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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:27AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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
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 93 1 0 0 /2
1919 27 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 28 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 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 Seasons 243 544 488 45 106 12 5 0 29 5 0 23 73 .217 .268 .262 .530 46 128 11 22
162 Game Avg. 162 363 325 30 71 8 3 0 19 3 15 49 .217 .268 .262 .530 46 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) 133 323 293 30 71 7 3 0 19 1 0 12 31 .242 .291 .287 .577 52 84 8 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1913 21 CLE AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
1914 22 CLE AL 9 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /2
1915 23 CLE AL 24 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /2O
1916 24 CLE AL 35 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 2
1917 25 CLE AL 147 -9 0 0 0 0 3 5 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 2
1918 26 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
1919 27 SLB AL 82 -7 0 0 0 0 2 3 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 2/3
1920 28 SLB AL 178 -5 1 0 0 -1 1 6 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 2
1921 29 SLB AL 47 -6 0 0 0 0 0 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 2
1922 30 SLB AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /2
1923 31 SLB AL 9 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /2
11 Seasons 544 -36 1 0 0 -2 7 18 -12 -1.7 -10 -1.0 -0.7 $
CLE (6 yrs) 221 -16 0 0 0 -1 4 7 -6 -1.0 -5 -0.5 -0.5 $
SLB (5 yrs) 323 -20 1 0 0 -1 3 11 -6 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $

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More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1913 CLE AL 21 C 1 7 4 2 1 0 .857 6.00 .967 6.60 0 1 1 50%
1914 CLE AL 22 C 3 16 10 3 3 0 .813 4.33 .967 6.70 2 0 2 100%
1915 CLE AL 23 C 7 35 29 6 0 0 1.000 5.00 .965 6.46 0 7 3 30%
1915 CLE AL 23 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.00 0-1-0
1916 CLE AL 24 C 12 52 38 13 1 3 .981 4.25 .974 6.33 3 7 5 42%
1917 CLE AL 25 C 48 190 134 51 5 2 .974 3.85 .971 5.71 1 32 33 51%
1918 CLE AL 26 C 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .970 5.50 0 0 0
1919 SLB AL 27 C 26 21 11 111 76 33 2 3 .982 4.19 .974 5.57 1 16 17 52%
1919 SLB AL 27 1B 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .990 10.70
1920 SLB AL 28 C 40 38 37 180 138 36 6 1 .967 4.35 .973 5.11 3 24 14 37%
1921 SLB AL 29 C 12 8 8 55 45 9 1 3 .982 4.50 .971 4.89 0 6 1 14%
1922 SLB AL 30 C 3 1 1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .977 4.80 0 0 0
1923 SLB AL 31 C 4 1 1 12 8 3 1 1 .917 2.75 .975 4.82 1 1 1 50%
11 Seasons C 157 69 58 666 489 157 20 13 .970 4.11 .972 5.54 11 94 77 45%
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .990 10.70
1 Season OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.00 0-1-0
11 Seasons TOT 159 69 58 669 490 158 21 13 .969 4.08 .972 5.55 0-1-0 11 94 77 45%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1917 AL  50.8 (3rd)
1919 AL  51.5 (1st)
1920 AL  48.9 (5th)

                           

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