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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1968 WSA AL 25 LF 8 7 60.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 0.7 14.0 0.7 -0.3 0.9 0 1.95 1.63 .979 1.85 1.45
1968 WSA AL 25 OF 8 7 60.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 0.7 14.0 0.7 -0.3 0.9 0 1.95 1.63 .979 2.08 1.80
1968 WSA AL 25 3B 4 1 18.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.4 26.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 3.50 1.75 .943 3.05 2.68
1969 WSA AL 26 OF 6 6 50.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.4 0.1 -0.4 0.5 0 1.62 1.50 .978 2.12 1.83
1969 WSA AL 26 LF 5 5 42.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 22.9 0.8 0.3 0.5 0 2.36 2.20 .982 1.99 1.60
1969 WSA AL 26 3B 1 1 8.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 4.00 .950 3.15 2.70
1969 WSA AL 26 CF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.48 2.20
1970 WSA AL 27 C 8 6 52.0 28 25 3 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -23.1 -1 4.85 3.50 .989 6.65 5.82 3 4 3 3 50%
1971 WSA AL 28 C 62 61 548.0 375 337 35 3 5 .992 -4.0 -8.8 -4 6.11 6.00 .988 6.37 5.63 16 21 44 21 32%
1971 WSA AL 28 OF 32 25 222.1 44 41 2 1 0 .977 -0.2 -1.1 -0.2 1.0 -1.1 0 1.74 1.34 .982 2.24 1.96
1971 WSA AL 28 LF 22 16 145.1 28 26 1 1 0 .964 -0.4 -3.3 -0.4 0.8 -1.1 0 1.67 1.23 .982 1.93 1.60
1971 WSA AL 28 RF 12 9 77.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 3.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.87 1.33 .981 2.05 1.70
1971 WSA AL 28 3B 2 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -128.6 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 1.93 0.50 1.000 3.09 2.75
1972 TEX AL 29 C 92 78 699.0 533 478 45 10 13 .981 -4.0 -6.9 -4 6.73 5.68 .985 6.48 5.66 12 31 43 29 40%
1972 TEX AL 29 OF 41 35 314.0 74 66 5 3 0 .959 3.0 11.5 2.0 -1.6 3.6 1 2.04 1.73 .984 2.22 1.91
1972 TEX AL 29 LF 39 35 310.1 74 66 5 3 0 .959 2.7 10.4 1.7 -1.9 3.6 1 2.06 1.82 .981 1.89 1.53
1972 TEX AL 29 3B 5 5 43.0 20 3 14 3 0 .850 -1.2 -33.5 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 0 3.56 3.40 .960 2.97 2.70
1972 TEX AL 29 RF 2 0 3.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 98.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.91 1.00 1.000 2.21 1.75
1972 TEX AL 29 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.00
1973 TEX AL 30 C 72 67 597.2 398 356 32 10 3 .975 -6.0 -12.0 -6 5.84 5.39 .985 6.05 5.29 3 30 55 25 31%
1973 TEX AL 30 OF 4 3 25.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -57.6 -1.2 -0.9 -0.3 0 1.08 0.75 .967 2.30 2.02
1973 TEX AL 30 1B 3 3 22.2 22 17 2 3 1 .864 -1.7 -90.0 -1.7 -0.4 -1.3 0 7.54 6.33 .991 9.89 8.27
1973 TEX AL 30 LF 3 2 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -77.6 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 0 0.53 0.33 1.000 2.01 1.67
1973 TEX AL 30 DH 2
1973 TEX AL 30 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.14 1.70
1974 TOT MLB 31 C 14 10 91.1 65 63 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.41 4.64 .983 5.91 5.04 0 4 4 3 43%
1974 TEX AL 31 C 13 10 78.1 57 55 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.55 4.38 .982 5.88 5.01 0 4 4 3 43%
1974 TEX AL 31 DH 1
1974 TEX AL 31 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1974 TEX AL 31 OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.10
1974 STL NL 31 C 1 0 13.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.54 8.00 .988 6.09 5.40 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons C 248 222 1988.0 1399 1259 117 23 22 .984 -15.0 -9.1 -15 6.23 5.55 .986 6.30 5.52 34 90 149 81 35%
6 Seasons OF 92 76 673.1 145 132 8 5 0 .966 2.6 4.6 1.6 -2.2 3.8 1 1.87 1.52 .982 2.21 1.92
6 Seasons LF 78 65 576.2 129 117 7 5 0 .961 2.9 6.0 1.9 -1.9 3.8 1 1.94 1.59 .981 1.91 1.56
3 Seasons RF 15 10 88.2 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 5.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 2.03 1.33 .985 2.06 1.71
4 Seasons 3B 12 7 73.2 32 6 23 3 1 .906 -1.4 -22.8 -1.4 -0.6 -0.8 0 3.54 2.42 .956 3.02 2.70
2 Seasons 1B 4 3 23.2 22 17 2 3 1 .864 -1.7 -86.2 -1.7 -0.4 -1.3 0 7.23 4.75 .991 9.89 8.20
2 Seasons DH 3
1 Season CF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.48 2.20
8 Seasons TOT 356 308 2758.2 1598 1414 150 34 24 .979 -15.5 -6.7 -1.5 -3.2 1.7 1 0 -15 5.10 4.39 .964 5.24 4.52 34 90 149 81 35%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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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 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 0 8 3 0
1969 WSA AL 26 27 7 27 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 6 17 3
1970 WSA AL 27 11 6 11 11 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 WSA AL 28 116 86 116 116 0 62 0 0 2 0 22 0 12 32 25 3
1972 TEX AL 29 133 118 133 133 0 92 1 0 5 0 39 0 2 41 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 0 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 400 310 400 392 0 248 4 0 12 0 78 1 15 92 2 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 27 238 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 2435 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 3166 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 2762 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 31 339 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 8994 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 3.56 4.03 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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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 0.93 1.76
1971 WSA AL 28 16 21 906 44 21 20 32% 41 18 2 2 1 1 3 0 103 29 1.23 1.29
1972 TEX AL 29 11 31 1217 43 29 25 40% 40 20 2 7 1 2 2 0 115 35 1.21 1.41
1973 TEX AL 30 3 30 1071 55 25 19 31% 49 23 5 1 1 1 0 0 111 26 1.34 1.15
1974 TEX AL 31 0 4 112 4 3 3 43% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0.88 1.72
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 1.32
MLB Averages 37% 1.28 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 250 64% 80% 31% 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% 0 185 61% 74% 26% 23 48%
1971 WSA AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 3 0 7 2 0 6 5 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 24 14 58.3% 10 0 0.0% 1 652 60% 78% 27% 67 40%
1972 TEX AL 29 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 13 8 1 9 5 0 9 4 0 5 2 0 2 2 0 38 21 55.3% 16 1 2.6% 4 1362 60% 74% 25% 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 84 50% 65% 18% 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 24 15 1 19 7 0 18 11 0 6 2 0 11 11 0 78 46 59.0% 31 1 1.3% 6 2544 60% 76% 26% 264 47%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.8% 61% 77% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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% 0 316 56% 79% 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 44 30% 82% 25% 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% 0 377 53% 79% 29% 35 57%
MLB Averages 42.5% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 83 53% 80% 16% 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 23 70% 70% 26% 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 29 181 73% 80% 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 320 68% 80% 28% 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 61% 77% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 30 121 56% 79% 21% 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 128 58% 80% 20% 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 61% 77% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 38 55% 76% 29% 4 25%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 38 55% 76% 29% 4 25%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.2% 61% 77% 26% 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 1954 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.

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