Bill Travers

Full Name: William Edward Travers	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/187	First Game: May 19, 1974
Birthdate: October 27, 1952	Final Game: July 17, 1983
Birthplace: Norwood, Massachusetts	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on October 27, 1952 in Norwood, Massachusetts, Bill Travers (William Edward Travers) played for the Milwaukee Brewers and California Angels over the course of his 9 year career. Travers broke into the bigs on May 19, 1974 with the Milwaukee Brewers, and proceeded to put up a 4.92 ERA in 53 innings pitched during his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Travers's best season was 1976, when he posted a 2.81 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 120 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1974	MIL	A	23	1	2	3	4.92	31	29	29	0	0	0	53	59	6	30	5	4	1
1975	MIL	A	28	23	6	11	4.29	57	78	65	5	0	1	136.1	130	15	60	3	4	11
1976	MIL	A	34	34	15	16	2.81	120	92	75	15	3	0	240	211	21	95	5	7	8
1977	MIL	A	19	19	4	12	5.25	49	75	71	2	1	0	121.2	140	13	57	5	11	7
1978	MIL	A	28	28	12	11	4.41	66	93	86	8	3	0	175.2	184	20	58	1	6	6
1979	MIL	A	30	27	14	8	3.89	74	89	81	9	2	0	187.1	196	33	45	0	6	3
1980	MIL	A	29	25	12	6	3.91	62	76	67	7	1	0	154.1	147	20	47	2	2	6
1981	CAL	A	4	4	0	1	8.38	5	11	9	0	0	0	9.2	14	2	4	0	0	0
1983	CAL	A	10	7	0	3	5.91	24	32	28	0	0	0	42.2	58	4	19	1	4	2
Total			205	168	65	71	4.10	488	575	511	46	10	1	1120.2	1139	134	415	22	44	44

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1974	MIL	A	P	23	1	53	2	8	0	0	0	3	4	0	1.000
1975	MIL	A	P	28	23	136.1	2	19	2	5	3	9	9	0	.913
1976	MIL	A	P	34	34	240	13	31	1	4	6	24	14	0	.978
1977	MIL	A	P	19	19	121.2	6	21	2	3	2	7	4	0	.931
1978	MIL	A	P	28	28	175.2	5	36	3	1	0	6	3	0	.932
1979	MIL	A	P	30	27	187.1	7	25	2	0	1	9	6	0	.941
1980	MIL	A	P	29	25	154.1	12	18	1	2	0	11	6	1	.968
1981	CAL	A	P	4	4	9.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
1983	CAL	A	P	10	7	42.2	0	8	1	1	2	5	3	0	.889
Total			P	205	168	1120.2	48	167	12	16	14	74	49	2	.947

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AVG	OBP	SLG	SH
1974	MIL	A	23	.000	.000	.000	0
1975	MIL	A	28	.000	.000	.000	0
1976	MIL	A	34	.000	.000	.000	0
1977	MIL	A	19	.000	.000	.000	0
1978	MIL	A	28	.000	.000	.000	0
1979	MIL	A	30	.000	.000	.000	1
1980	MIL	A	29	.000	.000	.000	0
1981	CAL	A	4	.000	.000	.000	0
1983	CAL	A	10	.000	.000	.000	0
Total			205	.000	.000	.000	1

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Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
Granted free agency (November 22, 1980).
Signed by California Angels (January 26, 1981).
Released by California Angels (July 19, 1983).

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