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Billy Wagner

William Edward Wagner

All-Star Player

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 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
Teams (by GP): Astros/Mets/Phillies/RedSox 1995-2009
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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
1995 23 HOU NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 24 HOU NL 2 2 .500 2.44 37 0 20 0 0 9 51.2 28 16 14 6 30 2 67 3 0 1 212 159 1.123 4.9 1.0 5.2 11.7 2.23
1997 25 HOU NL 7 8 .467 2.85 62 0 49 0 0 23 66.1 49 23 21 5 30 1 106 3 0 3 277 140 1.191 6.6 0.7 4.1 14.4 3.53
1998 26 HOU NL 4 3 .571 2.70 58 0 50 0 0 30 60.0 46 19 18 6 25 1 97 0 0 2 247 152 1.183 6.9 0.9 3.8 14.6 3.88
1999 27 HOU NL 4 1 .800 1.57 66 0 55 0 0 39 74.2 35 14 13 5 23 1 124 1 0 2 286 286 0.777 4.2 0.6 2.8 14.9 5.39 AS,CYA-4,MVP-16
2000 28 HOU NL 2 4 .333 6.18 28 0 19 0 0 6 27.2 28 19 19 6 18 0 28 1 0 7 129 80 1.663 9.1 2.0 5.9 9.1 1.56
2001 29 HOU NL 2 5 .286 2.73 64 0 58 0 0 39 62.2 44 19 19 5 20 0 79 5 0 3 251 169 1.021 6.3 0.7 2.9 11.3 3.95 AS
2002 30 HOU NL 4 2 .667 2.52 70 0 61 0 0 35 75.0 51 21 21 7 22 5 88 2 0 6 289 171 0.973 6.1 0.8 2.6 10.6 4.00
2003 31 HOU NL 1 4 .200 1.78 78 0 67 0 0 44 86.0 52 18 17 8 23 5 105 3 0 4 335 246 0.872 5.4 0.8 2.4 11.0 4.57 AS,MVP-23
2004 32 PHI NL 4 0 1.000 2.42 45 0 38 0 0 21 48.1 31 16 13 5 6 1 59 2 0 1 182 185 0.766 5.8 0.9 1.1 11.0 9.83
2005 33 PHI NL 4 3 .571 1.51 75 0 70 0 0 38 77.2 45 17 13 6 20 2 87 3 1 3 297 292 0.837 5.2 0.7 2.3 10.1 4.35 AS
2006 34 NYM NL 3 2 .600 2.24 70 0 59 0 0 40 72.1 59 22 18 7 21 1 94 4 0 2 297 195 1.106 7.3 0.9 2.6 11.7 4.48 CYA-6
2007 35 NYM NL 2 2 .500 2.63 66 0 57 0 0 34 68.1 55 22 20 6 22 4 80 2 0 4 282 163 1.127 7.2 0.8 2.9 10.5 3.64 AS
2008 36 NYM NL 0 1 .000 2.30 45 0 34 0 0 27 47.0 32 17 12 4 10 0 52 0 0 2 184 183 0.894 6.1 0.8 1.9 10.0 5.20 AS
2009 37 TOT MLB 1 1 .500 1.72 17 0 2 0 0 0 15.2 8 5 3 1 8 0 26 1 0 1 63 268 1.021 4.6 0.6 4.6 14.9 3.25
2009 37 NYM NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 18.0 4.00
2009 37 BOS AL 1 1 .500 1.98 15 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 8 5 3 1 7 0 22 1 0 1 56 237 1.098 5.3 0.7 4.6 14.5 3.14
15 Seasons 40 38 .513 2.39 782 0 639 0 0 385 833.2 563 248 221 77 278 23 1092 30 1 41 3332 182 1.009 6.1 0.8 3.0 11.8 3.93
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .513 2.39 68 0 56 0 0 33 72 49 22 19 7 24 2 95 3 0 4 290 182 1.009 6.1 0.8 3.0 11.8 3.93
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
HOU (9 yrs) 26 29 .473 2.53 464 0 379 0 0 225 504.1 333 149 142 48 191 15 694 18 0 28 2027 170 1.039 5.9 0.9 3.4 12.4 3.63
NYM (4 yrs) 5 5 .500 2.37 183 0 150 0 0 101 189.2 146 61 50 17 54 5 230 6 0 8 770 181 1.054 6.9 0.8 2.6 10.9 4.26
PHI (2 yrs) 8 3 .727 1.86 120 0 108 0 0 59 126.0 76 33 26 11 26 3 146 5 1 4 479 239 0.810 5.4 0.8 1.9 10.4 5.62
BOS (1 yr) 1 1 .500 1.98 15 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 8 5 3 1 7 0 22 1 0 1 56 237 1.098 5.3 0.7 4.6 14.5 3.14
NL (15 yrs) 39 37 .513 2.39 767 0 637 0 0 385 820.0 555 243 218 76 271 23 1070 29 1 40 3276 181 1.007 6.1 0.8 3.0 11.7 3.95
AL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 1.98 15 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 8 5 3 1 7 0 22 1 0 1 56 237 1.098 5.3 0.7 4.6 14.5 3.14

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
1997 25 HOU NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1998 26 HOU NL NLDS L SDP 1 0 1.000 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 4.000 36.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
1999 27 HOU NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2001 29 HOU NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 7 0.600 5.4 5.4 0.0 16.2
2006 34 NYM NL NLDS W LAD 0 0 3.00 3 0 3 0 0 2 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
2006 34 NYM NL NLCS L STL 0 1 .000 16.88 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.2 7 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 3.000 23.6 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.00
2009 37 BOS AL ALDS L LAA 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
6 Seasons (7 Series) 1 1 .500 10.32 13 0 9 0 0 3 11.1 20 13 13 3 2 0 13 1 0 1 57 1.941 15.9 2.4 1.6 10.3 6.50
1 ALDS 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
5 NLDS 1 0 1.000 7.04 8 0 7 0 0 2 7.2 11 6 6 2 0 0 11 1 0 1 35 1.435 12.9 2.3 0.0 12.9
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 16.88 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.2 7 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 3.000 23.6 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.00

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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
16 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

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

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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
1995 HOU NL 23 P 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.50
1996 HOU NL 24 P 37 0 51.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.14 .960 1.85 0.52
1997 HOU NL 25 P 62 0 66.1 10 2 7 1 0 .900 1.22 0.15 .960 1.86 0.52
1998 HOU NL 26 P 58 0 60.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.60 0.07 .960 1.85 0.54
1999 HOU NL 27 P 66 0 74.2 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 0.84 0.11 .943 1.72 0.48 AS,CYA-4,MVP-16
2000 HOU NL 28 P 28 0 27.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.98 0.11 .967 1.76 0.48
2001 HOU NL 29 P 64 0 62.2 7 1 5 1 0 .857 0.86 0.09 .957 1.75 0.46 AS
2002 HOU NL 30 P 70 0 75.0 14 5 9 0 0 1.000 1.68 0.20 .964 1.82 0.48
2003 HOU NL 31 P 78 0 86.0 16 5 11 0 0 1.000 1.67 0.21 .956 1.84 0.48 AS,MVP-23
2004 PHI NL 32 P 45 0 48.1 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.86 0.22 .960 1.84 0.47
2005 PHI NL 33 P 75 0 77.2 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.16 0.13 .960 1.75 0.46 AS
2006 NYM NL 34 P 70 0 72.1 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.49 0.17 .958 1.72 0.43 CYA-6
2007 NYM NL 35 P 66 0 68.1 9 1 7 1 0 .889 1.05 0.12 .967 1.67 0.40 AS
2008 NYM NL 36 P 45 0 47.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.57 0.07 .967 1.72 0.43 AS
2009 TOT MLB 37 P 17 0 15.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.15 0.12 .950 1.61 0.40
2009 NYM NL 37 P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.40
2009 BOS AL 37 P 15 0 13.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.32 0.13 .950 1.58 0.40
15 Seasons P 782 0 833.2 113 30 79 4 2 .965 1.18 0.14 .959 1.78 0.47
15 Seasons TOT 782 0 833.2 113 30 79 4 2 .965 1.18 0.14 .924 1.78 0.47
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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)

Games Played s c a p y
2003 NL  78 (5th)
Active  782 (8th)
Career  782 (46th)

Saves s c a p y
1998 NL  30 (7th)
1999 NL  39 (3rd)
2001 NL  39 (6th)
2002 NL  35 (9th)
2003 NL  44 (3rd)
2005 NL  38 (7th)
2006 NL  40 (2nd)
2007 NL  34 (6th)
2008 NL  27 (10th)
Active  385 (3rd)
Career  385 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1998 NL  50 (10th)
1999 NL  55 (10th)
2001 NL  58 (5th)
2002 NL  61 (7th)
2003 NL  67 (1st)
2005 NL  70 (1st)
2006 NL  59 (3rd)
2007 NL  57 (6th)
Active  639 (3rd)
Career  639 (11th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 28 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 108 (85), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (267), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1993.

November 3, 2003: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ezequiel Astacio, Taylor Buchholz and Brandon Duckworth.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

November 29, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

August 25, 2009: Traded by the New York Mets to the Boston Red Sox for two players to be named.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1995Houston Astros$109,000
1996Houston Astros$109,000
1997Houston Astros$185,000
1998Houston Astros$280,000
1999Houston Astros$2,250,000
2000Houston Astros$3,200,000
2001Houston Astros$5,000,000
2002Houston Astros$8,000,000
2003Houston Astros$8,000,000
2004Philadelphia Phillies$8,000,000
2005Philadelphia Phillies$9,000,000
2006New York Mets$10,500,000
2007New York Mets$10,500,000
2008New York Mets$10,500,000
2009New York Mets$10,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$86,133,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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