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	13-27 / in Starts: 10-11
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 82 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	50 (29-14-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 82 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	50 (24-17-9)

Most Driven In
G Sisler	2
B Jacobson	1
T Sloan	1
R Demmitt	1
W Gerber	0

Most Driven In By
J Tobin	3
J Austin	2
J Gedeon	2
J Shovlin	1
A Sothoron	1

1919 Batting Game Log

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1919 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	112	1	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	L,4-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.34	-0.032	.91	-0.05%	-0.74	C
2	113	4 (2)	Apr 26	SLB		CHW	L,4-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.50	-0.025	1.24	-0.04%	-0.24	C
3	114	6 (1)	Apr 30	SLB		CLE	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.63	-0.041	3.04	-0.05%	-0.22	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
4	115	12 (5)	May 11	SLB		DET	L,2-6	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	8	2.61	0.088	3.42	0.07%	0.66	C
5	116	13	May 12	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.231	.231	.231	.462	8	1.37	-0.111	1.80	-0.09%	-0.55	C
6	117	15 (1)	May 14	SLB		PHA	W,11-0	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.83	-0.069	.92	-0.05%	-1.05	C
7	118	18 (2)	May 18	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0		0		.188	.235	.188	.423	8	1.26	0.007	2.03	0.01%	0.10	C
8	119	19	May 20	SLB		BOS	L,4-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.176	.222	.176	.399	9	.71	-0.018	1.31	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
9	120	20	May 21	SLB		WSH	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.150	.190	.150	.340	8	.88	-0.065	1.21	-0.05%	-0.46	C
10	121	22 (1)	May 24	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.143	.182	.143	.325	8	1.46	-0.043	2.50	-0.05%	-0.41	C
11	122	24 (1)	May 26	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG(10)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.200	.167	.367	8	1.23	0.013	2.69	0.02%	0.08	C
12	123	26 (1)	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.154	.185	.154	.339	8	.92	-0.045	2.05	-0.06%	-0.36	C
13	124	28 (1)	May 31	SLB	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.138	.167	.138	.305	8	1.16	-0.086	2.08	-0.09%	-0.71	C
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
14	125	29	Jun 1	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.152	.125	.277	8	1.37	-0.059	2.51	-0.07%	-0.37	C
15	126	31 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,14-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.111	.135	.111	.246	8	1.27	-0.167	2.29	-0.18%	-2.10	C
16	127	33 (1)	Jun 5	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.105	.128	.105	.233	8	.53	-0.026	.83	-0.03%	-0.31	C
17	128	41 (7)	Jun 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.103	.125	.103	.228	9	.91	-0.022	2.34	-0.03%	-0.15	PH
18	129	43 (1)	Jun 16	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	7-GF(11)	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.146	.167	.195	.362	8	2.46	0.413	5.81	0.59%	2.13	PR C
19	130	47 (3)	Jun 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-3	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.146	.186	.195	.381	8	2.65	0.062	3.11	0.04%	0.32	PR C
20	131	52 (4)	Jun 26	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	GS-6	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.163	.200	.233	.433	8	.87	-0.001	.89	0.00%	-0.07	C
21	132	54 (1)	Jun 28	SLB		CHW	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.159	.196	.227	.423	9	4.23	-0.094	5.97	-0.08%	-0.45	PH
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
22	133	75 (20)	Jul 17	SLB		NYY	W,7-6	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.159	.196	.227	.423	8						PR
23	134	77 (1)	Jul 19	SLB		NYY	L,8-9	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.159	.196	.227	.423	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
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
24	135	96 (18)	Aug 9 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.152	.188	.217	.405	8	.70	-0.034	1.03	-0.03%	-0.30	C
25	136	97	Aug 11	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.152	.188	.217	.405	8						PR
26	137	107 (9)	Aug 21 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	12-GF(14)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.149	.184	.213	.396	8	6.38	-0.154	.93	-0.01%	-0.74	C
27	138	113 (5)	Aug 27	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.146	.180	.208	.388	9	2.50	-0.060	.06	0.00%	-0.15	PH
28	139	116 (2)	Aug 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,7-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.154	.185	.212	.397	8	.26	0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
29	140	117	Aug 31	SLB		DET	L,1-4	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.148	.179	.204	.382	8	1.50	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.49	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
30	141	118	Sep 1 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.148	.179	.204	.382	8						PR
31	142	119	Sep 1 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.140	.169	.193	.362	8	.94	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.71	C
32	143	120	Sep 2	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.140	.169	.193	.362	8						PR
33	144	121	Sep 3	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	14-GF(14)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.140	.169	.193	.362	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
34	145	122	Sep 4	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.140	.169	.193	.362	4						1B
35	146	123	Sep 5	SLB	@	DET	L,3-12	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.138	.167	.190	.356	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
36	147	127 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-6	3-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.153	.180	.203	.384	9	.21	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.24	PH
37	148	133 (5)	Sep 18 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.169	.190	.360	6	.54	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.92	C
38	149	136 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.149	.174	.194	.368	6	1.34	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
39	150	139 (2)	Sep 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.183	.205	.225	.431	7	.14	0.017	.00	0.00%	1.13	C
40	151	140	Sep 28	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.197	.218	.237	.455	7	.71	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.41	C
							13-27		82	76	9	15	1	1	0	5	1	0	13	1	4		2		0		.197	.218	.237	.455		1.31	-0.24%

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