Billy Traber | SoxProspects.com

Born: September 18, 1979
Torrance, CA
Height: 6-5
Weight: 205
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Drafted: 1st round, 2000 by the NY Mets;
58th round, 1997 by TOR
How acquired: Minor league free agent (Nov. 2008)
College: Loyola Marymount
High School: El Segundo (CA)

Photo © Kelly O'Connor

Declared a minor league free agent (November 2009)

Scouting Report: Groundball lefty reliever, spent a lot of time between AAA and the majors in the last few years. Very good command. Uses a high-80s fastball, a 78 mph circle change, a low-70s curve, and a decent splitter.

	Career Stats
year	team	lg	level	org	age	w	l	%	era	g	gs	cg	sh	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	k/bb
1999	Loyola Marymount	NCAA	Coll		19	8	6	0.571	4.20	20	18	2	0	1	120.0	135	68	56	5	37	135	3.65
2000	Loyola Marymount	NCAA	Coll		20	10	4	0.714	3.15	18	17	4	0	0	123.0	130	69	43	7	38	156	4.11
2001	St. Lucie	FSL	A	Nym	21	6	5	0.545	2.65	18	18	0	0	0	102.0	85	36	30	2	23	79	3.43
2001	Binghamton	East	AA	Nym	21	4	3	0.571	4.40	8	8	0	0	0	43.0	50	25	21	4	13	45	3.46
2001	Norfolk	IL	AAA	Nym	21	0	1	0.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	1	0	0	0	---
2002	Akron	East	AA	Cle	22	13	2	0.867	2.76	18	17	2	2	0	107.2	99	38	33	8	20	82	4.10
2002	Buffalo	IL	AAA	Cle	22	4	3	0.571	3.29	9	9	0	0	0	54.2	58	22	20	3	12	33	2.75
2003	Cleveland	AL	MLB	Cle	23	6	9	0.400	5.24	33	18	1	1	0	111.2	132	67	65	15	40	88	2.20
2005	Kinston	Car	A	Cle	25	2	2	0.500	4.98	4	4	0	0	0	21.2	19	12	12	2	6	13	2.17
2005	Akron	East	AA	Cle	25	3	2	0.600	2.65	5	5	0	0	0	34.0	25	11	10	2	5	27	5.40
2005	Buffalo	IL	AAA	Cle	25	3	7	0.300	5.75	19	12	0	0	0	76.2	96	59	49	7	30	55	1.83
2006	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	Was	26	7	7	0.500	4.05	21	21	1	0	0	124.1	143	62	56	8	26	102	3.92
2006	Washington	NL	MLB	Was	26	4	3	0.571	6.44	15	8	0	0	0	43.1	53	33	31	5	14	25	1.79
2007	Columbus	IL	AAA	Was	27	2	3	0.400	2.90	14	4	0	0	0	40.1	40	21	13	2	7	29	4.14
2007	Washington	NL	MLB	Was	27	2	2	0.500	4.76	28	2	0	0	0	39.2	50	22	21	4	13	27	2.08
2008	Scranton-WB	IL	AAA	Nyy	28	2	1	0.667	3.40	40	2	0	0	4	47.2	46	19	18	3	13	41	3.15
2008	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	Nyy	28	0	0	---	7.02	19	0	0	0	0	16.2	23	13	13	3	7	11	1.57
2009	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	Bos	29	7	8	0.467	3.52	38	7	0	0	0	84.1	88	36	33	8	25	33	1.32
2009	Boston	AL	MLB	Bos	29	0	0	---	12.27	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	9	5	5	2	1	1	1.00

	Additional Player Info
	Pronunciation: --- First Pro Contract: September 5, 2000 (NYM) Signing Bonus: $400,000 MiLB Debut: April 2001 (St. Lucie)	Added to 40-man: - MLB Debut: April 4, 2003 (CLE)

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