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Dick Billings

Richard Arlin Billings

Positions: Catcher and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 4, 1942 in Detroit, MI
School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 25th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1968
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Senators/Cardinals 1968-1975

Final Game: June 27, 1975
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1968 WSA AL 25 LF 8 7 4 60.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 1 14 1.95 1.63 .978 1.85 1.84
1968 WSA AL 25 OF 8 7 4 60.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 1 14 1.95 1.63 .981 2.08 2.08
1968 WSA AL 25 3B 4 1 1 18.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0 27 3.50 1.75 .951 3.05 3.05
1969 WSA AL 26 OF 6 6 3 50.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 1.62 1.50 .978 2.12 2.13
1969 WSA AL 26 LF 5 5 2 42.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 23 2.36 2.20 .978 1.99 2.00
1969 WSA AL 26 3B 1 1 0 8.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 -0 -15 4.50 4.00 .955 3.15 3.20
1969 WSA AL 26 CF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -105 1.12 1.00 .980 2.48 2.50
1970 WSA AL 27 C 8 6 5 52.0 28 25 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -23 4.85 3.50 .988 6.65 6.62 3 4 3 3 50% 40% 0
1971 WSA AL 28 C 62 61 60 548.0 375 337 35 3 5 .992 -4 -9 6.11 6.00 .988 6.37 6.34 16 21 44 21 32% 39% 3
1971 WSA AL 28 OF 32 25 21 222.1 44 41 2 1 0 .977 -0 -1 1.74 1.34 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 WSA AL 28 LF 22 16 14 145.1 28 26 1 1 0 .964 -0 -3 1.67 1.23 .981 1.93 1.92
1971 WSA AL 28 RF 12 9 7 77.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.87 1.33 .980 2.05 2.04
1971 WSA AL 28 3B 2 0 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -129 1.93 0.50 .960 3.09 3.05
1972 TEX AL 29 C 92 78 68 699.0 533 478 45 10 13 .981 -4 -7 6.73 5.68 .985 6.48 6.46 12 31 43 29 40% 39% 2
1972 TEX AL 29 OF 41 35 29 314.0 74 66 5 3 0 .959 3 11 2.04 1.73 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 TEX AL 29 LF 39 35 29 310.1 74 66 5 3 0 .959 3 10 2.06 1.82 .980 1.89 1.89
1972 TEX AL 29 3B 5 5 4 43.0 20 3 14 3 0 .850 -1 -33 3.56 3.40 .954 2.97 2.96
1972 TEX AL 29 RF 2 0 0 3.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 98 4.91 1.00 .980 2.21 2.10
1972 TEX AL 29 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 9.70
1973 TEX AL 30 C 72 67 62 597.2 398 356 32 10 3 .975 -6 -12 5.84 5.39 .985 6.05 6.02 3 30 55 25 31% 38% 0
1973 TEX AL 30 OF 4 3 2 25.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -58 1.08 0.75 .980 2.30 2.28
1973 TEX AL 30 1B 3 3 3 22.2 22 17 2 3 1 .864 -2 -90 7.54 6.33 .992 9.89 9.80
1973 TEX AL 30 LF 3 2 1 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -78 0.53 0.33 .980 2.01 2.00
1973 TEX AL 30 DH 2 2
1973 TEX AL 30 RF 1 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 2.25 2.00 .975 2.14 2.10
1974 TOT MLB 31 C 14 10 5 91.1 65 63 2 0 1 1.000 0 0 6.41 4.64 .983 5.91 5.89 0 4 4 3 43% 38% 0
1974 TEX AL 31 C 13 10 5 78.1 57 55 2 0 1 1.000 0 0 6.55 4.38 .983 5.88 5.87 0 4 4 3 43% 38% 0
1974 TEX AL 31 DH 1 0
1974 TEX AL 31 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 1.00 .970 2.25 2.10
1974 TEX AL 31 OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.40
1974 STL NL 31 C 1 0 0 13.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.54 8.00 .985 6.09 6.10 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons C 248 222 200 1988.0 1399 1259 117 23 22 .984 -15 -9 6.23 5.55 .986 6.30 6.28 34 90 149 81 35% 39% 5
6 Seasons OF 92 76 59 673.1 145 132 8 5 0 .966 3 5 1.87 1.52 .982 2.21 2.20
6 Seasons LF 78 65 50 576.2 129 117 7 5 0 .961 3 6 1.94 1.59 .980 1.91 1.91
3 Seasons RF 15 10 8 88.2 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 2.03 1.33 .980 2.06 2.05
4 Seasons 3B 12 7 5 73.2 32 6 23 3 1 .906 -1 -23 3.54 2.42 .954 3.02 3.03
2 Seasons 1B 4 3 3 23.2 22 17 2 3 1 .864 -2 -86 7.23 4.75 .992 9.89 9.77
1 Season CF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -105 1.12 1.00 .980 2.48 2.50
8 Seasons TOT 356 308 267 2758.2 1598 1414 150 34 24 .979 -16 -7 5.10 4.39 .985 5.24 5.15 34 90 149 81 35% 39% 5
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1968 WSA AL 25 LF 1 14 1 1 -0 0
1968 WSA AL 25 3B 0 27 0 0 0 0
1969 WSA AL 26 LF 1 23 1 0 0 0
1969 WSA AL 26 3B -0 -15 -0 -0 0 0
1969 WSA AL 26 CF -1 -105 -1 0 -1 0
1970 WSA AL 27 C -1 -23 -1
1971 WSA AL 28 C -4 -9 -4
1971 WSA AL 28 LF -0 -3 -0 -1 1 0
1971 WSA AL 28 RF 0 3 0 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 28 3B -0 -129 -0 -0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 29 C -4 -7 -4
1972 TEX AL 29 LF 3 10 2 4 -2 1
1972 TEX AL 29 3B -1 -33 -1 -1 -1 0
1972 TEX AL 29 RF 0 98 0 0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 29 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1973 TEX AL 30 C -6 -12 -6
1973 TEX AL 30 1B -2 -90 -2 -1 -0 0
1973 TEX AL 30 LF -1 -78 -1 -0 -1 0
1973 TEX AL 30 RF -0 -15 -0 0 -0 0
1974 TEX AL 31 C 0 0 0
1974 TEX AL 31 LF 0 120 0 0 0 0
1974 STL NL 31 C 0 0 0
5 Seasons C -15 -9 -15
6 Seasons LF 3 6 2 4 -2 1
3 Seasons RF 0 5 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 3B -1 -23 -1 -1 -1 0
2 Seasons 1B -2 -86 -2 -1 -0 0
1 Season CF -1 -105 -1 0 -1 0
8 Seasons TOT -16 -7 -2 2 -3 0 1 -15
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 WSA AL 25 12 8 12 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 0 8 0 3 0
1969 WSA AL 26 27 7 27 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 6 0 17 3
1970 WSA AL 27 11 6 11 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 WSA AL 28 116 86 116 95 0 62 0 0 2 0 22 0 12 32 0 25 3
1972 TEX AL 29 133 118 133 130 0 92 1 0 5 0 39 0 2 41 0 9 0
1973 TEX AL 30 81 75 81 78 0 72 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 2 5 0
1974 TEX AL 31 16 10 16 14 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
1974 STL NL 31 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 STL NL 32 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Seasons 400 310 400 342 0 248 4 0 12 0 78 1 15 92 3 68 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1970 WSA AL 27 223 3.63 4.50 1 100% 0 0 25 1 0 1 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 28 2323 3.40 3.86 23 100% 0 1 336 15 5 8 308 36 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 5 0 2 2 2 100%
1972 TEX AL 29 3051 3.65 4.35 35 86% 0 0 478 21 3 9 445 43 10 1 0 2 10 0 4 6 2 14 0 2 3 10 70%
1973 TEX AL 30 2650 4.40 5.01 21 86% 0 0 356 16 2 10 327 32 2 0 0 8 10 0 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 3 33%
1974 TEX AL 31 326 3.33 3.56 2 100% 0 0 55 2 1 2 50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1974 STL NL 31 54 0.00 0.00 1 100% 0 0 8 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 8627 3.77 4.36 83 90% 0 1 1258 56 11 30 1160 117 21 1 0 10 23 0 7 16 3 22 0 4 5 15 67%
MLB Averages 3.55 4.03 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1970 WSA AL 27 3 4 79 3 3 2 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 0.94 1.74
1971 WSA AL 28 16 21 906 44 21 20 32% 41 18 2 2 1 1 3 0 103 29 1.24 1.28
1972 TEX AL 29 11 31 1217 43 29 25 40% 40 20 2 7 1 2 2 0 115 35 1.21 1.40
1973 TEX AL 30 3 30 1071 55 25 19 31% 49 23 5 1 1 1 0 0 111 26 1.35 1.14
1974 TEX AL 31 0 4 112 4 3 3 43% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0.87 1.81
1974 STL NL 31 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 33 90 3406 149 81 69 35% 136 67 10 10 3 4 5 0 352 98 1.25 1.31
MLB Averages 37% 1.28 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1968 WSA AL 25 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 1 244 66% 82% 32% 22 59%
1969 WSA AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 6 85.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 179 63% 77% 27% 23 48%
1971 WSA AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 5 0 7 2 0 6 5 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 28 16 57.1% 12 0 0.0% 1 632 62% 81% 27% 67 40%
1972 TEX AL 29 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 17 11 2 9 5 0 9 4 0 5 2 0 3 3 0 43 25 58.1% 16 2 4.7% 3 1318 62% 77% 26% 142 50%
1973 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 81 52% 68% 19% 7 14%
1974 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 11 64% 73% 36% 3 33%
6 Seasons 5 1 4 0 1 7 0 3 4 0 33 21 2 19 7 0 18 11 0 6 2 0 12 12 0 88 53 60.2% 33 2 2.3% 5 2465 62% 78% 27% 264 47%
MLB Averages 59.4% 2.9% 63% 80% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 WSA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 309 57% 81% 30% 26 62%
1972 TEX AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 65% 59% 29% 3 67%
1973 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 42 31% 86% 26% 6 33%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 368 55% 81% 30% 35 57%
MLB Averages 41.3% 3.3% 63% 80% 27% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 WSA AL 25 76 58% 87% 17% 8 88% 0 2 2 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 WSA AL 26 33 76% 91% 42% 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 28 22 73% 73% 27% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 29 178 74% 81% 31% 20 75% 0 3 2 0 1 14 11 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
4 Seasons 309 70% 83% 29% 34 76% 0 6 5 0 1 22 17 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 TEX AL 29 7 86% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 TEX AL 30 112 61% 86% 23% 7 43% 1 17 1 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 119 62% 87% 22% 7 43% 1 17 1 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 WSA AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 37 57% 78% 30% 4 25%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 37 57% 78% 30% 4 25%
MLB Averages 44.2% 2.4% 63% 80% 27% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1972 AL  10 (5th)
1973 AL  10 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1971 AL  16 (1st)
1972 AL  12 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1972 AL  6.73 (4th)

             

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