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Billy Traber
William Henry Traber Jr.

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 5", Weight 205 lb.

Debut April 4, 2003

Born September 18, 1979 in Torrance, CA

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed September 5, 2000. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2003 23 CLE AL   6   9  33  18   1   1   0  0  111.7  132   67   65  15   40   88   5   6   503   4   0  5.24  4.39   84 1.540
 2006 26 WSN NL   4   3  15   8   0   0   0  0   43.3   53   33   31   5   14   25   8   0   202   2   0  6.44  4.27   66 1.546
 2007 27 WSN NL   2   2  28   2   0   0   5  0   39.7   50   22   21   4   13   27   2   0   182   3   0  4.76  4.21   88 1.588
 2008 28 NYY AL   0   0  16   0   0   0   3  0   12.0   13    8    8   2    6    8   2   1    55   1   0  6.00  4.11   69 1.583
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .462  12  14  92  28   1   1   8  0  206.7  248  130  125  26   73  148  17   7   942  10   0  5.44  4.32   79 1.553
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   7  52  15   0   0   4  0  117.0  140   73   70  14   41   83   9   3   533   5   0  5.44  4.32   79 1.553
 Career High      6   9  33  18   1   1   5  0  111.7  132   67   65  15   40   88   8   6   503   4   0  5.24  4.39   84 1.540

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2003 23 CLE AL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 26 WSN NL  15   13    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   8  .077  .143  .077  -39    1   2   0   0   0   0
 2007 27 WSN NL  23    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       40   21    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  13  .048  .091  .048  -62    1   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         85    4    4   0  0   0    4   0  0   4  53  .048  .091  .048  -62    4   8   0   0   0   0
 Career High     23   13    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   8                           1   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2003 23 CLE AL    4    4    0   0.0   103| .000  .263| .000  .328| .000  .421| .000  .750|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 2006 26 WSN NL   16   14    0   0.0   107| .077  .265| .143  .335| .077  .430| .220  .765| -39  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 2007 27 WSN NL    4    4    0   0.0   106| .000  .266| .000  .334| .000  .424| .000  .758|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        24   22    0   0.0   106| .048  .265| .091  .333| .048  .427| .139  .761| -62  .000  -5.0  -0.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2003 23 CLE AL P 33 7 13 0 2 1.000 .957 0.61 0.49 1.61 1.73 18 111.7 2006 26 WSN NL P 15 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.43 1.25 1.73 8 43.3 2007 27 WSN NL P 28 1 5 1 0 .857 .968 0.21 0.40 1.36 1.68 2 39.7 2008 28 NYY AL P 16 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.12 0.45 1.50 1.65 0 12.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 23 CLE AL P 33 7 13 0 2 1.000 .957 0.61 0.49 1.61 1.73 18 111.7 2006 26 WSN NL P 15 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.43 1.25 1.73 8 43.3 2007 27 WSN NL P 28 1 5 1 0 .857 .968 0.21 0.40 1.36 1.68 2 39.7 2008 28 NYY AL P 16 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.12 0.45 1.50 1.65 0 12.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 92 9 25 1 2 .971 .958 0.37 0.45 1.48 1.72 28 206.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 92 9 25 1 2 .971 .958 0.37 0.45 1.48 1.71 28 207
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Shutouts
2003 AL-1-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2555) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed September 5, 2000.

December 13, 2001: Sent by the New York Mets to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on December 11, 2001. The New York Mets sent players to be named later, Matt Lawton, Alex Escobar, and Jerrod Riggan to the Cleveland Indians for Roberto Alomar, Mike Bacsik, and Danny Peoples (minors). The New York Mets sent Earl Snyder (December 13, 2001) and Billy Traber (December 13, 2001) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

November 10, 2004: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.

December 21, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 14, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

March 23, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003Cleveland Indians$300,000
2004Cleveland Indians$317,500
Career (may be incomplete)$617,500

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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