Billy Wagner Trades and Transactions

The Billy Wagner trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Billy Wagner has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I threw 78 miles per hour in high school. I hit 92 miles per hour during my freshman year in college, and today I can throw 98. If I can name one thing that contributed most to my increase in velocity, it would be long toss." - Billy Wagner

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Billy Wagner

Billy Wagner Autograph on a 1996 Topps (#212)

Billy Wagner Autograph on a 1996 Topps (#212)
 

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Birth Name:   William Edward Wagner
Nickname:   Billy
Born On:   07-25-1971  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Tannersville, Virginia
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Tazewell High School (Tazewell, VA)
College:   Ferrum Junior College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   09-13-1995 (Age 24)
Last Game:   Still Active
Draft:   1993 : 1st Round (12th)
Billy Wagner

Trades & Transactions

06-03-1993: Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (12th pick overall) — free-agent draft.
11-03-2003: Traded by Houston Astros to Philadelphia Phillies for Brandon Duckworth, Taylor Buchholz and Ezequiel Astacio.
10-27-2005: Granted free agency.
11-29-2005: Signed by New York Mets.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Billy Wagner trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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