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+

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

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	14 (10)	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	16 (1)	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	GF	14	3.0	2	0	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	21 (4)	May 8	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	11	3.2	1	0	0	1	0
5	23 (1)	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	7	3	0	10	0
6	24	May 10	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	30 (5)	May 16	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	32 (1)	May 19	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	GF	11	3.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	34 (1)	May 20 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	42 (7)	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	47 (4)	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-11	GF	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	49 (1)	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	GF	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	52 (2)	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	T,2-2	GF	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	53	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	55 (1)	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	57 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	59 (1)	Jun 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	63 (3)	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	GF	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	66 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	2	4	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	75 (8)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
21	77 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
22	78	Jul 6	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-6	GS	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	81 (2)	Jul 9	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	85 (3)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	GS	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	86	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	89 (2)	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	GF	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	90	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	L,7-12	GS	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
28	91	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
29	92	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
30	93	Jul 22	CLE		PHA	W,20-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	94	Jul 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	95	Jul 26 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
33	97 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	99 (1)	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
35	100	Jul 29	CLE		WSH	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
36	101	Jul 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
37	102	Jul 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	103	Aug 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	GS	30	6.1	3	2	0	5	0
39	108 (4)	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS	30	6.2	2	1	0	3	0
40	109	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
41	114 (4)	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	127 (12)	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	144 (16)	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	24	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	147 (2)	Sep 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
45	148	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	149	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
47	150	Sep 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	153 (2)	Sep 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	154	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-11	GS	32	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
							48gm		321.0	134	51	5	190	2