Billy Koch

Full Name: William Christopher Koch	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/218	First Game: May 5, 1999
Birthdate: December 14, 1974	Final Game: August 26, 2004
Birthplace: Rockville Centre, New York	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 14, 1974 in Rockville Centre, New York, Billy Koch (William Christopher Koch) played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox and Florida Marlins over the course of his 6 year career. Koch broke into the bigs on May 5, 1999 with the Toronto Blue Jays, and put up a 3.39 ERA in 63.2 innings pitched in 1999, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Billy Koch's best season was 2002, when he posted a 3.27 ERA, won 11 games, notched 44 saves and struck out 93 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1999	TOR	A	56	0	5	3.39	57	26	24	31	63.2	55	5	30	5	0	3
2000	TOR	A	68	9	3	2.63	60	28	23	33	78.2	78	6	18	4	1	2
2001	TOR	A	69	2	5	4.80	55	39	37	36	69.1	69	7	33	7	5	6
2002	OAK	A	84	11	4	3.27	93	38	34	44	93.2	73	7	46	6	5	4
2003	CHI	A	55	5	5	5.77	42	36	34	11	53	59	10	28	1	3	1
2004	FLA	N	23	1	2	3.51	25	10	10	0	25.2	21	3	20	0	1	0
2004	CHI	A	24	1	1	5.40	25	15	14	8	23.1	24	3	16	4	4	2
2004	Total		47	2	3	4.41	50	25	24	8	49	45	6	36	4	5	2
Total	NL		23	1	2	3.51	25	10	10	0	25.2	21	3	20	0	1	0
Total	AL		356	28	23	3.91	332	182	166	163	381.2	358	38	171	27	18	18
Total			379	29	25	3.89	357	192	176	163	407.1	379	41	191	27	19	18

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1999	TOR	A	P	56	63.2	3	12	0	0	3	7	2	0	1.000
2000	TOR	A	P	68	78.2	5	8	0	2	0	4	1	0	1.000
2001	TOR	A	P	69	69.1	4	6	1	1	2	7	0	0	.909
2002	OAK	A	P	84	93.2	14	12	0	2	3	10	4	2	1.000
2003	CHI	A	P	55	53	6	3	0	0	0	9	1	0	1.000
2004	FLA	N	P	23	25.2	2	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	1.000
2004	CHI	A	P	24	23.1	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	.667
2004	Total		P	47	49	3	2	1	2	1	7	0	0	.833
Total			P	379	407.1	35	43	2	7	9	44	8	2	.975

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	SO
1999	TOR	A	56	1	.000	.000	.000	1
2000	TOR	A	68	1	.000	.000	.000	1
2001	TOR	A	69	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2002	OAK	A	84	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2003	CHI	A	55	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2004	FLA	N	23	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2004	CHI	A	24	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2004	Total		47	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Total	NL		23	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Total	AL		356	2	.000	.000	.000	2
Total			379	2	.000	.000	.000	2

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1996 - signed August 23, 1996).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Eric Hinske and Justin Miller (December 7, 2001).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with 2 players to be named later to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Keith Foulke, Mark Johnson, Joe Valentine and cash (December 3, 2002); Chicago White Sox received Neal Cotts and Daylon Holt (December 16, 2002).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Florida Marlins in exchange for Wilson Valdez and cash (June 17, 2004).
Released by Florida Marlins (October 8, 2004).
Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (January 10, 2005).

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