Dick Billings

Positions: Catcher and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 4, 1942 in Detroit, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 25th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).

High School: Troy HS (Troy, MI)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: September 11, 1968 (Age 25-282d, 12,750th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 27, 1975 (Age 32-205d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Richard Arlin Billings

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.3

1231

280

.228

101

RBI

142

OBP

.281

SLG

.304

OPS

.584

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	3	Apr 18	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-14	CG	45	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
3	5 (1)	Apr 21	TEX		CAL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
4	6	Apr 22	TEX		CAL	W,5-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
5	7	Apr 23	TEX		CAL	W,5-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	9 (1)	Apr 25	TEX		DET	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	11 (1)	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,9-6	GF	14	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	12	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	15 (2)	May 3	TEX		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
10	16	May 5	TEX	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
11	17	May 6	TEX	@	DET	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	18	May 7	TEX	@	DET	L,4-7	GS	33	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
13	21 (2)	May 12	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
14	22	May 13	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-7	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH C
15	23	May 14	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
16	24	May 15	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
17	25	May 16	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-5	GS	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C RF
18	26	May 17	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-3	GF	41	11.0	6	2	0	8	2	C
19	27	May 19	TEX		MIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
20	28	May 20	TEX		MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	29	May 21 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	31 (1)	May 22	TEX		CHW	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	32	May 23	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	33	May 24	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
25	34	May 25	TEX	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	35	May 26	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
27	36	May 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,16-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	37	May 28	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
29	38	May 29 (1)	TEX		OAK	L,1-4	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
30	39	May 29 (2)	TEX		OAK	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
31	40	May 30	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B C
32	41	May 31	TEX		OAK	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	2	10	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	42	Jun 2	TEX	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
34	43	Jun 3	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	44	Jun 4	TEX	@	MIL	W,10-0	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	45	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	46	Jun 7	TEX		NYY	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
38	47	Jun 8	TEX		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	48	Jun 9	TEX		BAL	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
40	49	Jun 10	TEX		BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
41	50	Jun 11	TEX		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	51	Jun 12	TEX		MIL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	53 (1)	Jun 14	TEX		MIL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	54	Jun 17 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	55	Jun 17 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
46	56	Jun 19	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	45	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
47	57	Jun 20	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
48	58	Jun 21	TEX	@	BOS	L,9-10	GS	52	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C LF
49	59	Jun 23	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	C
50	60	Jun 24	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
51	61	Jun 25	TEX		CHW	L,5-10	GS	31	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
52	62	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
53	63	Jun 27	TEX		OAK	L,3-9	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
54	64	Jun 29	TEX		CAL	L,4-12	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	65	Jun 30	TEX		CAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	66	Jul 1	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	44	10.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
57	67	Jul 2 (1)	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-5	GS	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	70 (2)	Jul 4	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
59	71	Jul 6 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	72	Jul 6 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	50	11.1	11	1	0	12	1	C
61	73	Jul 7	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	74	Jul 8 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	75	Jul 8 (2)	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF C
64	76	Jul 9	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	77	Jul 10	TEX	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	78	Jul 11	TEX	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	LF
67	79	Jul 12	TEX	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	80	Jul 13	TEX		CLE	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
69	81	Jul 14	TEX		CLE	L,0-2	CG	48	14.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
70	82	Jul 15	TEX		CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
71	83	Jul 16	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	9	3	0	12	0	C
72	84	Jul 17	TEX		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
73	85	Jul 18	TEX		BAL	L,1-2	CG	62	15.0	11	3	0	14	1	C
74	86	Jul 19	TEX		BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	87	Jul 20	TEX		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	88	Jul 21	TEX		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
77	89	Jul 22	TEX		DET	L,2-6	GS	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C LF
78	90	Jul 23	TEX		DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	91	Jul 27	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	1	0	2	3	0	LF
80	92	Jul 28	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	95 (2)	Jul 30 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	96	Jul 31	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	98 (1)	Aug 2	TEX		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	99	Aug 3	TEX		MIN	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
85	100	Aug 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	101	Aug 5	TEX	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	102	Aug 6 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
88	103	Aug 6 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	104	Aug 7	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
90	105	Aug 8	TEX	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	45	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF C
91	106	Aug 9	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
92	107	Aug 11	TEX		KCR	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	108	Aug 12	TEX		KCR	W,3-0	CG	23	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	109	Aug 13	TEX		KCR	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	110	Aug 15	TEX		BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
96	111	Aug 16	TEX		BOS	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
97	112	Aug 17	TEX		BOS	L,3-4	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF C
98	113	Aug 18	TEX		NYY	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
99	114	Aug 19	TEX		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
100	115	Aug 20	TEX		NYY	L,0-2	CG	43	10.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
101	116	Aug 22	TEX	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
102	117	Aug 24 (1)	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	118	Aug 24 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
104	119	Aug 25	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
105	120	Aug 26	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	36	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
106	121	Aug 27	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-10	GS	16	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
107	122	Aug 29 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	52	10.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
108	123	Aug 29 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
109	124	Aug 30	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
110	125	Aug 31	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	126	Sep 1	TEX		MIL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	127	Sep 2	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
113	128	Sep 3	TEX		MIL	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	130 (1)	Sep 5	TEX		KCR	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
115	133 (2)	Sep 8	TEX		OAK	L,3-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
116	134	Sep 9	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	135	Sep 10	TEX		OAK	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
118	136	Sep 12	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-0	GS	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF C
119	137	Sep 13	TEX	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
120	138	Sep 14	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
121	139	Sep 15	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-12	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
122	140	Sep 16	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
123	142 (1)	Sep 19	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	LF
124	144 (1)	Sep 22	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
125	146 (1)	Sep 24	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
126	149 (2)	Sep 27	TEX		CAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
127	151 (1)	Sep 30	TEX		CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
128	152	Oct 1	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
129	153	Oct 3	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
130	154	Oct 4	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							139gm		1057.0	549	64	16	629	13