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Bill Travers
William Edward Travers

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 6", Weight 200 lb.

Debut May 19, 1974
  vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER
Final Game July 17, 1983
Born October 27, 1952 in Norwood, MA

Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 6th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1974 21 MIL AL   2   3  23   1   0   0   9  0   53.0   59   29   29   6   30   31   1   4   237   5   0  4.92  3.59   73 1.679
 1975 22 MIL AL   6  11  28  23   5   0   2  1  136.3  130   78   65  15   60   57  11   4   594   3   0  4.29  3.83   89 1.394
 1976 23 MIL AL  15  16  34  34  15   3   0  0  240.0  211   92   75  21   95  120   8   7  1006   5   0  2.81  3.49  124 1.275 AS
 1977 24 MIL AL   4  12  19  19   2   1   0  0  121.7  140   75   71  13   57   49   7  11   558   5   0  5.25  4.07   78 1.619
 1978 25 MIL AL  12  11  28  28   8   3   0  0  175.7  184   93   86  20   58   66   6   6   760   1   0  4.41  3.78   86 1.378
 1979 26 MIL AL  14   8  30  27   9   2   2  0  187.3  196   89   81  33   45   74   3   6   785   0   0  3.89  4.19  108 1.286
 1980 27 MIL AL  12   6  29  25   7   1   1  0  154.3  147   76   67  20   47   62   6   2   650   2   0  3.91  3.88   99 1.257
 1981 28 CAL AL   0   1   4   4   0   0   0  0    9.7   14   11    9   2    4    5   0   0    46   0   0  8.38  3.63   43 1.862
 1983 30 CAL AL   0   3  10   7   0   0   2  0   42.7   58   32   28   4   19   24   2   4   201   1   0  5.91  4.03   68 1.805
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .478  65  71 205 168  46  10  16  1 1120.7 1139  575  511 134  415  488  44  44  4837  22   0  4.10  3.84   93 1.387
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  12  37  30   8   1   2  0  204.0  207  104   93  24   75   88   8   8   881   4   0  4.10  3.84   93 1.387
 Career High     15  16  34  34  15   3   9  1  240.0  211   93   86  33   95  120  11  11  1006   5   0  2.81  4.19  124 1.257

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 26 MIL AL  30    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      205    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   1   0   0   0   0
 Career High     34    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 26 MIL AL    1    1    0   0.0      |           |           |           |           |      .000   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons         1    1    0   0.0      |           |           |           |           |      .000   0.0   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 21 MIL AL P 23 2 8 0 0 1.000 .943 0.43 0.83 1.70 1.82 1 53.0 1975 22 MIL AL P 28 2 19 2 5 .913 .942 0.75 0.85 1.39 1.87 23 136.3 1976 23 MIL AL P 34 13 31 1 4 .978 .950 1.29 0.85 1.65 1.87 34 240.0 AS 1977 24 MIL AL P 19 6 21 2 3 .931 .947 1.42 0.84 2.00 1.95 19 121.7 1978 25 MIL AL P 28 5 36 3 1 .932 .953 1.46 0.85 2.10 1.90 28 175.7 1979 26 MIL AL P 30 7 25 2 0 .941 .950 1.07 0.81 1.54 1.92 27 187.3 1980 27 MIL AL P 29 12 18 1 2 .968 .958 1.03 0.77 1.75 1.85 25 154.3 1981 28 CAL AL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.80 1.86 1.95 4 9.7 1983 30 CAL AL P 10 0 8 1 1 .889 .952 0.80 0.73 1.69 1.79 7 42.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 21 MIL AL P 23 2 8 0 0 1.000 .943 0.43 0.83 1.70 1.82 1 53.0 1975 22 MIL AL P 28 2 19 2 5 .913 .942 0.75 0.85 1.39 1.87 23 136.3 1976 23 MIL AL P 34 13 31 1 4 .978 .950 1.29 0.85 1.65 1.87 34 240.0 1977 24 MIL AL P 19 6 21 2 3 .931 .947 1.42 0.84 2.00 1.95 19 121.7 1978 25 MIL AL P 28 5 36 3 1 .932 .953 1.46 0.85 2.10 1.90 28 175.7 1979 26 MIL AL P 30 7 25 2 0 .941 .950 1.07 0.81 1.54 1.92 27 187.3 1980 27 MIL AL P 29 12 18 1 2 .968 .958 1.03 0.77 1.75 1.85 25 154.3 1981 28 CAL AL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.80 1.86 1.95 4 9.7 1983 30 CAL AL P 10 0 8 1 1 .889 .952 0.80 0.73 1.69 1.79 7 42.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 205 48 167 12 16 .947 .950 1.05 0.82 1.73 1.88 168 1120.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 205 48 167 12 16 .947 .950 1.05 0.82 1.73 1.88 168 1121
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1976   MIL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1976

ERA
1976 AL-2.81-8

Won-Loss %
1980 AL-.667-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1976 AL-7.91-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1979 AL-2.16-8

Shutouts
1978 AL-3-10

Home Runs Allow.
1976 AL-21-4
1979 AL-33-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1976 AL-95-3

Losses
1976 AL-16-4

Wild Pitches
1976 AL-7-9
1977 AL-11-7

Hit Batsmen
1975 AL-11-3
1976 AL-8-7
1977 AL-7-9
1980 AL-6-7

Adjusted ERA+
1976 AL-124-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1335) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1470) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1120) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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