Josh Billings

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: November 30, 1891 in Grantville, KS us

Died: December 30, 1981 in Santa Monica, CA

Buried: Body donated to UCLA Medical School

School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)

Debut: September 9, 1913 (Age 21-283d, 4,000th in major league history)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 24, 1923 (Age 31-267d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1917 season

Full Name: John Augustus Billings

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.7

488

106

.217

RBI

OBP

.268

SLG

.262

OPS

.531

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-38 / in Starts: 18-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	59 games
Most Games w/o RBI	23 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 150 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	100 (44-35-21) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 150 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	90 (43-30-16)

Most Driven In
J Evans	4
L Guisto	2
B Wambsganss	2
B Roth	2
T Turner	1
S O'Neill	1
J Graney	1
J Harris	1

Most Driven In By
R Chapman	3
J Graney	2
T Speaker	1
O Lambeth	1
A Gould	0

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	43	3 (2)	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						8						C
2	44	14 (10)	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						8						C
3	45	16 (1)	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	7-GF	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	8	1.81	0.144	5.11	0.24%	0.61	C
4	46	17	Apr 30	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.667	.667	.667	1.333	9	1.63	-0.040	4.12	-0.06%	-0.21	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	47	18	May 2	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	.02	0.000	.05	0.00%	-0.09	PH
6	48	19	May 3	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.600	.600	.600	1.200	9	6.98	0.419	15.68	0.57%	0.94	PH
7	49	21 (1)	May 8	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.571	.571	.571	1.143	8	1.22	-0.022	2.95	-0.03%	0.65	C
8	50	23 (1)	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.500	.545	.500	1.045	8	.15	0.000	.37	0.00%	0.56	C
9	51	24	May 10	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.417	.500	.417	.917	8	.31	-0.009	.65	-0.01%	-0.23	C
10	52	26 (1)	May 12	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.385	.467	.385	.851	9	.14	-0.004	.34	-0.01%	-0.09	PH
11	53	29 (2)	May 15	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.429	.500	.429	.929	9	1.65	0.096	5.15	0.18%	1.52	PH
12	54	30	May 16	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.429	.529	.429	.958	8	.51	0.028	1.45	0.05%	1.00	C
13	55	32 (1)	May 19	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.375	.474	.375	.849	8	1.24	-0.063	2.52	-0.08%	-0.54	C
14	56	34 (1)	May 20 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.300	.391	.300	.691	8	.92	-0.058	1.74	-0.07%	-0.93	C
15	57	37 (2)	May 25	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.417	.333	.750	9	.19	0.008	.46	0.01%	0.84	PH
16	58	38	May 26	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.364	.440	.364	.804	7	.90	0.027	2.08	0.04%	0.11	PH
17	59	40 (1)	May 29	CLE		DET	W,1-0	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.348	.423	.348	.771	7	2.18	-0.053	3.98	-0.06%	-0.21	PH
18	60	41	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.407	.333	.741	7	1.45	-0.035	2.76	-0.04%	-0.21	PH
19	61	42	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.333	.400	.370	.770	8	.96	0.042	1.53	0.04%	0.27	C
20	62	43	May 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.321	.387	.357	.744	9	.87	-0.015	1.58	-0.02%	-0.26	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	63	46 (2)	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.310	.375	.345	.720	7	1.88	-0.044	4.19	-0.06%	-0.13	PH
22	64	47	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-11	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.290	.353	.323	.676	8	.06	-0.003	.11	0.00%	-0.40	C
23	65	49 (1)	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	2-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.273	.351	.303	.654	8	.31	-0.023	.48	-0.02%	-1.07	C
24	66	52 (2)	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	T,2-2	11-GF(16)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.257	.333	.286	.619	8	1.37	-0.064	1.53	-0.04%	-0.21	C
25	67	53	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.257	.350	.286	.636	8	.43	0.019	.56	0.02%	0.11	PH C
26	68	55 (1)	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.243	.333	.270	.604	8	2.63	-0.168	3.27	-0.13%	-0.53	PH C
27	69	57 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.225	.311	.250	.561	8	.40	-0.028	.48	-0.02%	-0.66	C
28	70	59 (1)	Jun 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.220	.304	.244	.548	7	1.32	-0.032	2.29	-0.03%	-0.20	PH C
29	71	62 (2)	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	15-15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.298	.238	.536	9	4.31	-0.104	5.97	-0.09%	-0.39	PH
30	72	63	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	2-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.280	.222	.502	8	2.13	-0.146	2.15	-0.09%	-0.95	C
31	73	65 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.196	.275	.217	.492	9						PH
32	74	66	Jun 26 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.264	.208	.472	8	1.94	-0.137	1.31	-0.06%	-1.17	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	75	71 (4)	Jul 1	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.184	.259	.204	.463	9	.99	-0.024	.90	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
34	76	73 (1)	Jul 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.184	.259	.204	.463	9						PR
35	77	75 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0		0		.176	.263	.196	.459	8	.90	0.035	.55	0.01%	0.27	C
36	78	77 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.185	.267	.204	.470	8	1.01	0.082	.59	0.03%	0.59	C
37	79	78	Jul 6	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-6	GS-5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0		.179	.258	.196	.454	8	.70	0.071	.33	0.02%	0.39	C
38	80	81 (2)	Jul 9	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.179	.258	.196	.454	8						C
39	81	85 (3)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.172	.250	.190	.440	8	.90	-0.057	1.89	-0.07%	-0.50	C
40	82	86	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.172	.250	.190	.440	8						C
41	83	89 (2)	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	3-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.242	.183	.426	8	.95	-0.051	1.14	-0.04%	-0.42	C
42	84	90	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	L,7-12	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.175	.246	.190	.437	8						C
43	85	91	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.179	.247	.194	.441	8	.89	0.043	.76	0.02%	0.49	C
44	86	92	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				1		.171	.237	.186	.423	8						C
45	87	93	Jul 22	CLE		PHA	W,20-6	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2		0		.189	.250	.203	.453	8	.15	0.012	.11	0.01%	2.63	C
46	88	94	Jul 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.182	.241	.195	.436	8	.98	-0.069	.89	-0.04%	-0.59	C
47	89	95	Jul 26 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0		.175	.241	.188	.429	8	1.49	-0.063	.71	-0.02%	-0.47	C
48	90	97 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.179	.242	.202	.444	8	.73	-0.020	.37	-0.01%	0.01	C
49	91	99 (1)	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.186	.255	.221	.476	8	2.21	0.111	.97	0.03%	0.53	C
50	92	100	Jul 29	CLE		WSH	L,5-9	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.191	.258	.225	.482	8	.61	-0.052	.22	-0.01%	0.05	C
51	93	101	Jul 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0		.185	.257	.217	.475	8	.96	-0.009	.29	0.00%	-0.21	C
52	94	102	Jul 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	5	3	1	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	1		0		0		.200	.276	.274	.550	8	1.01	0.254	.37	0.06%	1.62	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	95	103	Aug 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.204	.278	.276	.553	8	.83	-0.013	.42	0.00%	-0.12	C
54	96	104	Aug 2	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.202	.275	.273	.548	9	5.79	-0.149	3.40	-0.05%	-0.43	PH
55	97	108 (3)	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.196	.268	.265	.533	8	.78	-0.055	.43	-0.02%	-0.47	C
56	98	109	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.198	.267	.264	.531	8	.29	-0.025	.10	-0.01%	-0.64	C
57	99	114 (4)	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.194	.263	.259	.522	8	1.02	0.024	1.22	0.02%	0.23	C
58	100	120 (5)	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.193	.261	.257	.517	9	.26	-0.006	.06	0.00%	-0.21	PH
59	101	127 (6)	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.193	.261	.257	.517	7						C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	102	140 (12)	Sep 12 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.191	.258	.255	.513	7	2.91	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
61	103	144 (3)	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0		.189	.262	.252	.515	8	1.70	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.04	C
62	104	147 (2)	Sep 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.191	.262	.252	.514	8	.88	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-1.30	C
63	105	148	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.186	.256	.246	.502	8	1.32	0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
64	106	149	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.182	.256	.240	.495	8	1.63	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.32	C
65	107	150	Sep 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.185	.263	.242	.505	8	.87	0.077	.00	0.00%	0.25	C
66	108	153 (2)	Sep 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.181	.257	.236	.493	8	2.21	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-1.49	C
67	109	154	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-11	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.177	.252	.231	.483	8	.92	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-1.36	C
							28-38		150	130	8	23	3	2	0	14	9	1	22	4	5		8		2		.177	.252	.231	.483		1.12	-0.444	1.01	0.15%	-3.35

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