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Billy Koch

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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1999 TOR A 56 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TOR A 68 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TOR A 69 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 OAK A 84 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CHI A 55 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 FLA N 23 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 CHI A 24 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 Total 47 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 356 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total 379 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

[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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