Billy Wagner  
Starting Pitcher | Baltimore Orioles

Pitching
Wagner can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. But Wagner, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Wagner is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Wagner has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 BOS 92 67 55 53 56 54 51 48 53 77 30 0 0 40 0 0 25 3 Overhand Active 0 8 13 59 268
1999 BOS 93 74 61 57 56 54 51 48 53 77 32 0 0 40 0 0 26 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 290
2000 BOS 93 74 72 59 56 54 51 48 53 80 32 0 0 43 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 312
2001 CHC 93 77 75 48 56 54 51 48 53 82 34 0 0 46 0 0 28 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 315
2002 MIL 93 82 75 43 56 54 51 48 53 83 35 0 0 47 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 319
2003 MIL 92 82 75 44 56 54 51 48 53 84 35 0 0 47 0 0 30 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 319
2004 MIL 92 84 75 48 56 54 51 48 53 84 35 0 0 47 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 324
2005 DET 90 83 75 54 56 54 51 48 53 84 35 0 0 48 0 0 32 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 61 327
2006 CHC 90 83 75 40 56 54 51 48 53 84 33 0 0 49 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 311
2007 CHC 90 83 75 45 56 54 51 48 53 84 33 0 0 49 0 0 34 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 315
2008 CHC 93 81 75 45 56 54 51 48 53 85 33 0 0 49 0 0 35 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 317
2009 BAL 92 80 75 49 56 54 51 48 53 85 33 0 0 49 0 0 36 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 317
2010 BAL 91 79 75 50 56 54 51 48 53 85 34 0 0 49 0 0 36 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 318
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.