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Josh Billings

John Augustus Billings

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 30, 1891 in Grantville, KS
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1913
Teams (by GP): Browns/Indians/Naps 1913-1923

Final Game: August 24, 1923
Died: December 30, 1981 in Santa Monica, CA
Buried: Body donated to UCLA Medical School,
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Standard Batting

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
1913 21 CLE AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /2
1914 22 CLE AL 11 9 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .250 .333 .375 .708 109 3 0 0 /2
1915 23 CLE AL 8 24 21 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .190 .190 .238 .429 27 5 0 3 /2O
1916 24 CLE AL 22 35 31 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .161 .212 .161 .373 10 5 0 2 2
1917 25 CLE AL 66 147 129 8 23 3 2 0 9 2 8 21 .178 .243 .233 .475 41 30 3 7 2
1918 26 CLE AL 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 94 1 0 0 /2
1919 27 SLB AL 38 82 76 9 15 1 1 0 3 0 1 12 .197 .218 .237 .455 27 18 1 4 2/3
1920 28 SLB AL 66 179 155 19 43 5 2 0 11 1 0 11 10 .277 .353 .335 .688 81 52 7 5 2
1921 29 SLB AL 20 47 46 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .217 .217 .217 .435 9 10 0 1 2
1922 30 SLB AL 5 7 7 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000 154 4 0 0 /2
1923 31 SLB AL 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /2
11 Yrs 243 545 488 45 106 12 5 0 29 5 0 23 73 .217 .268 .262 .530 47 128 11 22
162 Game Avg. 162 363 325 30 71 8 3 0 19 3 15 49 .217 .268 .262 .530 47 85 7 15
CLE (6 yrs) 110 221 195 15 35 5 2 0 10 4 0 11 42 .179 .234 .226 .460 36 44 3 12
SLB (5 yrs) 133 324 293 30 71 7 3 0 19 1 0 12 31 .242 .291 .287 .577 53 84 8 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1913 21 CLE AL 1 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .402 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /2
1914 22 CLE AL 11 9 0 0 0 -1 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /2
1915 23 CLE AL 8 24 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .477 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ /2O
1916 24 CLE AL 22 35 -4 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .483 .498 -0.3 0.1 -2 $ 2
1917 25 CLE AL 66 147 -9 -0 0 0 2 -7 -0.9 5 -2 -0.4 .487 .495 -0.4 0.3 -2 $ 2
1918 26 CLE AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1919 27 SLB AL 38 82 -8 0 0 0 1 -6 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .481 .496 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ 2/3
1920 28 SLB AL 66 179 -3 1 0 -1 2 -2 -0.2 6 4 0.4 .498 .499 0.5 0.1 5 $ 2
1921 29 SLB AL 20 47 -7 0 0 0 0 -6 -0.6 2 -5 -0.4 .470 .496 -0.4 0.1 -5 $ 2
1922 30 SLB AL 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .512 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /2
1923 31 SLB AL 4 9 -3 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .435 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /2
11 Seasons 243 545 -35 1 0 -2 7 -29 -3.3 18 -11 -1.4 .487 .498 -1.2 0.6 -9 $
CLE (6 yrs) 110 221 -16 0 0 -1 3 -13 -1.6 8 -5 -0.9 .486 .498 -0.8 0.3 -4 $
SLB (5 yrs) 133 324 -19 1 0 -1 4 -16 -1.6 10 -5 -0.5 .488 .498 -0.4 0.3 -4 $

Advanced Batting

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
1913 21 CLE AL 3 3 0 0.0 89 .000 .268 .000 .340 .000 .352 .000 .692 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1914 22 CLE AL 9 6 1 4.5 85 .286 .250 .261 .333 .335 .375 .342 .708 .677 109 .638 0.2 0.0 .833 .375 .125 .0
1915 23 CLE AL 24 20 1 1.3 85 .267 .190 .258 .190 .336 .238 .338 .429 .674 27 .152 -2.0 -0.2 .353 .095 .048 .0
1916 24 CLE AL 35 28 1 1.0 86 .250 .161 .262 .212 .337 .161 .343 .373 .680 10 .086 -3.6 -0.4 .269 .065 .000
1917 25 CLE AL 147 113 7 1.7 85 .213 .178 .263 .243 .335 .233 .340 .475 .675 41 .217 -9.7 -1.1 .406 .132 .054 .0
1918 26 CLE AL 3 2 0 0.0 89 .333 .333 .271 .333 .343 .333 .345 .667 .688 94 .000 -0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .000
1919 27 SLB AL 82 65 4 1.7 96 .234 .197 .278 .218 .344 .237 .373 .455 .717 27 .162 -7.8 -0.8 .328 .053 .039
1920 28 SLB AL 179 117 17 3.9 108 .297 .277 .294 .353 .359 .335 .404 .688 .762 81 .426 -3.9 -0.4 .634 .135 .058 .0
1921 29 SLB AL 47 37 2 1.4 119 .256 .217 .307 .217 .374 .217 .432 .435 .805 9 .091 -6.7 -0.6 .278 .000 .000
1922 30 SLB AL 7 4 2 13.4 113 .429 .429 .298 .429 .364 .571 .418 1.000 .782 154 .870 0.6 0.0 1.000 .143 .143
1923 31 SLB AL 9 9 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .297 .000 .368 .000 .411 .000 .780 -100 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
11 Yrs 545 404 35 2.3 98 .255 .217 .280 .268 .349 .262 .377 .530 .725 47 .264 -36.5 -3.9 .437 .102 .045 .0
162 Game Avg. 363 269 23 2.3 98 .255 .217 .280 .268 .349 .262 .377 .530 .725 47 .264 -36.5 -3.9 .437 .102 .045
CLE (6 yrs) 221 172 10 1.6 85 .229 .179 .262 .234 .336 .226 .340 .460 .676 36 .194 -16.0 -1.8 .388 .123 .046 .0
SLB (5 yrs) 324 232 25 2.9 107 .271 .242 .292 .291 .358 .287 .401 .577 .758 53 .305 -20.6 -2.1 .473 .089 .044 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
1918 26 CLE AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1919 27 SLB AL 82 0.0% 14.6% 1.2% 2.4% 13% 12.00 6.3 25.3 78%
1920 28 SLB AL 179 0.0% 5.6% 6.2% 3.9% 16% 0.91 15.5 14.1 81%
1921 29 SLB AL 47 0.0% 14.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.6 11.5 83%
1922 30 SLB AL 7 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 33% 7.0 100%
1923 31 SLB AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 4.5 78%
11 Yrs 327 0.0% 22.3% 7.0% 5.2% 16% 3.17 6.7 16.8 127%
MLB Averages 1.3% 17.9% 15.4% 11.0% 23% 1.16 10.0 142.5 9.5 160%

Cumulative Batting

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
1913 21 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1914 22 12 12 11 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .182 .250 .273 .523 54 3 0 0
1915 23 20 36 32 5 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 .188 .212 .250 .462 37 8 0 3
1916 24 42 71 63 7 11 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 21 .175 .212 .206 .418 23 13 0 5
1917 25 108 218 192 15 34 5 2 0 10 4 0 11 42 .177 .233 .224 .457 35 43 3 12
1918 26 110 221 195 15 35 5 2 0 10 4 0 11 42 .179 .234 .226 .460 36 44 3 12
1919 27 148 303 271 24 50 6 3 0 13 4 0 12 54 .185 .230 .229 .459 34 62 4 16
1920 28 214 482 426 43 93 11 5 0 24 5 0 23 64 .218 .276 .268 .544 52 114 11 21
1921 29 234 529 472 45 103 11 5 0 28 5 0 23 71 .218 .271 .263 .533 48 124 11 22
1922 30 239 536 479 45 106 12 5 0 29 5 0 23 71 .221 .273 .267 .540 49 128 11 22
1923 31 243 545 488 45 106 12 5 0 29 5 0 23 73 .217 .268 .262 .530 47 128 11 22

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1913 21 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1914 22 11 9 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .250 .333 .375 .708 1 11
1915 23 8 25 22 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 .182 .182 .227 .409 1 8
1916 24 23 36 32 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 .156 .206 .156 .362 1 22
1917 25 69 155 136 10 26 3 2 0 11 2 9 22 .191 .257 .243 .499 8 66
1918 26 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1919 27 44 96 89 11 18 1 1 0 4 0 1 14 .202 .220 .236 .456 5 38
1920 28 69 183 160 18 42 5 2 0 10 1 11 11 .263 .337 .319 .656 16 66
1921 29 21 49 48 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 .208 .208 .208 .417 2 20
1922 30 5 7 7 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000 2 5
1923 31 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
11 Yrs 258 576 518 48 110 12 5 0 31 5 24 77 .212 .262 .255 .517 36 243
162 Game Avg. 162 362 325 30 69 8 3 0 19 3 15 48 .212 .262 .255 .517 23 243

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1920 AL  7 (6th)

                                         

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