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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 LAD NL 25 P 50 1 71.1 21 5 15 1 1 .952 2.52 0.40 .957 2.01 0.85
1969 HOU NL 26 P 52 4 82.2 16 3 12 1 1 .938 1.63 0.29 .956 1.95 0.78
1970 HOU NL 27 P 46 24 187.2 45 13 30 2 1 .956 2.06 0.93 .951 1.85 0.71
1971 HOU NL 28 P 33 33 228.1 56 20 32 4 3 .929 2.05 1.58 .955 1.90 0.78
1972 CIN NL 29 P 36 31 217.2 43 14 28 1 0 .977 1.74 1.17 .949 1.78 0.73
1973 CIN NL 30 P 40 40 293.1 73 18 53 2 3 .973 2.18 1.78 .949 1.88 0.73 AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
1974 CIN NL 31 P 36 35 212.1 50 14 35 1 1 .980 2.08 1.36 .942 1.88 0.71 CYA-6,MVP-16
1975 CIN NL 32 P 33 32 208.0 32 8 24 0 5 1.000 1.38 0.97 .944 1.86 0.72
1976 CIN NL 33 P 34 29 177.0 36 10 25 1 1 .972 1.78 1.03 .950 1.88 0.72
1977 CIN NL 34 P 36 23 161.2 47 12 34 1 2 .979 2.56 1.28 .949 1.85 0.67
1978 DET AL 35 P 30 30 201.2 40 9 30 1 0 .975 1.74 1.30 .952 1.90 0.85
1979 DET AL 36 P 35 19 158.0 29 6 21 2 3 .931 1.54 0.77 .948 1.92 0.81
1980 TOT AL 37 P 15 4 31.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.71 0.40 .950 1.85 0.77
1980 DET AL 37 P 8 0 7.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.25 .950 1.84 0.78
1980 BOS AL 37 P 7 4 24.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.48 0.57 .950 1.85 0.77
13 Seasons P 476 305 2231.1 494 133 344 17 21 .966 1.92 1.00 .950 1.88 0.76
13 Seasons TOT 476 305 2231.1 494 133 344 17 21 .966 1.92 1.00 .915 1.88 0.76

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 LAD NL 25 50 1 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 HOU NL 26 52 4 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 HOU NL 27 46 24 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 HOU NL 28 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CIN NL 29 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CIN NL 30 40 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CIN NL 31 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CIN NL 32 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CIN NL 33 34 29 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CIN NL 34 36 23 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 DET AL 35 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 DET AL 36 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 DET AL 37 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BOS AL 37 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 476 252 396 476 476 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1968 LAD NL 25 300 74% 24% 17 88% 0 5 1 3 14 12 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 75%
1969 HOU NL 26 362 71% 28% 14 93% 0 4 1 2 12 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1970 HOU NL 27 808 74% 32% 36 89% 0 14 2 10 29 26 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 100%
1971 HOU NL 28 913 77% 32% 37 89% 1 16 0 16 34 27 2 4 0 3 1 3 3 1 2 1 4 75%
1972 CIN NL 29 923 77% 33% 38 89% 0 14 4 9 30 26 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1973 CIN NL 30 1242 79% 36% 64 92% 0 18 3 11 54 44 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 7 86%
1974 CIN NL 31 922 81% 36% 42 93% 0 14 1 10 36 29 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 100%
1975 CIN NL 32 916 82% 36% 27 93% 0 8 0 7 25 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 0 4 100%
1976 CIN NL 33 789 82% 34% 24 100% 0 10 1 7 24 18 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 100%
1977 CIN NL 34 747 81% 28% 35 94% 1 12 0 10 33 26 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 9 100%
1978 DET AL 35 892 85% 32% 33 91% 0 8 1 7 30 25 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1979 DET AL 36 701 82% 32% 23 91% 0 6 2 4 19 15 4 2 1 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 5 100%
1980 DET AL 37 37 78% 19% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1980 BOS AL 37 134 85% 25% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Seasons 9686 80% 33% 396 92% 2 130 17 96 345 275 27 17 1 9 7 9 21 13 18 3 65 95%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* 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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