NAME : Billy Koch
NICKNAME :
ORIGIN : USA
BIRTHDAY : 12/14/1974
AGE : 28
HEIGHT : 6"3
WEIGHT : 215
POSITION : Pitcher
ROLE : Closer
BATS : Right
THROWS : Right
CONTRACT : $2,250,000 through 2006
DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
LOYALTY : Minimal
TEAM LEADER : None at all
CONSISTENCY : Normal
CLUTCH PERFORMANCE : Suffers
INJURY RATING : Normal
DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
Range at Pitcher : E (Fielding Pct. : .951)
PITCHING RATINGS :
(Rated by an average league scout)
Duration as Starter : *
Duration as Reliever : D
Holding Runners : C
Groundball Pct. : 50
Avoiding Runs : 6
Avoiding Hits : 7 (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average)
Avoiding Doubles : 5 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average)
Avoiding Homeruns : 6 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Good)
Avoiding BB's : 4 (VS. RHB : 4, VS. LHB : 4, Talent Fair)
Getting Strikeouts : 7 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 7, Talent Good)
Throwing Velocity : 10
Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Splitfinger-Fastball
PITCHING STATS :
Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K
Overall 2.93 5 3 17 52 0 55.1 53 21 18 27 47
At Home 3.51 3 1 10 33 0 33.1 36 14 13 17 28
Away 2.05 2 2 7 19 0 22.0 17 7 5 10 19
Last Week 0.00 1 0 1 4 0 4.0 3 0 0 2 6
This Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Apr/Mar 0.90 2 1 4 11 0 10.0 9 3 1 6 10
May 1.35 2 0 6 14 0 13.1 13 2 2 5 13
June 6.75 0 0 3 8 0 10.2 14 8 8 6 7
July 2.81 0 2 3 14 0 16.0 11 6 5 8 9
August 3.38 1 0 1 5 0 5.1 6 2 2 2 8
CAREER STATS :
YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS
1999 3.43 0 5 31 56 0 0 63.0 24 30 57 TOR
2000 2.65 9 3 33 68 0 0 78.0 23 18 60 TOR
2001 4.83 2 5 36 69 0 0 69.0 37 33 55 TOR
2002 4.09 0 7 40 67 0 0 70.1 32 37 49 OAK
Total ERA : 3.60
Total Wins : 16
Total Losses: 23
Total Saves : 157
Total SHO : 0
Total CG : 0
Total K's : 268
Total BB's : 145
PLAYER HISTORY
Traded from Oakland to Texas on 1/25/2003 (Going to TEX: P B. Koch, 3B F. Bynum, P E. Ireland, P B. Snow. Going to OAK: P B. Wagner)... Traded from Texas to Houston on 2/24/2003... Had first career hit on 5/15/2003, off Jason Bere (CHC)... |