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Billy Koch PBlue Jays

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Career Summary

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
6	407.3	29	25	163	357	3.89	3.3

Birth Date	12-14-1974
Height	6' 3"
Weight	210 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	IP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1999	TOR	24	56	63.7	63.7	0	5	31	4	272	55	26	24	5	82	30	25	3	57	3.39	3.99	5.19	4.9	0.6
2000	TOR	25	68	78.7	78.7	9	3	33	5	326	78	28	23	6	115	18	14	2	60	2.63	3.45	3.98	14.0	1.2
2001	TOR	26	69	69.3	69.3	2	5	36	9	308	69	39	37	7	102	33	26	6	55	4.80	4.51	5.10	4.0	0.4
2002	OAK	27	84	93.7	93.7	11	4	44	6	398	73	38	34	7	105	46	40	4	93	3.27	3.65	4.47	10.2	1.0
2003	CHA	28	55	53.0	53.0	5	5	11	5	244	59	36	34	10	106	28	27	1	42	5.77	5.60	6.35	-2.8	-0.3
2004	CHA	29	24	23.3	23.3	1	1	8	3	114	24	15	14	3	38	16	12	2	25	5.40	5.00	4.84	2.7	0.3
2004	FLO	29	23	25.7	25.7	1	2	0	0	115	21	10	10	3	35	20	20	0	25	3.51	4.86	4.64	1.0	0.1
Career			379	407.3	407.3	29	25	163	32	1777	379	192	176	41	583	191	164	18	357	3.89	4.22	4.88	34.0	3.3

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
1997	DUN	A+	3	3	21.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.406		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	DUN	A+	25	25	124.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.713		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	SYR	AAA	2	2	5.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.533		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	TOR	MLB	56	0	63.7	5.19	104	.223	.283	.355	.459	.272	.282	102	6.1	0.6	4.9	0.6
1999	SYR	AAA	5	5	25.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.686		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	TOR	MLB	68	0	78.7	3.98	120	.224	.280	.354	.457	.271	.300	94	14.5	1.4	14.0	1.2
2001	TOR	MLB	69	0	69.3	5.10	94	.259	.273	.340	.440	.270	.300	98	4.0	0.4	4.0	0.4
2002	OAK	MLB	84	0	93.7	4.47	103	.230	.268	.339	.440	.271	.266	95	10.2	1.0	10.2	1.0
2003	CHA	MLB	55	0	53.0	6.35	70	.297	.270	.336	.429	.267	.301	99	-2.8	-0.3	-2.8	-0.3
2003	CHR	AAA	4	0	3.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.357		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	CHA	MLB	24	0	23.3	4.84	102	.283	.274	.347	.450	.274	.309	99	2.7	0.3	2.7	0.3
2004	FLO	MLB	23	0	25.7	4.64	94	.263	.266	.337	.436	.267	.269	93	1.0	0.1	1.0	0.1
Career		MLB		0	407.3	4.88	99	.248	.274	.344	.445	.270	.289	97	35.6	3.4	34.0	3.3

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
1997	DUN	A+	0	1	0	3	3	21.7	27	3	20	1	0%	.406	11.2	1.2	0.4	8.3	1.38	2.07	0.0	0.0
1998	SYR	AAA	0	1	0	2	2	5.7	9	5	9	1	0%	-.533	14.2	7.9	1.6	14.2	2.46	14.21	0.0	0.0
1998	DUN	A+	14	7	0	25	25	124.7	120	41	108	8	0%	-.713	8.7	3.0	0.6	7.8	1.29	3.75	0.0	0.0
1999	SYR	AAA	3	0	0	5	5	25.7	27	10	22	3	0%	-.686	9.5	3.5	1.1	7.7	1.44	3.85	0.0	0.0
1999	TOR	MLB	0	5	31	56	0	63.7	55	30	57	5	57%	.282	7.8	4.2	0.7	8.1	1.34	3.39	4.9	0.6
2000	TOR	MLB	9	3	33	68	0	78.7	78	18	60	6	56%	.300	8.9	2.1	0.7	6.9	1.22	2.63	14.0	1.2
2001	TOR	MLB	2	5	36	69	0	69.3	69	33	55	7	55%	.300	9.0	4.3	0.9	7.1	1.47	4.80	4.0	0.4
2002	OAK	MLB	11	4	44	84	0	93.7	73	46	93	7	55%	.266	7.0	4.4	0.7	8.9	1.27	3.27	10.2	1.0
2003	CHR	AAA	0	1	0	4	0	3.7	5	3	2	0	0%	.357	12.2	7.3	0.0	4.9	2.16	4.86	0.0	0.0
2003	CHA	MLB	5	5	11	55	0	53.0	59	28	42	10	42%	.301	10.0	4.8	1.7	7.1	1.64	5.77	-2.8	-0.3
2004	CHA	MLB	1	1	8	24	0	23.3	24	16	25	3	45%	.309	9.3	6.2	1.2	9.6	1.71	5.40	2.7	0.3
2004	FLO	MLB	1	2	0	23	0	25.7	21	20	25	3	37%	.269	7.4	7.0	1.1	8.8	1.60	3.51	1.0	0.1

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2003-08-12	2003-09-02	15-DL	21	19	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-
2003-08-12	2003-09-02	15-DL	21	19	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-	-
1997-04-27	1997-09-07	Minors	133	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	1997-04-20	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2005	TOR	$900,000
2004	CHA, FLO	$6,375,000
2003	CHA	$4,250,000
2002	OAK	$2,433,333
2001	TOR	$733,333
2000	TOR	$333,333

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$15,024,999
6 yr	Total	$15,024,999

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y		1 yr/$0.9M (05)

Details
released 3/05 signed as a free agent from FL 1/05 released 10/04 acquired in trade from CWS 6/04 2 year/$10.625M (03-04) arbitration-eligible after 02 ($5.9M-$4.25M) acquired in trade from OAK 11/02 3 year/$3.25M (00-02) incl $0.25M signing bonus 00:$0.25M, 01:$0.65M, 02:$2.35M acquired in trade from TOR 12/01

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The BP Wayback Machine: Beating Eric Gagne	Gary Huckabay	2013-02-14
Painting the Black: Attention Hollywood: The A's Bullpen Is Pretty Interesting	R.J. Anderson	2012-09-20
What the Contenders Need: AL Central	Jeff Euston	2012-07-02
What the Contenders Need: AL Central	Jason Wojciechowski	2012-07-02
What the Contenders Need: AL Central	Kevin Goldstein	2012-07-02
Painting the Black: Occam's Rubber	R.J. Anderson	2012-04-17
The BP Broadside: Oh, To Live on Closer Mountain	Steven Goldman	2011-09-20
Fantasy Beat: Kimbrel and Venters: Ticking Time Bombs?	Jason Collette	2011-07-19
Transaction Action: NL Central Update	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-01
Transaction Action: Senior Circuitry	Christina Kahrl	2010-05-20
Inside Tommy John Surgery: Thirty Years of Fixing Pitchers	Thomas Gorman	2009-06-15
Inside Tommy John Surgery: Thirty Years of Fixing Pitchers	Will Carroll	2009-06-15
Every Given Sunday: Bronx Breakdowns and Rebounds	John Perrotto	2008-06-29
Every Given Sunday: Dropping the Axe	John Perrotto	2008-06-22
Future Shock: How the Red Sox Were Built	Kevin Goldstein	2007-10-10
Wait 'Til Next Year: Joba Chamberlain	Bryan Smith	2007-08-14
Prospectus Q&A: Rick Langford	David Laurila	2007-06-03
Transaction Analysis: February 14-20, 2007	Christina Kahrl	2007-02-22
Future Shock: Where the Cardinals Came From	Kevin Goldstein	2006-10-19
Under The Knife: Lounging Around	Will Carroll	2006-05-25
Transaction Analysis: July 31	Christina Kahrl	2005-08-01
Under The Knife: The Right Idea?	Will Carroll	2005-06-24
Fantasy Focus: Drafting College Closers	Jeff Erickson	2005-06-17
Prospectus Hit List: Week of April 10, 2005	Jay Jaffe	2005-04-12
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays	David Kirsch	2005-04-08
Transaction Analysis: March 16-28, 2005	Christina Kahrl	2005-04-01
Transaction Analysis: Offseason - The Easts	Christina Kahrl	2005-02-14
Prospectus Triple Play: Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays	Baseball Prospectus	2005-01-17
Transaction Analysis: September 30-October 26, 2004	Christina Kahrl	2004-11-03
Under The Knife: The Luxury of Time	Will Carroll	2004-09-20
Prospectus Today: Respecting The Fish	Joe Sheehan	2004-09-06
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2004-08-04
Prospectus Today: Passing Judgment	Joe Sheehan	2004-07-31
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies	Baseball Prospectus	2004-07-20
Prospectus Today: NL Mid-Season Report Card	Joe Sheehan	2004-07-16
Teams: A Critical Guide: It's Saturday and I Have to Take My Daughter to See ''Shrek 2'' Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-06-26
Teams: A Critical Guide: Mad About Beltran Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-06-25
Transaction Analysis: June 17-20	Christina Kahrl	2004-06-23
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies	Baseball Prospectus	2004-06-22
Prospectus Today: Summer Trade Season	Joe Sheehan	2004-06-18
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies	Baseball Prospectus	2004-04-26
Prospectus Triple Play: Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-04-23
Prospectus Today: Two Days of Fun	Joe Sheehan	2004-04-07
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-04-06
Lies, Damned Lies: PECOTA Preview, 2004	Nate Silver	2004-04-03
Can Of Corn: Spring Flings	Dayn Perry	2004-03-24
Breaking Balls: Scowling with Ozzeroo	Derek Zumsteg	2004-03-18
Team Health Reports: Chicago White Sox	Will Carroll	2004-03-15
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-03-09
6-4-3: Beating Eric Gagne	Gary Huckabay	2004-02-28
Prospectus Triple Play: Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-24
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Live from the (Mock) Winter Meetings: Team-by-Team Breakdowns	Rany Jazayerli	2003-12-11
Transaction Analysis: August 25-September 21	Christina Kahrl	2003-09-25
Prospectus Today: Survival of the Fittest, Relievers	Joe Sheehan	2003-09-06
Under The Knife: Back Off Man, I'm a Scientist	Will Carroll	2003-08-27
Under The Knife: With or Without You	Will Carroll	2003-08-26
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