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Josh Billings
John Augustus Billings

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

Born: November 30, 1892 in Grantville, KS
School: Oklahoma State University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1913
Final Game: June 16, 1923
Died: December 30, 1981 in Santa Monica, CA
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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	HBP	SH	Pos
1913	20	CLE	AL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/2
1914	21	CLE	AL	11	9	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	.250	.333	.375	.708	109	3	0	0	/2
1915	22	CLE	AL	8	24	21	2	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	6	.190	.190	.238	.429	27	5	0	3	/2O
1916	23	CLE	AL	22	35	31	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		2	11	.161	.212	.161	.373	10	5	0	2	2
1917	24	CLE	AL	66	147	129	8	23	3	2	0	9	2		8	21	.178	.243	.233	.475	41	30	3	7	2
1918	25	CLE	AL	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	94	1	0	0	/2
1919	26	SLB	AL	38	82	76	9	15	1	1	0	3	0		1	12	.197	.218	.237	.455	26	18	1	4	2/3
1920	27	SLB	AL	66	178	155	19	43	5	2	0	11	1	0	11	10	.277	.353	.335	.688	81	52	7	5	2
1921	28	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	29	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	30	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 Seasons				243	544	488	44	106	12	5	0	29	5	0	23	73	.217	.268	.262	.530	46	128	11	22
162 Game Avg.				162	363	325	29	71	8	3	0	19	3		15	49	.217	.268	.262	.530	46	85	7	15

CLE (6 yrs)				110	221	195	14	35	5	2	0	10	4		11	42	.179	.234	.226	.460	36	44	3	12
SLB (5 yrs)				133	323	293	30	71	7	3	0	19	1	0	12	31	.242	.291	.287	.577	52	84	8	10

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
1913	20	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	21	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	22	CLE	AL	24	20	1	1.3	85	.267	.190	.257	.190	.336	.238	.338	.429	.674	27	.152	-2.0	-0.2	.353	.095	.048	.0
1916	23	CLE	AL	35	28	1	1.0	87	.250	.161	.263	.212	.339	.161	.344	.373	.683	10	.089	-3.6	-0.4	.269	.065	.000
1917	24	CLE	AL	147	113	7	1.7	85	.213	.178	.263	.243	.335	.233	.340	.475	.674	41	.217	-9.7	-1.1	.406	.132	.054	.0
1918	25	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	26	SLB	AL	82	65	4	1.7	97	.234	.197	.279	.218	.345	.237	.374	.455	.719	26	.162	-7.9	-0.8	.328	.053	.039
1920	27	SLB	AL	178	117	17	3.9	109	.297	.277	.295	.353	.360	.335	.405	.688	.765	81	.426	-4.1	-0.4	.634	.135	.058	.0
1921	28	SLB	AL	47	37	2	1.4	119	.256	.217	.307	.217	.374	.217	.431	.435	.805	9	.091	-6.7	-0.6	.278	.000	.000
1922	29	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	30	SLB	AL	9	9	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.296	.000	.367	.000	.409	.000	.776	-100	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
11 Seasons				544	404	35	2.3	99	.255	.217	.281	.268	.349	.262	.377	.530	.727	46	.264	-36.8	-4.0	.437	.102	.045	.0
162 Game Avg.				363	269	23	2.3	99	.255	.217	.281	.268	.349	.262	.377	.530	.727	46	.264	-36.8	-4.0	.437	.102	.045

CLE (6 yrs)				221	172	10	1.6	85	.229	.179	.262	.234	.336	.226	.341	.460	.676	36	.196	-16.0	-1.9	.388	.123	.046	.0
SLB (5 yrs)				323	232	25	2.9	107	.271	.242	.293	.291	.359	.287	.402	.577	.760	52	.305	-20.8	-2.1	.473	.089	.044	.0

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1913	20	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1914	21	12	12	11	2	2	1	0	0	1		1	4	.182	.250	.273	.523	54	3	0	0
1915	22	20	36	32	4	6	2	0	0	2		1	10	.188	.212	.250	.462	37	8	0	3
1916	23	42	71	63	6	11	2	0	1	2		3	21	.175	.212	.206	.418	23	13	0	5
1917	24	108	218	192	14	34	5	2	10	4		11	42	.177	.233	.224	.457	35	43	3	12
1918	25	110	221	195	14	35	5	2	10	4		11	42	.179	.234	.226	.460	36	44	3	12
1919	26	148	303	271	23	50	6	3	13	4		12	54	.185	.230	.229	.459	33	62	4	16
1920	27	214	481	426	42	93	11	5	24	5	0	23	64	.218	.276	.268	.544	52	114	11	21
1921	28	234	528	472	44	103	11	5	28	5	0	23	71	.218	.271	.263	.533	47	124	11	22
1922	29	239	535	479	44	106	12	5	29	5	0	23	71	.221	.273	.267	.540	49	128	11	22
1923	30	243	544	488	44	106	12	5	29	5	0	23	73	.217	.268	.262	.530	46	128	11	22

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1913	20	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1914	21	11	9	8	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	.250	.333	.375	.708	1	11
1915	22	8	22	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	8
1916	23	23	34	32	2	5	0	0	1	0	2	11	.156	.206	.156	.362	1	22
1917	24	69	148	136	10	26	3	2	11	2	9	22	.191	.257	.243	.499	8	66
1918	25	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1919	26	44	91	89	11	18	1	1	4	0	1	14	.202	.220	.236	.456	5	38
1920	27	69	178	160	18	42	5	2	10	1	11	11	.263	.337	.319	.656	16	66
1921	28	21	48	48	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	20
1922	29	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	5
1923	30	4	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
11 Seasons		258	553	518	47	93	10	5	31	5	24	77	.180	.231	.218	.450	36	243
162 Game Avg.		162	347	325	30	58	6	3	19	3	15	48	.180	.231	.218	.450	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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