Dick Billings
Richard Arlin Billings
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 4, 1942 in Detroit, MI
School: Michigan State University
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 25th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1968
Final Game: June 27, 1975
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1968 25 WSA AL 12 40 33 3 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 13 .182 .282 .303 .585 80 10 1 0 1 1 0 /75
1969 26 WSA AL 27 43 37 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 8 .135 .256 .135 .391 15 5 3 0 0 0 0 /758
1970 27 WSA AL 11 26 24 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .250 .308 .458 .766 114 11 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1971 28 WSA AL 116 380 349 32 86 14 0 6 48 2 5 21 54 .246 .296 .338 .634 84 118 5 5 1 4 1 279/5
1972 29 TEX AL 133 508 469 41 119 15 1 5 58 1 5 29 77 .254 .296 .322 .618 88 151 13 2 2 6 5 27/593
1973 30 TEX AL 81 305 280 17 50 11 0 3 32 1 1 20 43 .179 .237 .250 .487 41 70 12 2 1 2 2 2/37D9
1974 31 TOT MLB 17 40 36 2 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 .222 .300 .250 .550 61 9 1 0 0 0 0 2/D7
1974 31 TEX AL 16 35 31 2 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 .226 .314 .258 .572 69 8 1 0 0 0 0 2/D7
1974 31 STL NL 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1975 32 STL NL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 400 1345 1231 101 280 44 1 16 142 6 12 87 207 .227 .281 .304 .584 73 374 36 9 5 13 8
162 Game Avg. 162 545 499 41 113 18 0 6 58 2 5 35 84 .227 .281 .304 .584 73 151 15 4 2 5 3
TEX (7 yrs) 396 1337 1223 101 279 44 1 16 142 6 12 87 204 .228 .282 .305 .587 73 373 36 9 5 13 8
STL (2 yrs) 4 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 396 1337 1223 101 279 44 1 16 142 6 12 87 204 .228 .282 .305 .587 73 373 36 9 5 13 8
NL (2 yrs) 4 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1968 25 WSA AL 40 30 3 2.7 77 .250 .182 .235 .282 .303 .303 .347 .585 .651 80 .381 -0.6 -0.1 .536 .273 .121 .0
1969 26 WSA AL 43 36 1 0.8 90 .172 .135 .247 .256 .323 .135 .373 .391 .696 15 .041 -4.0 -0.4 .278 .135 .000
1970 27 WSA AL 26 19 3 4.2 93 .250 .250 .252 .308 .325 .458 .385 .766 .710 114 .495 0.4 0.0 .684 .292 .208 .0
1971 28 WSA AL 380 278 34 3.3 87 .273 .246 .248 .296 .319 .338 .368 .634 .687 84 .408 -7.0 -0.7 .516 .143 .092 3.0
1972 29 TEX AL 508 376 42 3.0 80 .290 .254 .242 .296 .310 .322 .349 .618 .659 88 .414 -7.3 -0.8 .484 .122 .068 1.7
1973 30 TEX AL 305 246 15 1.6 89 .199 .179 .254 .237 .322 .250 .373 .487 .694 41 .144 -21.6 -2.2 .379 .143 .071 1.5
1974 31 TOT MLB 40 29 3 2.8 88 .276 .222 .256 .300 .321 .250 .368 .550 .689 61 .325 -1.7 -0.2 .517 .194 .028 .0
1974 31 TEX AL 35 25 3 3.2 87 .280 .226 .255 .314 .319 .258 .367 .572 .685 69 .389 -1.1 -0.1 .560 .226 .032 .0
1974 31 STL NL 5 4 0 0.0 95 .250 .200 .262 .200 .334 .200 .379 .400 .714 13 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1975 32 STL NL 3 3 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .270 .000 .342 .000 .390 .000 .732 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
8 Seasons 1345 1017 101 2.7 85 .259 .227 .247 .281 .316 .304 .362 .584 .678 73 .328 -42.7 -4.5 .464 .142 .076 8.7
162 Game Avg. 545 412 41 2.7 85 .259 .227 .247 .281 .316 .304 .362 .584 .678 73 .328 -42.7 -4.5 .464 .142 .076 4
TEX (7 yrs) 1337 1010 101 2.7 85 .259 .228 .247 .282 .316 .305 .362 .587 .678 73 .331 -41.2 -4.3 .467 .143 .077 8.7
STL (2 yrs) 8 7 0 0.0 96 .200 .125 .265 .125 .337 .125 .383 .250 .720 -30 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
AL (7 yrs) 1337 1010 101 2.7 85 .259 .228 .247 .282 .316 .305 .362 .587 .678 73 .331 -41.2 -4.3 .467 .143 .077 8.7
NL (2 yrs) 8 7 0 0.0 96 .200 .125 .265 .125 .337 .125 .383 .250 .720 -30 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .143 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1968 25 WSA AL 40 2.5% 32.5% 12.5% 5.0% 33% 2.60 2.5 33.0 11.0 1.57 50%
1969 26 WSA AL 43 0.0% 18.6% 14.0% 0.0% 0% 1.33 4.6 1.00 67%
1970 27 WSA AL 26 3.9% 11.5% 7.7% 11.5% 50% 1.50 8.0 24.0 24.0 1.67 77%
1971 28 WSA AL 380 1.6% 14.2% 5.5% 5.3% 23% 2.57 6.5 58.2 7.3 1.20 77%
1972 29 TEX AL 508 1.0% 15.2% 5.7% 4.1% 18% 2.66 6.1 93.8 8.1 1.12 77%
1973 30 TEX AL 305 1.0% 14.1% 6.6% 4.6% 28% 2.15 6.5 93.3 8.8 1.29 77%
1974 31 TOT MLB 40 0.0% 17.5% 10.0% 2.5% 13% 1.75 5.1 1.20 73%
1974 31 TEX AL 35 0.0% 17.1% 11.4% 2.9% 14% 1.50 5.2 1.11 71%
1974 31 STL NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 2.00 80%
1975 32 STL NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 33%
8 Seasons 1345 1.2% 15.4% 6.5% 4.5% 22% 2.38 5.9 76.9 8.7 1.20 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 25 WSA AL 0 0 20% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 WSA AL 1 0 27% 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1970 27 WSA AL 0 0 29% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1971 28 WSA AL 6 0 25% 148 2 5 29% 2 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 4 8 33% 27 21 5 4 1 3 9 4 5
1972 29 TEX AL 4 0 25% 201 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 34% 33 25 7 4 3 1 16 5 10
1973 30 TEX AL 6 0 20% 84 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 26% 16 13 2 3 2 1 8 4 4
1974 31 TOT MLB 0 0 17% 13 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
1974 31 TEX AL 0 0 18% 9 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
1974 31 STL NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 32 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 17 0 24% 491 6 12 33% 6 9 0 3 0 0 7 0 13 23 32% 86 68 15 11 6 5 39 14 23
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1968 25 WSA AL 40 33% 6 3 1 0 0 0.77 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 4 4 100% 17 2 12% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1969 26 WSA AL 43 77% 5 15 1 0 0 1.14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 4 2 50% 25 1 4% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 0
1970 27 WSA AL 26 50% 6 3 0 0 0 0.31 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 16 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1971 28 WSA AL 380 45% 86 24 8 0 3 1.84 6 1 11 5 1 2 4 0 1 1 100% 76 5 7% 37 12 32% 285 45 16% 24 11 46% 21 10 48% 0
1972 29 TEX AL 508 38% 119 9 2 0 2 2.17 5 0 13 4 1 3 2 0 3 2 67% 96 13 14% 52 14 27% 336 55 16% 39 17 44% 25 6 24% 0
1973 30 TEX AL 305 40% 50 5 1 0 0 2.78 3 0 10 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 66 12 18% 34 11 32% 221 31 14% 19 8 42% 17 9 53% 0
1974 31 TOT MLB 40 23% 8 1 0 0 0 0.42 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 2 0 0% 34 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1974 31 TEX AL 35 26% 7 1 0 0 0 0.42 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 2 0 0% 28 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1974 31 STL NL 5 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 32 STL NL 3 100% 0 3 0 0 0 2.26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1345 42% 280 63 13 0 5 1.67 16 1 39 11 5 8 8 0 6 5 83% 270 36 13% 137 43 31% 937 134 14% 88 38 43% 69 26 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 25 12 40 33 3 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 13 .182 .282 .303 .585 80 10 1 0 1 1 0
1969 26 39 83 70 6 11 1 0 1 3 0 1 11 21 .157 .268 .214 .483 45 15 4 0 1 1 0
1970 27 50 109 94 9 17 3 0 2 4 0 1 13 24 .181 .278 .277 .554 63 26 5 0 1 1 0
1971 28 166 489 443 41 103 17 0 8 52 2 6 34 78 .233 .292 .325 .617 80 144 10 5 2 5 1
1972 29 299 997 912 82 222 32 1 13 110 3 11 63 155 .243 .294 .323 .618 84 295 23 7 4 11 6
1973 30 380 1302 1192 99 272 43 1 16 142 4 12 83 198 .228 .281 .306 .587 73 365 35 9 5 13 8
1974 31 397 1342 1228 101 280 44 1 16 142 6 12 87 205 .228 .281 .305 .586 73 374 36 9 5 13 8
1975 32 400 1345 1231 101 280 44 1 16 142 6 12 87 207 .227 .281 .304 .584 73 374 36 9 5 13 8

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 25 12 41 34 4 7 1 0 1 4 0 6 13 .206 .317 .324 .641 4 12
1969 26 27 41 36 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 .111 .220 .111 .331 1 27
1970 27 11 26 24 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 .250 .308 .458 .766 3 11
1971 28 117 397 363 39 98 16 0 7 59 2 24 54 .270 .322 .372 .694 42 116
1972 29 139 551 508 57 142 18 1 6 80 1 35 80 .280 .325 .354 .679 59 133
1973 30 81 305 281 19 51 11 0 3 36 1 20 43 .181 .239 .253 .492 17 81
1974 31 17 43 38 3 10 1 0 0 0 2 5 7 .263 .349 .289 .638 4 17
1975 32 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
8 Seasons 407 1407 1287 128 318 49 1 18 180 6 97 210 .247 .302 .329 .631 130 400
162 Game Avg. 162 560 512 51 127 20 0 7 72 2 39 84 .247 .302 .329 .631 52 400

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1972 AL  6 (9th)

                                         

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