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	23-43 / in Starts: 19-19
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	61 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 179 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	115 (64-33-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 179 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	114 (55-37-21)

Most Driven In
K Williams	4
G Sisler	2
J Austin	2
E Smith	2
W Gerber	1
B Jacobson	1
J Tobin	0

Most Driven In By
J Gedeon	7
W Gerber	3
J Austin	3
A Sothoron	1
U Shocker	1
J Tobin	1
D Davis	1
B Burwell	1

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 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	152	2 (1)	Apr 17	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	.94	-0.047	2.36	-0.07%	-0.09	C
2	153	4 (1)	Apr 22	SLB		CLE	L,3-11	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	7	.52	0.003	1.27	0.00%	0.76	C
3	154	6 (1)	Apr 25	SLB		CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.455	.500	.955	7	.71	0.042	1.38	0.05%	0.26	C
4	155	8 (1)	Apr 28	SLB		DET	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.385	.467	.538	1.005	7	.59	-0.030	1.14	-0.04%	0.30	C
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	156	10 (1)	May 1	SLB		CHW	L,5-8	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.375	.474	.500	.974	7	.76	0.030	2.02	0.05%	0.26	C
6	157	13 (2)	May 4	SLB		CHW	W,12-4	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2		1		0	0	.368	.455	.474	.928	7	.80	0.193	1.49	0.22%	2.23	C
7	158	16 (2)	May 7	SLB	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.500	.476	.976	7	.61	0.041	1.11	0.05%	0.71	C
8	159	18 (1)	May 9	SLB	@	DET	W,7-4	GS-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.381	.519	.476	.995	7	2.03	0.062	3.84	0.07%	0.66	C
9	160	23 (4)	May 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.400	.516	.480	.996	7	1.22	-0.028	2.27	-0.03%	-0.24	C
10	161	26 (2)	May 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.457	.414	.871	7	.85	-0.085	1.79	-0.11%	-1.39	C
11	162	28 (1)	May 23	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.410	.364	.774	7	1.28	-0.134	2.23	-0.14%	-1.01	C
12	163	30 (1)	May 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.419	.378	.797	7	1.18	0.091	1.97	0.09%	0.30	C
13	164	32 (1)	May 28	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.404	.366	.770	7	1.52	-0.100	1.58	-0.06%	-0.53	C
14	165	34 (1)	May 30	SLB		DET	L,2-6	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.341	.431	.409	.840	8	.79	0.044	.59	0.02%	1.43	C
15	166	36 (1)	May 31 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	CG(10)	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.388	.464	.449	.913	8	1.65	0.055	1.38	0.03%	0.72	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
16	167	38 (1)	Jun 3	SLB		CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.377	.450	.434	.884	8	1.01	-0.010	.53	0.00%	0.60	C
17	168	41 (2)	Jun 6 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.375	.453	.429	.882	8	.80	0.104	.62	0.05%	1.15	C
18	169	44 (2)	Jun 9	SLB		WSH	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.426	.400	.826	8	.96	-0.109	.43	-0.03%	-1.08	C
19	170	46 (1)	Jun 11	SLB		WSH	W,8-7	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.365	.444	.413	.857	8	.82	0.046	.27	0.01%	0.63	C
20	171	49 (2)	Jun 14	SLB		BOS	W,10-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.348	.434	.394	.828	8	.76	-0.053	.35	-0.02%	-0.69	C
21	172	52 (2)	Jun 17	SLB		PHA	W,12-9	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.333	.418	.377	.795	8	.47	-0.034	.31	-0.01%	-0.34	C
22	173	54 (1)	Jun 19	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.324	.407	.366	.774	8	1.27	-0.081	.96	-0.04%	-1.28	C
23	174	57 (2)	Jun 23	SLB		NYY	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.402	.361	.764	9	1.72	-0.045	2.06	-0.03%	-0.46	PH
24	175	58	Jun 24	SLB		DET	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.388	.347	.735	8	.52	-0.041	.35	-0.02%	-0.54	C
25	176	60 (1)	Jun 26	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.321	.404	.385	.789	8	.34	0.041	.22	0.02%	0.56	C
26	177	62 (1)	Jun 28	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.387	.366	.753	8	.89	-0.097	.71	-0.05%	-0.99	C
27	178	63	Jun 29 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,6-9	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.394	.373	.767	9	1.67	0.091	.95	0.03%	1.27	PH
28	179	64	Jun 29 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.388	.368	.756	8	1.98	-0.025	.82	-0.01%	-0.03	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
29	180	69 (4)	Jul 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.382	.374	.756	7	1.03	-0.167	.23	-0.02%	-1.20	C
30	181	70	Jul 4	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.379	.370	.748	9	.79	-0.021	.11	0.00%	-0.25	PH
31	182	71	Jul 5 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.385	.376	.761	9	2.15	0.083	.20	0.01%	0.27	PH
32	183	72	Jul 5 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.381	.372	.753	9	.05	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.11	PH
33	184	74 (1)	Jul 9	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.387	.379	.766	9	1.43	0.043	.17	0.00%	0.13	PH
34	185	78 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.393	.385	.778	9	.20	0.008	.03	0.00%	0.40	PH
35	186	83 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.389	.381	.770	9	1.48	-0.039	.15	0.00%	-0.25	PH
36	187	84	Jul 19	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.385	.378	.763	9	.06	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
37	188	86 (1)	Jul 21	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-7	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.391	.384	.775	9	3.21	0.057	.16	0.00%	0.34	PH
38	189	87	Jul 22	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.387	.380	.767	9	2.15	-0.054	.06	0.00%	-0.17	PH
39	190	90 (2)	Jul 25	SLB	@	DET	L,8-21	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.393	.386	.779	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
40	191	93 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.389	.382	.772	9	4.13	-0.097	.06	0.00%	-0.50	PH
41	192	94	Jul 30	SLB		NYY	L,3-19	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.395	.388	.783	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.27	PH
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
42	193	97 (2)	Aug 2	SLB		PHA	W,10-8	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.337	.400	.394	.794	9	1.01	0.044	.01	0.00%	0.93	PH
43	194	98	Aug 3	SLB		PHA	L,6-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.397	.390	.787	9	.80	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
44	195	103 (4)	Aug 8 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,11-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.388	.400	.788	8	.50	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-1.23	C
45	196	106 (2)	Aug 11	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	2-GF	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.384	.389	.773	8	1.46	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.55	C
46	197	107	Aug 14	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.380	.385	.764	8	.95	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
47	198	108	Aug 15	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.371	.375	.746	8	1.00	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.62	C
48	199	109	Aug 17 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.375	.369	.744	8	1.39	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.35	C
49	200	113 (3)	Aug 23 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.302	.371	.365	.737	8	.90	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.77	C
50	201	115 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.378	.372	.750	8	1.82	0.096	.00	0.00%	0.27	C
51	202	116	Aug 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.375	.369	.744	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
52	203	118 (1)	Aug 27	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-5	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.375	.369	.744	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
53	204	119	Aug 28	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.365	.358	.723	8	.39	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-1.26	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
54	205	125 (5)	Sep 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.292	.362	.350	.712	8	.87	-0.021	.01	0.00%	-0.28	C
55	206	127 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.359	.348	.707	9	2.48	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.47	PH
56	207	130 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.357	.345	.702	6	5.14	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-0.34	PH
57	208	131	Sep 9 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.350	.338	.688	8	1.63	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-0.92	C
58	209	132	Sep 11 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,13-6	7-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.354	.338	.692	8	.06	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.39	PR C
59	210	134 (1)	Sep 12	SLB		BOS	L,7-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.352	.336	.688	9	1.22	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
60	211	138 (3)	Sep 16	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.279	.354	.340	.694	8	1.87	-0.156	.00	0.00%	-0.62	C
61	212	143 (4)	Sep 21	SLB		NYY	L,3-8	4-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.358	.340	.698	9	.97	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.14	PH
62	213	145 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.355	.338	.693	8	.98	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-0.59	C
63	214	146	Sep 24	SLB	@	DET	L,8-16	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.353	.336	.688	9	.42	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
64	215	148 (1)	Sep 26	SLB		CLE	L,5-7	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.357	.336	.692	9	2.42	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
65	216	149	Sep 27	SLB		CLE	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.360	.340	.700	9	.23	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.27	PH
66	217	151 (1)	Sep 29	SLB		CLE	L,2-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.358	.338	.696	9	.28	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
							23-43		179	154	19	43	5	2	0	12	11	0	10	8	4		5		1	0	.279	.358	.338	.696		1.05	-1.009	.69	0.01%	-3.24

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