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

Born: December 4, 1942 in Detroit, MI
Schools: 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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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 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
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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 0.0
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 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 0.0
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 0.0
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

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1972 AL--6--9th

                                         

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Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 25th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

August 12, 1974: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Texas Rangers.

September 29, 1975: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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