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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1968 25 LAD NL 3 0 1.000 2.17 50 1 26 0 0 8 70.2 54 18 17 0 30 9 46 2 0 6 293 127 1.189 6.9 0.0 3.8 5.9 1.53
1969 26 HOU NL 6 7 .462 4.25 52 4 22 1 0 2 82.2 92 45 39 12 29 11 71 5 0 2 358 83 1.464 10.0 1.3 3.2 7.7 2.45
1970 27 HOU NL 13 9 .591 3.98 46 24 7 8 2 0 187.2 190 102 83 10 63 2 134 10 0 11 818 98 1.348 9.1 0.5 3.0 6.4 2.13
1971 28 HOU NL 10 16 .385 3.39 33 33 0 8 3 0 228.1 205 98 86 9 68 8 139 16 1 6 943 99 1.196 8.1 0.4 2.7 5.5 2.04
1972 29 CIN NL 12 12 .500 3.18 36 31 2 8 4 1 217.2 197 83 77 18 64 8 137 7 0 8 901 101 1.199 8.1 0.7 2.6 5.7 2.14
1973 30 CIN NL 19 10 .655 3.04 40 40 0 16 7 0 293.1 257 112 99 20 95 10 155 10 0 10 1205 112 1.200 7.9 0.6 2.9 4.8 1.63 AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
1974 31 CIN NL 19 11 .633 3.94 36 35 1 8 3 0 212.1 233 105 93 16 64 9 103 6 2 4 899 89 1.399 9.9 0.7 2.7 4.4 1.61 CYA-6,MVP-16
1975 32 CIN NL 15 10 .600 4.11 33 32 0 5 0 0 208.0 222 100 95 22 76 12 79 9 1 8 893 87 1.433 9.6 1.0 3.3 3.4 1.04
1976 33 CIN NL 12 10 .545 4.32 34 29 3 5 2 1 177.0 190 96 85 17 62 5 76 4 0 9 762 81 1.424 9.7 0.9 3.2 3.9 1.23
1977 34 CIN NL 10 10 .500 5.23 36 23 8 3 2 0 161.2 195 105 94 16 56 9 76 10 0 7 724 76 1.553 10.9 0.9 3.1 4.2 1.36
1978 35 DET AL 15 8 .652 3.88 30 30 0 10 4 0 201.2 218 95 87 16 65 2 59 8 0 6 857 100 1.403 9.7 0.7 2.9 2.6 0.91
1979 36 DET AL 10 7 .588 3.30 35 19 11 2 0 3 158.0 163 74 58 13 60 11 59 7 0 6 668 132 1.411 9.3 0.7 3.4 3.4 0.98
1980 37 TOT AL 1 3 .250 10.23 15 4 3 0 0 0 31.2 56 36 36 7 18 1 7 4 0 1 166 41 2.337 15.9 2.0 5.1 2.0 0.39
1980 37 DET AL 0 0 7.36 8 0 3 0 0 0 7.1 11 6 6 1 6 1 3 0 0 0 38 56 2.318 13.5 1.2 7.4 3.7 0.50
1980 37 BOS AL 1 3 .250 11.10 7 4 0 0 0 0 24.1 45 30 30 6 12 0 4 4 0 1 128 38 2.342 16.6 2.2 4.4 1.5 0.33
13 Seasons 145 113 .562 3.83 476 305 83 74 27 15 2230.2 2272 1069 949 176 750 97 1141 98 4 84 9487 94 1.355 9.2 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.52
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .562 3.83 41 27 7 6 2 1 194 198 93 83 15 65 8 99 9 0 7 826 94 1.355 9.2 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.52
CIN (6 yrs) 87 63 .580 3.85 215 190 14 45 18 2 1270.0 1294 601 543 109 417 53 626 46 3 46 5384 91 1.347 9.2 0.8 3.0 4.4 1.50
DET (3 yrs) 25 15 .625 3.70 73 49 14 12 4 3 367.0 392 175 151 30 131 14 121 15 0 12 1563 111 1.425 9.6 0.7 3.2 3.0 0.92
HOU (3 yrs) 29 32 .475 3.75 131 61 29 17 5 2 498.2 487 245 208 31 160 21 344 31 1 19 2119 96 1.297 8.8 0.6 2.9 6.2 2.15
BOS (1 yr) 1 3 .250 11.10 7 4 0 0 0 0 24.1 45 30 30 6 12 0 4 4 0 1 128 38 2.342 16.6 2.2 4.4 1.5 0.33
LAD (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 2.17 50 1 26 0 0 8 70.2 54 18 17 0 30 9 46 2 0 6 293 127 1.189 6.9 0.0 3.8 5.9 1.53
NL (10 yrs) 119 95 .556 3.76 396 252 69 62 23 12 1839.1 1835 864 768 140 607 83 1016 79 4 71 7796 93 1.328 9.0 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.67
AL (3 yrs) 26 18 .591 4.16 80 53 14 12 4 3 391.1 437 205 181 36 143 14 125 19 0 13 1691 99 1.482 10.1 0.8 3.3 2.9 0.87

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1972 29 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 2 2 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 21 1.500 9.6 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
1972 29 CIN NL WS L OAK 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 2 1 0 0 1 13.2 6 1 0 0 4 1 11 0 0 0 50 0.732 4.0 0.0 2.6 7.2 2.75
1973 30 CIN NL NLCS L NYM 0 1 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 9 6 6 0 4 0 9 0 0 0 50 1.083 6.8 0.0 3.0 6.8 2.25
1975 32 CIN NL WS W BOS 0 0 1.00 3 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 8 2 1 0 5 0 7 1 0 0 40 1.444 8.0 0.0 5.0 7.0 1.40
1976 33 CIN NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4
4 Seasons (5 Series) 2 1 .667 1.93 10 6 2 0 0 1 42.0 28 11 9 0 15 1 32 2 0 0 169 1.024 6.0 0.0 3.2 6.9 2.13
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 4.32 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 14 8 8 0 6 0 13 1 0 0 71 1.200 7.6 0.0 3.2 7.0 2.17
3 WS 2 0 1.000 0.36 7 3 2 0 0 1 25.1 14 3 1 0 9 1 19 1 0 0 98 0.908 5.0 0.0 3.2 6.8 2.11

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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

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

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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 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 (126th)

Wins s c a p y
1973 NL--19--2nd
1974 NL--19--3rd
1975 NL--15--9th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 NL--.655--4th
1974 NL--.633--7th
1978 AL--.652--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1973 NL--293.3--1st

Games Started s c a p y
1973 NL--40--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
1973 NL--16--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1972 NL--4--6th
1973 NL--7--1st
1974 NL--3--8th
1977 NL--2--9th
1978 AL--4--5th
Career--27--146th

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 NL--18--10th
1975 NL--22--7th

Hits s c a p y
1973 NL--257--6th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL--.480--4th
1971 NL--.355--4th

Losses s c a p y
1971 NL--16--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1973 NL--99--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1970 NL--11--9th
1973 NL--10--5th
Career--84--142nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 NL--10--2nd
1971 NL--16--1st
1972 NL--7--6th
1973 NL--10--3rd
1974 NL--6--9th
1975 NL--9--2nd
1977 NL--10--1st
1978 AL--8--4th
1979 AL--7--8th
Career--98--65th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1973 NL--1205--2nd

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (420), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 32 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (397), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 12, 1961: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

October 14, 1968: Drafted by the Montreal Expos from the Los Angeles Dodgers as the 10th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

April 8, 1969: Sent by the Montreal Expos to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on January 22, 1969. The Montreal Expos sent to the Houston Astros for . Donn Clendenon refused to report to his new team on April 8, 1969.

November 29, 1971: Traded by the Houston Astros with Ed Armbrister, Cesar Geronimo, Denis Menke and Joe Morgan to the Cincinnati Reds for Tommy Helms, Lee May and Jimmy Stewart.

March 6, 1978: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Detroit Tigers for John Valle (minors) and George Cappuzzello.

May 12, 1980: Sent to the Boston Red Sox by the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

June 21, 1980: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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