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Josh Billings
John Augustus Billings

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.
School Oklahoma State University

Debut September 9, 1913
Final Game June 16, 1923
Born November 30, 1892 in Grantville, KS
Died December 30, 1981 in Santa Monica, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 20 CLE AL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1914 21 CLE AL  11    8    2    2   1  0   0    0   1      1   1  .250  .333  .375  109    3   0           0    
 1915 22 CLE AL   8   21    2    4   1  0   0    0   1      0   6  .190  .190  .238   27    5   3           0    
 1916 23 CLE AL  22   31    2    5   0  0   0    1   0      2  11  .161  .212  .161   10    5   2           0    
 1917 24 CLE AL  66  129    8   23   3  2   0    9   2      8  21  .178  .243  .233   41   30   7           3    
 1918 25 CLE AL   2    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .333  .333  .333   94    1   0           0    
 1919 26 SLB AL  38   76    9   15   1  1   0    3   0      1  12  .197  .218  .237   26   18   4           1    
 1920 27 SLB AL  66  155   19   43   5  2   0   11   1  0  11  10  .277  .353  .335   81   52   5           7    
 1921 28 SLB AL  20   46    2   10   0  0   0    4   0  0   0   7  .217  .217  .217    9   10   1           0    
 1922 29 SLB AL   5    7    0    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .429  .429  .571  156    4   0           0    
 1923 30 SLB AL   4    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     243  488   44  106  12  5   0   29   5  0  23  73  .217  .268  .262   46  128  22   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        325   29   71   8  3   0   19   3  0  15  49  .217  .268  .262   46   85  15   0   0   7   0
 Career High     66  155   19   43   5  2   0   11   2  0  11  21                          52   7   0   0   7   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 20 CLE AL    3    3    0   0.0    89| .000  .268| .000  .340| .000  .352| .000  .692|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1914 21 CLE AL    9    6    1   4.5    85| .250  .261| .333  .335| .375  .342| .708  .677| 109  .638   0.2   0.0     
 1915 22 CLE AL   24   20    1   1.3    85| .190  .257| .190  .336| .238  .338| .428  .674|  27  .152  -2.0  -0.2     
 1916 23 CLE AL   35   28    1   1.0    87| .161  .263| .212  .339| .161  .344| .373  .683|  10  .089  -3.6  -0.4     
 1917 24 CLE AL  147  113    7   1.7    85| .178  .263| .243  .335| .233  .340| .476  .674|  41  .217  -9.7  -1.1     
 1918 25 CLE AL    3    2    0   0.0    89| .333  .271| .333  .343| .333  .345| .666  .688|  94  .000  -0.0   0.0     
 1919 26 SLB AL   82   65    4   1.7    97| .197  .279| .218  .345| .237  .374| .455  .719|  26  .162  -7.9  -0.8     
 1920 27 SLB AL  178  117   17   3.9   109| .277  .295| .353  .360| .335  .405| .688  .765|  81  .426  -4.1  -0.4 100%
 1921 28 SLB AL   47   37    2   1.4   119| .217  .307| .217  .374| .217  .431| .434  .805|   9  .091  -6.7  -0.6   0%
 1922 29 SLB AL    7    4    2  13.4   112| .429  .297| .429  .362| .571  .417|1.000  .779| 156  .870   0.6   0.1   0%
 1923 30 SLB AL    9    9    0   0.0   113| .000  .297| .000  .368| .000  .411| .000  .779|-100  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      544  404   35   2.3    99| .217  .281| .268  .349| .262  .377| .530  .727|  46  .264 -36.8  -3.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 20 CLE AL C 1 4 2 1 0 .857 .968 6.00 5.60 0 1914 21 CLE AL C 3 10 3 3 0 .813 .970 4.33 5.70 2 1915 22 CLE AL C 7 29 6 0 0 1.000 .964 5.00 5.46 0 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 0 1 0 1916 23 CLE AL C 12 38 13 1 3 .981 .973 4.25 5.21 3 1917 24 CLE AL C 48 134 51 5 2 .974 .971 3.85 4.98 1 1918 25 CLE AL C 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.00 0 1919 26 SLB AL C 26 76 33 2 2 .982 .974 4.19 4.96 1 1B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 10.40 1920 27 SLB AL C 40 138 36 6 1 .967 .973 4.35 4.58 3 1921 28 SLB AL C 12 45 9 1 0 .982 .971 4.50 4.33 0 1922 29 SLB AL C 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 4.23 0 1923 30 SLB AL C 4 8 3 1 1 .917 .973 2.75 4.20 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 26 SLB AL 1B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 10.40 1913 20 CLE AL C 1 4 2 1 0 .857 .968 6.00 5.60 0 1914 21 CLE AL C 3 10 3 3 0 .813 .970 4.33 5.70 2 1915 22 CLE AL C 7 29 6 0 0 1.000 .964 5.00 5.46 0 1916 23 CLE AL C 12 38 13 1 3 .981 .973 4.25 5.21 3 1917 24 CLE AL C 48 134 51 5 2 .974 .971 3.85 4.98 1 1918 25 CLE AL C 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.00 0 1919 26 SLB AL C 26 76 33 2 2 .982 .974 4.19 4.96 1 1920 27 SLB AL C 40 138 36 6 1 .967 .973 4.35 4.58 3 1921 28 SLB AL C 12 45 9 1 0 .982 .971 4.50 4.33 0 1922 29 SLB AL C 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 4.23 0 1923 30 SLB AL C 4 8 3 1 1 .917 .973 2.75 4.20 1 1915 22 CLE AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 0 1 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 157 489 157 20 9 .970 .972 4.11 4.85 11 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 0 1 0 1B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 10.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 159 490 158 21 9 .969 .972 4.08 4.86
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
1920 AL-7-6

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

February 11, 1919: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the St. Louis Browns for Les Nunamaker.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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