MLB / Players

Bill Travers

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 187 lb

BornOctober 27, 1952 · Norwood, MA, USA

MLB debutMay 19, 1974

Final gameJuly 17, 1983

Seasons9 (1974–1983)

Milwaukee Brewers 1974–1980; California Angels 1981; California Angels 1983

Percentile snapshot

1979 season — qualified pitchers

14.1

15.3

54.1

58.8

SHO

196

68.2

69.4

88.2

12.9

2.4

187.3

27.1

ERA

3.89

38.8

WHIP

1.286

52.9

K/9

3.56

FIP

5.04

2.4

FIP-

119.9

4.7

ERA+

107.9

56.5

sWAR

2.5

42.4

of 86 qualified 1979 pitchers (min 161 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

93.7

14.9

sWAR

7.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1974	23	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3
1975	28	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6
1976	34	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.4
1977	19	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4
1978	28	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
1979	30	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5
1980	29	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1981	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5
1983	10	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1974	23	1	2	3	0	0	0	59	29	30	31	6	53.0	4.92	1.679	5.26	4.63	127.7	73.6	-0.3
1975	28	23	6	11	1	5	0	130	65	60	57	15	136.3	4.29	1.394	3.76	4.71	123.2	89.2	0.6
1976	34	34	15	16	0	15	3	211	75	95	120	21	240.0	2.81	1.275	4.50	4.04	115.7	124.2	4.4
1977	19	19	4	12	0	2	1	140	71	57	49	13	121.7	5.25	1.619	3.62	4.91	120.5	77.5	-0.4
1978	28	28	12	11	0	8	3	184	86	58	66	20	175.7	4.41	1.378	3.38	4.37	115.9	85.7	0.4
1979	30	27	14	8	0	9	2	196	81	45	74	33	187.3	3.89	1.286	3.56	5.04	119.9	107.9	2.5
1980	29	25	12	6	0	7	1	147	67	47	62	20	154.3	3.91	1.257	3.62	4.67	118.9	100.6	1.6
1981	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	14	9	4	5	2	9.7	8.38	1.862	4.66	5.44	149.1	43.5	-0.5
1983	10	7	0	3	0	0	0	58	28	19	24	4	42.7	5.91	1.805	5.06	4.40	109.0	68.3	-0.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

205

RBI

Pitching

G (P)

205

168

SHO

1,121

SO (P)

488

BB allowed

415

ERA

4.104

WHIP

1.3867

K/9

3.92

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1979-07-29	NYY @ MIL Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1976-05-25	MIL @ NYY Gameday	9.0	4	0	0	2	8	0
1976-07-25	MIL @ BAL Gameday	9.0	3	1	1	2	8	1
1978-09-04	SEA @ MIL Gameday	9.0	6	0	0	0	7	0
1979-05-03	TOR @ MIL Gameday	9.0	8	4	2	1	7	1
1980-07-17	BAL @ MIL Gameday	9.0	2	1	1	3	7	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.