Billy Traber | Major Leaguer 2003-2008

Full Name: William Henry Traber
Born: September 18,1979 in Torrance, California
Height: 6-5 Weight: 205 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: El Segundo (El Segundo,CA)
College: Loyola Marymount University

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Prospect Rankings*
2001 - 8th ranked organizational prospect for New York Mets
2002 - 9th ranked organizational prospect for Cleveland Indians
2003 - 8th ranked organizational prospect for Cleveland Indians

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in 58th Round (1515th overall) of 1997 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by New York Mets in 1st Round (16th overall) of 2000 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Sep 5,2000] - signed [Dec 13,2001] - Traded by Mets with Earl Snyder, Jerrod Riggan, Alex Escobar and Matt Lawton to Indians for Danny Peoples, Mike Bacsik and Roberto Alomar. [Nov 10,2004] - Claimed on waivers by Red Sox from Indians. [Dec 21,2004] - Granted free agency

Signed by: Bob Minor

Disabled List: [Mar 17,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown)

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1999	Loyola Mmt	NCAA	19		NCAA	8	6	4.20	20	18	2	0		1	120.0	135	68	56	5	37	135	7		10.13	0.38	2.78	10.13	1.43	--
2000	Loyola Mmt	NCAA	20		NCAA	10	4	3.15	18	17	4	0		0	123.0	130	69	43	7	38	156	9		9.51	0.51	2.78	11.41	1.37	--
2001	St. Lucie	FSL	21	Nym	A+	6	5	2.66	18	18	0	0	0	0	101.2	85	36	30	2	23	79	4	1	7.53	0.18	2.04	6.99	1.06	--
	Binghamton	East	21	Nym	AA	4	3	4.43	8	8	0	0	0	0	42.2	50	25	21	4	13	45	4	1	10.55	0.84	2.74	9.49	1.48	--
	Norfolk	IL	21	Nym	AAA	0	1	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	6.43	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.71	--
2002	Akron	East	22	Cle	AA	13	2	2.76	18	17	2	2	0	0	107.2	99	38	33	8	20	82	2	0	8.28	0.67	1.67	6.85	1.11	--
	Buffalo	IL	22	Cle	AAA	4	3	3.29	9	9	0	0	0	0	54.2	58	22	20	3	12	33	1	1	9.55	0.49	1.98	5.43	1.28	--
2003	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	6	9	5.24	33	18	1	1	0	0	111.2	132	67	65	15	40	88	6	0	10.64	1.21	3.22	7.09	1.54	56%
2005	Kinston	Caro	25	Cle	A+	2	2	4.99	4	4	0	0		0	21.2	19	12	12	2	6	13	1	1	7.89	0.83	2.49	5.40	1.15	--
	Akron	East	25	Cle	AA	3	2	2.65	5	5	0	0		0	34.0	25	11	10	2	5	27	0	0	6.62	0.53	1.32	7.15	0.88	--
	Buffalo	IL	25	Cle	AAA	3	7	5.75	19	12	0	0		0	76.2	96	59	49	7	30	55	5	0	11.27	0.82	3.52	6.46	1.64	--
2006	NewOrleans	PCL	26	Wan	AAA	7	7	4.05	21	21	1	0	0	0	124.1	143	62	56	8	26	102	4	0	10.35	0.58	1.88	7.38	1.36	--
	Washington	NL	26	Wan	MLB	4	3	6.44	15	8	0	0	0	0	43.1	53	33	31	5	14	25	0	0	11.01	1.04	2.91	5.19	1.55	40%
2007	Columbus	IL	27	Wan	AAA	2	3	2.90	14	4	0	0	0	0	40.1	40	21	13	2	7	29	1	0	8.93	0.45	1.56	6.47	1.17	--
	Washington	NL	27	Wan	MLB	2	2	4.77	28	2	0	0	5	0	39.2	50	22	21	4	13	27	0	0	11.35	0.91	2.95	6.13	1.59	46%
2008	Scr/wb	IL	28	Nyy	AAA	2	1	3.40	40	2	0	0	9	4	47.2	46	19	18	3	13	41	4	0	8.69	0.57	2.45	7.74	1.24	--
	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	0	0	7.02	19	0	0	0	3	0	16.2	23	13	13	3	7	11	2	0	12.42	1.62	3.78	5.94	1.80	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						12	14	5.54	95	28	1	1	8	0	211.1	258	135	130	27	74	151	8	0	10.99	1.15	3.15	6.43	1.57	--
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						46	36	3.60	157	101	3	2		4	658.1	666	308	263	41	155	506	27	5	9.11	0.56	2.12	6.92	1.25	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2001	Binghamton	East	21	Nym	AA	p		8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Norfolk	IL	21	Nym	AAA	p		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2003	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	p	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	75%
2006	NewOrleans	PCL	26	Wan	AAA	p		21	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	0	0	4	0	0	.077	.111	.077	188	--
	Washington	NL	26	Wan	MLB	p	9	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	0	0	.077	.143	.077	220	44%
2007	Columbus	IL	27	Wan	AAA	p		14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	--
	Washington	NL	27	Wan	MLB	p	9	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)								40	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	0	0	2	0	0	.048	.091	.048	139	54%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								44	36	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	0	0	4	0	0	.056	.105	.056	161	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
2001	St. Lucie	FSL	21	Nym	A+	P	18			13	19	2	34	0	-	-	-	.941	--
2001	Binghamton	East	21	Nym	AA	P	8			4	9	0	13	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Norfolk	IL	21	Nym	AAA	P	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

2002	Akron	East	22	Cle	AA	P	18			1	22	0	23	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Buffalo	IL	22	Cle	AAA	P	9			1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2003	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	P	33	18	111.2	7	13	0	20	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.61

2005	Kinston	Caro	25	Cle	A+	P	4			2	4	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2005	Akron	East	25	Cle	AA	P	5			4	3	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2005	Buffalo	IL	25	Cle	AAA	P	19			10	17	0	27	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

2006	NewOrleans	PCL	26	Wan	AAA	P	21								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Washington	NL	26	Wan	MLB	P	15	8	43.1	1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.25

2007	Columbus	IL	27	Wan	AAA	P	14								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Washington	NL	27	Wan	MLB	P	28	2	40.2	1	5	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	1.33

2008	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	P	19	-	16	2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.25

Awards

[1999] - West Coast Conference All-Star P [2000] - West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year, 3rd team College All-American SP, West Coast Conference All-Star P [2002] - Double-A All-Star SP, Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star SP, Eastern League All-Star LHP

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2003	300,000		1,773,364	80
2004	317,500		1,716,303	57
2006	*327,000		1,937,004	73
2008	*500,000

Career:	$1,444,500	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Participated in the 2002 Futures Game during All-Star Weekend, playing for the United States team.