 .000 .337 .000 .417 .000 .754 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1998 26 HOU NL 3 2 0 0.0 106 1.000 .333 .267 .333 .337 .333 .420 .667 .757 78 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
2000 28 HOU NL 2 2 0 0.0 122 .000 .282 .000 .360 .000 .460 .000 .820 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2002 30 HOU NL 2 2 0 0.0 112 .000 .272 .000 .348 .000 .434 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2003 31 HOU NL 3 2 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .272 .333 .344 .000 .436 .333 .781 -3 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
2004 32 PHI NL 2 2 0 0.0 116 .000 .276 .000 .348 .000 .446 .000 .794 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2005 33 PHI NL 3 2 0 0.0 112 1.000 .333 .274 .333 .345 .333 .437 .667 .782 73 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
15 Seasons 21 18 0 0.0 109 .250 .100 .270 .143 .341 .100 .429 .243 .770 -35 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .167 .050 .000
162 Game Avg. 5 4 0 0.0 109 .250 .100 .270 .143 .341 .100 .429 .243 .770 -35 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .167 .050 .000
HOU (9 yrs) 16 14 0 0.0 108 .143 .067 .268 .125 .340 .067 .425 .192 .765 -48 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .143 .067 .000
PHI (2 yrs) 5 4 0 0.0 114 1.000 .200 .275 .200 .346 .200 .441 .400 .787 3 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 25 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 HOU NL NLDS SDP L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 27 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 29 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 34 NYM NL NLDS LAD W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 34 NYM NL NLCS STL L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (6 Series) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 NLDS 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 HOU NL 27
2001 HOU NL 29
2003 HOU NL 31
2005 PHI NL 33 DNP
2007 NYM NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 NYM NL 36

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1996 24 HOU NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 1.00 0.50 60% 0% 100%
1997 25 HOU NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
1998 26 HOU NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.5 33% 0%
2000 28 HOU NL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2002 30 HOU NL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2003 31 HOU NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.00 2.0 67% 0%
2004 32 PHI NL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2005 33 PHI NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.5 0.00 33% 100% 0.0% 0%
15 Seasons 21 0.0% 57.1% 4.8% 0.0% 0% 12.00 1.7 20.0 1.50 2.00 38% 13% 0.0% 50%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1996 24 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 HOU NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 28 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 30 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 HOU NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 32 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 33 PHI NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1996 24 HOU NL 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1997 25 HOU NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 HOU NL 3 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2000 28 HOU NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2002 30 HOU NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 HOU NL 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 32 PHI NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 33 PHI NL 3 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
15 Seasons 21 90% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 26 1 4% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1996 24 HOU NL 4 11 2.75 8 73% 25% 38% 13% 25% 75% 0% 55% 50% 50% 0% 0 0 25% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 0 0
1997 25 HOU NL 1 3 3.00 2 67% 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% 33% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 HOU NL 3 10 3.33 8 80% 38% 38% 13% 13% 63% 0% 50% 40% 67% 0% 0 0 33% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2000 28 HOU NL 2 9 4.50 6 67% 17% 33% 50% 0% 83% 0% 56% 60% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2002 30 HOU NL 2 8 4.00 6 75% 50% 17% 33% 0% 50% 0% 38% 67% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2003 31 HOU NL 3 9 3.00 5 56% 20% 20% 20% 40% 80% 0% 44% 75% 67% 33% 1 0 33% 1 0 33% 1 0 0 0 0
2004 32 PHI NL 2 10 5.00 7 70% 57% 14% 29% 0% 43% 0% 30% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2005 33 PHI NL 3 12 4.00 7 58% 29% 29% 29% 14% 71% 0% 42% 60% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 20 72 3.60 49 68% 35% 27% 24% 14% 65% 0% 44% 59% 50% 5% 1 0 15% 3 0 5% 1 0 33% 1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 24 38 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 99 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 154 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 27 217 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 0 0 0 0 0
2000 28 245 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 29 308 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0 0 0 0
2002 30 376 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 449 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .067 .125 .067 .192 -48 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 32 490 18 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .059 .111 .059 .170 -54 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 33 564 21 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .100 .143 .100 .243 -35 2 0 0 0 0 0
2006 34 631 21 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .100 .143 .100 .243 -35 2 0 0 0 0 0
2007 35 695 21 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .100 .143 .100 .243 -35 2 0 0 0 0 0
2008 36 737 21 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .100 .143 .100 .243 -35 2 0 0 0 0 0
2009 37 739 21 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .100 .143 .100 .243 -35 2 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1996 24 37 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 37
1997 25 61 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 61
1998 26 55 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 55
2000 28 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 28
2002 30 68 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 68
2003 31 73 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 73
2004 32 41 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 41
2005 33 74 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 74
8 Seasons 437 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .000 .048 .000 .048 0 437
162 Game Avg. 162 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .048 .000 .048 0 437

* 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

All-Star Games
1999 *
2001 *
2003 *
2005
2007 *
2008 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1999-NL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1999-NL-16-4%
2003-NL-23-1%
0.05 Career Shares (1094th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1999-NL--4--2%
2006-NL--6--2%
0.04 Career Shares (217th)

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