Jack Billingham
John Eugene Billingham
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 21, 1943 in Orlando, FL
Signed
by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1968
Final Game: June 20, 1980
Relatives: Cousin of Christy Mathewson and Cousin of Henry Mathewson
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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 LAD NL 50 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -17 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
1969 26 HOU NL 52 18 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .071 .235 .071 .307 -9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1970 27 HOU NL 46 69 58 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 27 .103 .161 .103 .265 -26 6 1 0 7 0 0 1
1971 28 HOU NL 33 81 73 1 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 30 .123 .133 .123 .257 -26 9 2 0 6 1 0 1
1972 29 CIN NL 36 78 71 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 29 .070 .096 .085 .180 -47 6 1 0 5 0 0 1
1973 30 CIN NL 40 109 93 2 6 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 32 .065 .094 .097 .191 -46 9 1 0 13 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
1974 31 CIN NL 36 79 67 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 .075 .088 .075 .163 -54 5 1 0 11 0 0 1 CYA-6,MVP-16
1975 32 CIN NL 33 83 65 5 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 22 .108 .205 .108 .313 -11 7 0 0 10 0 0 1
1976 33 CIN NL 34 70 59 4 14 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 12 .237 .274 .288 .562 59 17 1 0 8 0 0 1
1977 34 CIN NL 36 63 56 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .161 .175 .179 .354 -5 10 2 0 6 0 0 1
13 Seasons 396 656 559 21 62 8 0 0 23 0 0 27 206 .111 .152 .125 .277 -21 70 10 0 69 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 268 229 9 25 3 0 0 9 0 0 11 84 .111 .152 .125 .277 -21 29 4 0 28 0 0
CIN (6 yrs) 215 482 411 16 46 8 0 0 18 0 0 18 143 .112 .149 .131 .281 -21 54 6 0 53 0 0
HOU (3 yrs) 131 168 145 5 16 0 0 0 5 0 0 8 62 .110 .156 .110 .266 -24 16 3 0 14 1 0
LAD (1 yr) 50 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -17 0 1 0 2 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 LAD NL 6 6 0 0.0 75 .000 .000 .243 .250 .300 .000 .342 .250 .642 -17 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .250 .333 .000
1969 26 HOU NL 18 14 1 1.9 93 .111 .071 .257 .235 .327 .071 .381 .307 .708 -9 .193 -2.0 -0.2 .308 .214 .000
1970 27 HOU NL 69 60 1 0.4 100 .194 .103 .262 .161 .334 .103 .400 .265 .735 -26 .014 -10.4 -1.0 .189 .069 .000
1971 28 HOU NL 81 73 1 0.4 91 .205 .123 .257 .133 .323 .123 .377 .257 .700 -26 .012 -12.1 -1.3 .152 .014 .000
1972 29 CIN NL 78 72 1 0.4 87 .119 .070 .250 .096 .317 .085 .369 .180 .685 -47 .013 -13.4 -1.4 .119 .042 .014
1973 30 CIN NL 109 101 1 0.3 92 .098 .065 .257 .094 .325 .097 .382 .191 .706 -46 .006 -18.1 -1.9 .136 .065 .032
1974 31 CIN NL 79 74 1 0.4 94 .139 .075 .261 .088 .333 .075 .377 .163 .710 -54 .011 -14.0 -1.5 .095 .015 .000
1975 32 CIN NL 83 68 3 1.2 98 .163 .108 .268 .205 .339 .108 .387 .313 .725 -11 .086 -10.1 -1.0 .259 .123 .000
1976 33 CIN NL 70 54 5 2.5 93 .298 .237 .265 .274 .332 .288 .377 .562 .709 59 .287 -3.3 -0.4 .435 .102 .051
1977 34 CIN NL 63 55 2 1.0 105 .231 .161 .272 .175 .340 .179 .414 .354 .753 -5 .055 -8.6 -0.9 .224 .036 .018
13 Seasons 656 577 16 0.8 94 .175 .111 .261 .152 .329 .125 .384 .277 .713 -21 .040 -92.3 -9.7 .191 .063 .014
162 Game Avg. 268 236 7 0.8 94 .175 .111 .261 .152 .329 .125 .384 .277 .713 -21 .040 -92.3 -9.7 .191 .063 .014
CIN (6 yrs) 482 424 13 0.8 94 .172 .112 .261 .149 .330 .131 .383 .281 .713 -21 .047 -67.4 -7.1 .194 .063 .019
HOU (3 yrs) 168 147 3 0.5 95 .190 .110 .259 .156 .328 .110 .387 .266 .715 -24 .022 -24.5 -2.5 .182 .055 .000
LAD (1 yr) 6 6 0 0.0 75 .000 .000 .243 .250 .300 .000 .342 .250 .642 -17 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .250 .333 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 29 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 29 CIN NL WS OAK L 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 30 CIN NL NLCS NYM L 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1975 32 CIN NL WS BOS W 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 9 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLCS 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 CIN NL 30 DNP

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 LAD NL 6 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 1.00 3.0 33%
1969 26 HOU NL 18 0.0% 27.8% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 1.67 2.8 50%
1970 27 HOU NL 69 0.0% 39.1% 5.8% 0.0% 0% 6.75 2.1 58.0 3.57 45%
1971 28 HOU NL 81 0.0% 37.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0% 30.00 2.4 18.3 4.43 54%
1972 29 CIN NL 78 0.0% 37.2% 2.6% 1.3% 20% 14.50 2.4 35.5 7.20 54%
1973 30 CIN NL 109 0.0% 29.4% 2.8% 2.8% 50% 10.67 2.9 23.3 7.38 56%
1974 31 CIN NL 79 0.0% 39.2% 1.3% 0.0% 0% 31.00 2.2 67.0 2.92 46%
1975 32 CIN NL 83 0.0% 26.5% 9.6% 0.0% 0% 2.75 3.0 16.3 6.50 52%
1976 33 CIN NL 70 0.0% 17.1% 4.3% 4.3% 21% 4.00 4.9 14.8 3.30 67%
1977 34 CIN NL 63 0.0% 27.0% 1.6% 1.6% 11% 17.00 3.3 18.7 4.00 62%
13 Seasons 656 0.0% 31.4% 4.1% 1.2% 13% 7.63 2.7 24.3 4.81 54%
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 LAD NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 HOU NL 0 0 50% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1970 27 HOU NL 0 0 20% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1971 28 HOU NL 0 0 10% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 29 CIN NL 1 0 29% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1973 30 CIN NL 2 0 22% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
1974 31 CIN NL 1 0 0% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 32 CIN NL 3 0 33% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17% 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 1
1976 33 CIN NL 0 0 24% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 33% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1977 34 CIN NL 0 0 30% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 7 0 24% 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 20% 17 14 2 4 4 0 9 3 4
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 LAD NL 6 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 HOU NL 17 47% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 1
1970 27 HOU NL 68 24% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 16 1 6% 18 4 22% 47 1 2% 1 0 0% 4 2 50% 1
1971 28 HOU NL 76 17% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 18 2 11% 19 3 16% 58 4 7% 6 3 50% 2 1 50% 5
1972 29 CIN NL 78 22% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 8 1 13% 14 3 21% 44 2 5% 3 0 0% 6 2 33% 0
1973 30 CIN NL 109 27% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17 13 76% 21 1 5% 29 7 24% 71 5 7% 9 1 11% 6 1 17% 0
1974 31 CIN NL 79 19% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 11 61% 17 1 6% 23 5 22% 63 2 3% 7 0 0% 6 0 0% 0
1975 32 CIN NL 83 29% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 71% 15 0 0% 21 3 14% 68 5 7% 5 1 20% 8 1 13% 0
1976 33 CIN NL 70 31% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 12 1 8% 18 5 28% 40 4 10% 2 0 0% 8 4 50% 0
1977 34 CIN NL 63 49% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 46% 14 2 14% 19 3 16% 51 3 6% 5 1 20% 4 2 50% 0
13 Seasons 649 27% 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 98 69 70% 126 10 8% 167 35 21% 457 26 6% 39 6 15% 44 13 30% 7
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 50 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -17 0 1 0 2 0 0
1969 26 102 24 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .059 .238 .059 .297 -10 1 1 0 3 0 0
1970 27 148 93 75 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 33 .093 .181 .093 .274 -22 7 2 0 10 0 0
1971 28 181 174 148 5 16 0 0 0 5 0 0 9 63 .108 .158 .108 .266 -24 16 4 0 16 1 0
1972 29 217 252 219 7 21 1 0 0 7 0 0 11 92 .096 .139 .100 .239 -31 22 5 0 21 1 0
1973 30 257 361 312 9 27 4 0 0 11 0 0 14 124 .087 .125 .099 .225 -35 31 6 0 34 1 0
1974 31 293 440 379 9 32 4 0 0 12 0 0 15 155 .084 .119 .095 .214 -38 36 7 0 45 1 0
1975 32 326 523 444 14 39 4 0 0 16 0 0 23 177 .088 .132 .097 .229 -34 43 7 0 55 1 0
1976 33 360 593 503 18 53 7 0 0 20 0 0 26 189 .105 .149 .119 .268 -23 60 8 0 63 1 0
1977 34 396 656 559 21 62 8 0 0 23 0 0 27 206 .111 .152 .125 .277 -21 70 10 0 69 1 0
1978 35 396 656 559 21 62 8 0 0 23 0 0 27 206 .111 .152 .125 .277 -21 70 10 0 69 1 0
1979 36 396 656 559 21 62 8 0 0 23 0 0 27 206 .111 .152 .125 .277 -21 70 10 0 69 1 0
1980 37 396 656 559 21 62 8 0 0 23 0 0 27 206 .111 .152 .125 .277 -21 70 10 0 69 1 0

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 50 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 50
1969 26 52 21 15 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 .133 .381 .133 .514 1 52
1970 27 46 62 58 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 27 .103 .161 .103 .265 1 46
1971 28 33 74 72 1 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 30 .111 .122 .111 .233 1 33
1972 29 38 79 76 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 3 30 .092 .127 .105 .232 1 36
1973 30 40 98 94 2 7 4 0 0 3 0 4 32 .074 .112 .117 .229 1 40
1974 31 36 72 70 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 31 .114 .139 .114 .253 1 36
1975 32 33 82 69 6 11 0 0 0 5 0 13 22 .159 .293 .159 .452 3 33
1976 33 34 63 60 4 15 3 0 0 4 0 3 12 .250 .286 .300 .586 5 34
1977 34 36 58 57 4 10 1 0 0 4 0 1 17 .175 .190 .193 .383 2 36
10 Seasons 398 613 574 25 74 9 0 0 24 0 38 207 .129 .183 .145 .327 16 396
162 Game Avg. 162 250 234 10 30 4 0 0 10 0 15 84 .129 .183 .145 .327 7 396

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1973

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1973-NL-23-2%
1974-NL-16-1%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1973-NL--4--25%
1974-NL--6--7%
0.32 Career Shares (127th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1973 NL--13--5th

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