Career

Billy Koch played college baseball for Clemson University from either 1994-1996. He was drafted per Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st circular (Quaternary pick) of the 1996 amateur draft and mass produced his debut within 1999. Billy mass produced an instant impression by regularly hitting One c MPH on the radiolocation gun. A pitch speed, posted on the SkyDome jumbotron after each pitch, systematically drew awes from either a crowd.

Billy was groomed for the role of closer and had mixed profits at a role across a next triplet seasons. whenever he was look on one of a virtually all dominating pitchers in the league when he was at his better, at days he battled using his control & calmness on the mound. Neverless, he continued to post improving save cost (31, 33 then 36) from either 1999 to 2001.

In December 7, 2001, the Blue Jays, nowadays under fresh management, traded Billy to the Oakland Athletics for Eric Hinske and Justin Miller. Oakland proved to exist as a good healthy. Billy redeemed 44 games inside 2002 while posting a respectable Troika.Xxvii ERA & 93 strikeouts around single 93 2/3 frame. He was, all the same, criticized for unfortunate play in the playoffs that season.

In December 3, 2002, Billy was once again traded, this instance to the Chicago White Sox along with ii minor leaguers for Keith Foulke, Mark Johnson, Joe Valentine and cash. Billy was non suspire to duplicate either his profits by using Toronto or even Oakland, nonetheless. Due to wildly inconsistent play, Jerry Manuel removed Billy from a role of nearer, relegating him to middle relief. Billy finished the year by having simply Xi saves, & a Pentad.77 ERA.

Billy's troubles continued within 2004. Around 2003, he was againside a nigher but only protected Eighter games in Xxiv games played, compiling an ERA of Quint.Xl. He was traded to the Florida Marlins in June for Wilson Valdez, a minor-league 2nd baseman world health organization was assumed would replenish Luis Castillo before Castillo signed a iv-month contract to remain using Florida. Billy fared better around Floridthe than he did by owning Chicago, with the One-Two record & a Trey.51 ERA within Twenty-three games when serving as a setup human for Armando Benitez. All a same, private issues induced him to miss a go year of the regular year, & Florida freed him at the prevent of the year.

Resulting a 2004 season he was signed to a Single-year contract by his original team, the Toronto Blue Jays. He was freed per team when you took Spring How to videos.

Accomplishments

AL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award winner (2002) Finished Second withinside Our contries League in saves (2002, 44 saves)

Teams

Toronto Blue Jays (1999-2001) Oakland Athletics (2002) Chicago White Sox (2003-2004) Florida Marlins (2004)

Trivia

Billy was the star pitcher for West Babylon High School on Long Island, NY Billy's immature brother, Eric Koch, actually pitched West Babylon to that's delaware championship, fallowing Billy got already graduated Billy is famed for attending Son's Brigade at a 1st Presbyterian Church of Babylon in which he would play dodgeball & knock out a girls using his missle-such as throws Billy was actuall the premature baby At Clemson he was teamed sustaining first major leaguers Kris Benson & Matt LeCroy. A threesome were as well teamed together around a 1996 Olympics in Atlanta in which it won the bronze palm.