Bill Travers

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 187lb (193cm, 84kg)

Born: October 27, 1952 in Norwood, MA us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 6th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Norwood HS (Norwood, MA).

High School: Norwood HS (Norwood, MA)

Debut: May 19, 1974 (Age 21-204d, 13,490th in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 17, 1983 (Age 30-263d)
vs. BAL 5.0 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Steve Comte

Full Name: William Edward Travers

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.5

ERA

4.10

205

168

1120.2

488

WHIP

1.387

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-12 / in Starts: 16-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 3

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	133	2	Apr 7	MIL	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-5		99	4.1	2	2	2	6	1	0	0	4.15	6.42	20	2	9	1	0	2	46			0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.012	1.59	0.01%	0.04	1b start a 3	5b 1-- 1 out a2
2	134	5	Apr 12	MIL		BOS	L,10-12	GS-4		4	3.2	6	6	6	1	1	2	0	9.00	8.11	17	7	2	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.395	1.83	-0.43%	-4.01	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d2
3	135	13	Apr 21	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(0-1)	8	8.0	7	4	2	4	2	2	1	5.63	7.73	36	6	17	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.145	.81	-0.14%	0.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
4	136	21	Apr 29(2)	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-5	GS-8	L(0-2)	7	7.0	9	4	4	2	5	3	0	5.48	7.73	31	7	8	1	5	9	46			0	2	0	29	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.282	2.45	-0.31%	-0.33	1b start a 2	8b --- 0 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	137	25	May 3	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	8	4	2	1	7	1	1	4.50	6.48	36	10	9	1	0	8	65			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.010	1.82	-0.01%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
6	138	33	May 12	MIL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-6		8	5.2	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	4.30	5.86	25	7	6	0	0	6	51			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.067	2.17	0.08%	0.61	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out tie
7	139	38	May 18	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-0	SHO	W(2-2)	5	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.47	5.17	32	13	9	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.55	0.275	.73	0.22%	4.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
8	140	43	May 23	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.91	4.78	32	9	14	4	0	4	76			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.743	1.56	0.50%	4.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	141	48	May 28	MIL		NYY	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(3-3)	4	10.0	9	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.74	4.64	38	7	16	3	0	9	68			1	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.221	2.24	0.23%	3.25	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	142	53	Jun 2	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-3		4	2.0	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.06	4.77	12	1	5	0	1	6	32			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	1	0	.80	-0.234	1.36	-0.24%	-2.56	1b start tie	3b -2- 0 out d1
11	143	63	Jun 14	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	W(4-3)	11	9.0	7	2	1	0	4	1	0	2.82	4.60	36	11	14	4	0	7	71			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.57	0.271	.49	0.14%	2.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
12	144	68	Jun 20	MIL		MIN	W,8-3	CG	W(5-3)	5	9.0	8	3	2	1	5	0	0	2.73	4.32	35	8	13	0	0	8	65			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	1	1	1.03	0.161	.99	0.09%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
13	145	73	Jun 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-8	GS-6		5	5.1	7	5	5	1	0	1	1	3.07	4.44	24	6	9	1	0	7	33			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.148	.60	-0.08%	-2.02	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	146	80	Jul 4	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-4	L(5-4)	7	4.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.32	4.50	20	3	5	2	0	7	33			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.202	.79	-0.13%	-1.94	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
15	147	86	Jul 8(2)	MIL		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.12	4.45	33	6	17	0	0	4	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.484	.97	0.25%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	148	91	Jul 14	MIL		CLE	W,10-3	GS-5	W(7-4)	5	5.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.22	4.39	23	3	10	1	0	6	43			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.102	.88	0.07%	-0.38	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
17	149	93	Jul 19	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	GS-8		4	7.1	8	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.17	4.44	33	8	12	0	0	8	53			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.013	1.79	-0.01%	1.65	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d1
18	150	99	Jul 24	MIL	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-7	W(8-4)	4	6.2	8	4	4	0	1	3	0	3.29	4.65	26	8	9	1	0	8	43			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.030	1.55	-0.02%	-0.46	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a1
19	151	104	Jul 29	MIL		NYY	W,5-3	GS-9	W(9-4)	4	8.1	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.29	4.53	32	8	16	1	0	8	55			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	0	.65	0.224	.83	0.17%	1.29	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	152	108	Aug 2	MIL		BOS	L,1-10	GS-2	L(9-5)	3	1.0	6	4	4	0	0	2	0	3.54	4.71	9	0	3	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.341	.43	-0.10%	-3.82	1t start tie	2t 1-3 0 out d2
21	153	114	Aug 8	MIL	@	BAL	W,8-4	GS-8	W(10-5)	5	8.0	7	4	4	1	4	2	0	3.59	4.75	31	7	12	1	0	7	55			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.06	-0.143	.34	-0.03%	0.07	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
22	154	120	Aug 15	MIL		KCR	W,6-5	GS-5		6	5.0	6	5	5	1	1	3	0	3.78	4.95	21	5	8	1	2	6	35			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.234	.13	-0.03%	-2.38	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
23	155	125	Aug 20	MIL		CHW	W,5-3	GS-7	W(11-5)	4	6.2	9	3	2	0	3	2	0	3.73	4.99	29	8	9	0	0	9	49			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.052	.41	-0.01%	0.16	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a2
24	156	131	Aug 26	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	W(12-5)	5	9.0	8	2	2	3	1	1	0	3.63	4.99	37	11	14	1	0	8	61			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.205	.80	0.12%	2.63	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
25	157	136	Aug 31	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-3	L(12-6)	4	2.1	5	5	5	2	1	3	0	3.86	5.22	14	2	4	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.297	.17	-0.05%	-3.71	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	158	141	Sep 7	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(12-7)	6	6.1	11	6	5	2	0	1	0	3.98	5.24	31	10	8	2	0	11	27			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.311	.07	-0.01%	-2.00	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 1 out d2
27	159	146	Sep 13	MIL		OAK	L,3-8	GS-3	L(12-8)	5	2.2	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.13	5.28	13	3	5	0	0	3	34			1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	2	0	.95	-0.235	.00	0.00%	-2.54	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d4
28	160	150	Sep 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	6-9	W(13-8)	3	2.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.06	5.22	11	4	2	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.083	.00	0.00%	2.29	6b 123 1 out d4	9b 1-- 0 out a1
29	161	154	Sep 22	MIL		MIN	L,3-6	4-GF		4	5.1	7	2	2	0	6	0	0	4.04	5.08	22	4	5	0	0	7		1	0	1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.23	-0.018	.00	0.00%	0.96	4t -2- 2 out d3	9t end d 5
30	162	158	Sep 27	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	5-GF(11)	W(14-8)	4	7.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.89	5.00	26	10	7	1	0	5		1	1	0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.668	.00	0.00%	3.06	5t 1-- 0 out d1	11t end tie
							18-12		W-L:14-8	4.8	187.1	196	89	81	45	74	33	3	3.89	5.00	785	0.70		6%	2%	192	49	5	20%	9	6	0	726	30	3	0	14	6	6	.98	0.260	1.01	0.28%	7.89

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