Billy Wagner stats

Last played for the Atlanta Braves, 2010

Relief Pitcher

Age 55 · 5' 11"

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Billy Wagner played 16 MLB seasons, 1995 to 2010.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
853
W
47
L
40
ERA
2.31
IP
903.0
K
1,196
BB
300
WHIP
1.00
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1995HOU1000.000.1000.00
1996HOU37222.4451.267301.12
1997HOU62782.8566.1106301.19
1998HOU58432.7060.097251.18
1999HOU66411.5774.2124230.78
2000HOU28246.1827.228181.66
2001HOU64252.7362.279201.02
2002HOU70422.5275.088220.97
2003HOU78141.7886.0105230.87
2004PHI45402.4248.15960.77
2005PHI75431.5177.287200.84
2006NYM70322.2472.194211.11
2007NYM66222.6368.180221.13
2008NYM45012.3047.052100.89
2009NYM/BOS17111.7215.22681.02
2010ATL71721.4369.1104220.87

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
14
W
1
L
1
ERA
10.03
IP
11.2
K
13
BB
2
WHIP
1.97

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
0
SHO
0
K/9
11.9
GB
412
FB
535
G/F
0.80
WP
43

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1996HOU00011.70001
1997HOU00014.40003
1998HOU00014.60002
1999HOU00014.90002
2000HOU0009.10007
2001HOU00011.30003
2002HOU00010.60006
2003HOU00011.00004
2004PHI00011.051640.81
2005PHI00010.1831040.83
2006NYM00011.796821.22
2007NYM00010.5721060.74
2008NYM00010.047750.62
2009NYM/BOS00014.98200.41
2010ATL00013.555840.72

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
55 yearsJul 25, 1971
Height
5' 11"
Debut
1995
Birthplace
Tannersville, VA
Draft
1993Rd 1, Pk 12
College
Ferrum

Latest performance

Billy Wagner

Oct 08 · @ SF · W 5-4 F/11

IP
0.1
H
1
R
0
ER
0
BB
0
K
0
HR
0
ERA
0.00

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Fri, Oct 08atSFW 5-4 F/110.11000
Sun, Oct 03vsPHIW 8-71.12114
Wed, Sep 29vsMIAW 5-110001
Tue, Sep 28vsMIAW 3-210003
Mon, Sep 27vsMIAW 2-1 F/1110002
Sat, Sep 25atWSHW 5-011001

What were Billy Wagner's career stats?

Billy Wagner played 16 seasons for the Astros, the Phillies, the Mets and the Braves. He had 47 wins and 1,196 strikeouts with a 2.31 ERA over 903.0 innings. His best season was 1997: 7 wins, a 2.85 ERA and 106 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 7 postseasons, 1995 to 2010

Billy Wagner finished top 10 in a stat 5 times; sits top 10 all time in saves.

All-time career rank

  • 7th in saves (422)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Billy Wagner

Playoff series

Billy Wagner played 11 games across 4 MLB postseasons in 5 series — 3 won, 2 lost.

Billy Wagner's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2010SFWon 1-010.1100
2009LAALost 0-221.0222
2006LADWon 3-033.0314
2006STLWon 2-132.2750
2001ATLLost 0-221.2113

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Billy Wagner’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.