Billy Wagner

Full Name: William Edward Wagner	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/180	First Game: September 13, 1995
Birthdate: July 25, 1971	MLB Experience: 12 years
Birthplace: Tannersville, Virginia
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on July 25, 1971 in Tannersville, Virginia, Billy Wagner (William Edward Wagner) played for the Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets over the course of his 12 year career. Wagner broke into the bigs on September 13, 1995 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 2.44 ERA in 51.2 innings pitched in 1996, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Billy Wagner's best season was 1999, when he posted a 1.57 ERA, notched 39 saves and struck out 124 batters.

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Year	Team		G	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1995	HOU	N	1	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	HOU	N	37	2	2	2.44	67	16	14	9	51.2	28	6	30	2	1	3
1997	HOU	N	62	7	8	2.85	106	23	21	23	66.1	49	5	30	1	3	3
1998	HOU	N	58	4	3	2.70	97	19	18	30	60	46	6	25	1	2	0
1999	HOU	N	66	4	1	1.57	124	14	13	39	74.2	35	5	23	1	2	1
2000	HOU	N	28	2	4	6.18	28	19	19	6	27.2	28	6	18	0	7	1
2001	HOU	N	64	2	5	2.73	79	19	19	39	62.2	44	5	20	0	3	5
2002	HOU	N	70	4	2	2.52	88	21	21	35	75	51	7	22	5	6	2
2003	HOU	N	78	1	4	1.78	105	18	17	44	86	52	8	23	5	4	3
2004	PHI	N	45	4	0	2.42	59	16	13	21	48.1	31	5	6	1	1	2
2005	PHI	N	75	4	3	1.51	87	17	13	38	77.2	45	6	20	2	3	3
2006	NY	N	70	3	2	2.24	94	22	18	40	72.1	59	7	21	1	2	4
Total			654	37	34	2.38	934	204	186	324	702.2	468	66	238	19	34	27

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Year	Team		POS	G	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1995	HOU	N	P	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	HOU	N	P	37	51.2	2	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	1.000
1997	HOU	N	P	62	66.1	2	7	1	0	2	2	2	1	.900
1998	HOU	N	P	58	60	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.800
1999	HOU	N	P	66	74.2	2	5	0	1	2	6	0	0	1.000
2000	HOU	N	P	28	27.2	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
2001	HOU	N	P	64	62.2	1	5	1	0	1	2	2	0	.857
2002	HOU	N	P	70	75	5	9	0	0	1	4	2	2	1.000
2003	HOU	N	P	78	86	5	11	0	0	2	4	2	1	1.000
2004	PHI	N	P	45	48.1	3	7	0	0	2	1	1	1	1.000
2005	PHI	N	P	75	77.2	4	6	0	1	1	9	2	0	1.000
2006	NY	N	P	70	72.1	1	11	0	0	0	5	4	1	1.000
Total			P	654	702.2	28	68	3	2	11	43	16	6	.970

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO
1995	HOU	N	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1996	HOU	N	37	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1997	HOU	N	62	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1998	HOU	N	58	3	0	1	0	.333	.333	.333	0	2
1999	HOU	N	66	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2000	HOU	N	28	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2001	HOU	N	64	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2002	HOU	N	70	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2003	HOU	N	78	2	1	0	1	.000	.333	.000	1	0
2004	PHI	N	45	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2005	PHI	N	75	3	0	1	0	.333	.333	.333	0	2
2006	NY	N	70	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total			654	20	1	2	1	.100	.143	.100	1	12

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Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (12th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed June 22, 1993).
Traded by Houston Astros to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Brandon Duckworth, Taylor Buchholz and Ezequiel Astacio (November 3, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
Signed by New York Mets (November 29, 2005).

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