Billy Koch was born on Saturday, December 14, 1974, in Rockville Centre, New York. Koch was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 5, 1999, with the Toronto Blue Jays. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Billy Koch baseball stats page.
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Billy KochBilly Koch Autograph on a 2003 Upper Deck Signature Stars Baseball Card (#SS-BK) |
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Billy KochBilly Koch Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1999 | 25 | Blue Jays | 56 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 3.39 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 63.2 | 272 | 55 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | 26 | Blue Jays | 68 | 0 | 62 | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.63 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 78.2 | 326 | 78 | 23 | 28 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | 27 | Blue Jays | 69 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 69.1 | 308 | 69 | 37 | 39 | 7 | 33 | 7 | 55 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 28 | Athletics | 84 | 0 | 79 | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.27 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 93.2 | 398 | 73 | 34 | 38 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 93 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | 29 | White Sox | 55 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.77 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 53.0 | 244 | 59 | 34 | 36 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2004 | 30 | White Sox | 24 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23.1 | 114 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
2004 | 30 | Marlins | 23 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 115 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
6 Years | 379 | 0 | 325 | 29 | 25 | .537 | 3.89 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 407.1 | 1,777 | 379 | 176 | 192 | 41 | 191 | 27 | 357 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 5 |
Billy KochBilly Koch Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1999 | 25 | Blue Jays | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2000 | 26 | Blue Jays | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2001 | 27 | Blue Jays | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2002 | 28 | Athletics | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2003 | 29 | White Sox | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2004 | 30 | White Sox | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2004 | 30 | Marlins | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
6 Years | 379 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Billy KochBilly Koch Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1999 Blue Jays | P | 56 | 0 | 191 | 15 | 0.3 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.12 |
2000 Blue Jays | P | 68 | 0 | 236 | 13 | 0.2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.49 |
2001 Blue Jays | P | 69 | 0 | 208 | 11 | 0.2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .909 | 1.30 |
2002 Athletics | P | 84 | 0 | 281 | 26 | 0.3 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.50 |
2003 White Sox | P | 55 | 0 | 159 | 9 | 0.2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.53 |
2004 White Sox | P | 24 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .667 | 0.77 |
2004 Marlins | P | 23 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.05 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 379 | 0 | 1,222 | 80 | 0.2 | 78 | 35 | 43 | 2 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 1.72 | |
6 Years | 379 | 0 | 1,222 | 80 | 0.2 | 78 | 35 | 43 | 2 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 1.72 |
Billy KochBilly Koch Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1999 Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.90 | 8.06 | 4.24 |
2000 Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.33 | 6.86 | 2.06 |
2001 Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.67 | 7.14 | 4.28 |
2002 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.02 | 8.94 | 4.42 |
2003 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.50 | 7.13 | 4.75 |
2004 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.56 | 9.64 | 6.17 |
2004 Marlins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.25 | 8.77 | 7.01 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
6 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.87 | 7.89 | 4.22 |
Billy KochBilly Koch Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1999 Toronto Blue Jays | 44 | $200,000.00 | - | - |
2000 Toronto Blue Jays | 44 | $333,333.00 | - | - |
2001 Toronto Blue Jays | 44 | $733,333.00 | - | - |
2002 Oakland Athletics | 44 | $2,433,333.00 | - | - |
2003 Chicago White Sox | 44 | $4,250,000.00 | - | - |
2004 Chicago White Sox | 44 | $6,375,000.00 | - | - |
2004 Florida Marlins | 88 | " " | - | - |
Billy Koch Stats by Baseball Almanac |
In 2002, Billy Koch walked out of the bullpen and onto the mound eighty-four times, breaking the all-time Athletics franchise record for most games pitched during during a single season (still standing), held previously by John Wyatt (81 games pitched in 1964). [MLB.com]
During that same season, Billy Koch notched forty-four saves with the A's, seven shy of the franchise record, and just the second closer to eclipse the forty-saves in a season plateau. Do you know who was first (and set the saves record)? [Answer]
Did you know that Billy Koch recorded thirty-or-more saves during his first three consecutive big league seasons, a feat never before, or since, accomplished by a Toronto Blue Jays Jay pitcher.
Billy Koch was the first pitcher in the history of the American League (1901 through today) to save 30+ games during their first season in the majors, a feat matched since by only one additional closer, Kazuhiro Sasaki, who had 37 saves in 2000, his first season in the show as well.