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	4-16 / in Starts: 4-4
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 47 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	33 (17-11-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 47 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	31 (15-10-5)

Most Driven In
M McManus	2
B Jacobson	1
L Lamb	1
D Lee	1

Most Driven In By
J Tobin	1
E Palmero	0

1921 Batting Game Log

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1921 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	218	8 (7)	Apr 22	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	3.14	-0.036	8.30	-0.06%	0.12	C
2	219	10 (1)	Apr 24	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						PR
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
3	220	14 (3)	May 1	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8						C
4	221	15	May 2	SLB	@	DET	W,7-6	CG(13)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	8	2.43	-0.001	4.03	0.00%	-0.54	C
5	222	16	May 5	SLB		DET	L,0-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.04	-0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.28	PH
6	223	17	May 6	SLB		DET	L,7-11	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	8	.56	-0.015	.93	-0.02%	-0.28	C
7	224	18	May 7	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	8	.77	-0.046	1.17	-0.04%	-0.60	C
8	225	19	May 8	SLB		DET	W,16-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.227	.227	.455	8	.39	-0.040	.64	-0.04%	0.94	C
9	226	20	May 9	SLB		DET	L,5-11	CG(8)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.240	.240	.480	8	.91	-0.041	1.63	-0.04%	0.19	C
10	227	21	May 11	SLB		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	8	.67	-0.054	1.01	-0.05%	-0.61	C
11	228	22	May 12	SLB		PHA	L,6-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.219	.219	.438	8	1.46	-0.089	2.50	-0.09%	-0.52	C
12	229	25 (2)	May 15	SLB		BOS	L,7-11	8-GF(10)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471	8	.99	0.013	1.92	0.02%	-0.47	C
13	230	26	May 16	SLB		BOS	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.237	.237	.474	8	1.46	-0.068	2.51	-0.07%	-0.66	C
14	231	29 (2)	May 19	SLB		WSH	L,5-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9	.66	-0.024	1.26	-0.03%	-0.61	PH
15	232	33 (3)	May 23	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.225	.225	.450	9	2.91	-0.072	5.44	-0.08%	-0.34	PH
16	233	36 (2)	May 26	SLB		CLE	L,5-12	8-GF(8)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.220	.220	.220	.439	9	.08	-0.004	.16	0.00%	-0.25	PH
17	234	38 (1)	May 28	SLB		CLE	L,6-12	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	.74	-0.016	1.08	-0.01%	-0.22	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
18	235	45 (6)	Jun 4	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-9	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.209	.209	.419	9	.70	-0.019	.74	-0.01%	-0.61	PH
19	236	57 (11)	Jun 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.205	.205	.409	9	1.00	-0.026	.57	-0.01%	-0.32	PH
20	237	64 (6)	Jun 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-15	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.217	.217	.435	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.15	C
							4-16		47	46	2	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	0	1		0		1	0	.217	.217	.217	.435		1.11	-0.539	1.97	-0.54%	-4.90

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