Dick Billings

Positions: Catcher and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 4, 1942 in Detroit, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 25th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).

High School: Troy HS (Troy, MI)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: September 11, 1968 (Age 25-282d, 12,750th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 27, 1975 (Age 32-205d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Richard Arlin Billings

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.3

1231

280

.228

101

RBI

142

OBP

.281

SLG

.304

OPS

.584

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 11	TEX	@	KCR	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	4	Apr 12	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
4	5	Apr 13	TEX		CAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	6	Apr 17	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-10	GS	34	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
6	7	Apr 18	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
7	8	Apr 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS	26	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	10 (1)	Apr 22	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	11	Apr 24	TEX		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
10	12	Apr 25	TEX		DET	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
11	14 (1)	Apr 27	TEX		MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	37 (22)	May 23	TEX	@	OAK	L,6-8	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	DH C
13	39 (1)	May 26	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	41 (1)	May 29	TEX		CLE	L,7-9	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
15	43 (1)	May 31	TEX		CLE	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	44	Jun 1	TEX		BAL	W,4-3	CG	54	14.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
17	46 (1)	Jun 3	TEX		BAL	L,1-7	CG	28	5.2	6	0	1	7	1	1B
18	48 (1)	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	49	Jun 7	TEX		NYY	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	50	Jun 8	TEX		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
21	51	Jun 9	TEX		BOS	L,1-12	GS	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	52	Jun 10	TEX		BOS	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
23	53	Jun 12	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	57 (3)	Jun 17	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	67	15.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
25	59 (1)	Jun 19	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	1B
26	64 (4)	Jun 24 (2)	TEX	@	KCR	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
27	68 (3)	Jun 28	TEX		MIN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	70 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	TEX		KCR	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	72 (1)	Jul 1	TEX		KCR	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
30	74 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,1-15	CG	54	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
31	77 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	TEX		CHW	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	79 (1)	Jul 6	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	82 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
34	83	Jul 9	TEX	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	51	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	85 (1)	Jul 11	TEX	@	DET	L,2-14	CG	48	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	88 (2)	Jul 14	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
37	89	Jul 15	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
38	92 (2)	Jul 19	TEX		MIL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	94 (1)	Jul 21	TEX		DET	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	95	Jul 22	TEX		DET	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
41	97 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	99 (1)	Jul 28	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	100	Jul 29 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	2	9	0	C
44	101	Jul 29 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-7	GF	23	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	PH C
45	102	Jul 30	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
46	103	Jul 31	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	104	Aug 1	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
48	105	Aug 2	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	106	Aug 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
50	107	Aug 4	TEX	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	109 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	111 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
53	114 (2)	Aug 11	TEX		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
54	115	Aug 12	TEX		CLE	L,6-7	CG	50	11.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
55	116	Aug 13	TEX		BAL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	117	Aug 14	TEX		BAL	L,10-12	CG	51	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
57	119 (1)	Aug 17	TEX		NYY	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	120	Aug 18	TEX		NYY	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
59	121	Aug 19	TEX		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	124 (2)	Aug 22	TEX		BOS	L,8-9	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
61	128 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	129	Aug 27	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	134 (4)	Sep 1	TEX		MIN	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
64	137 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C LF
65	138	Sep 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-14	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	144 (5)	Sep 12	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
67	146 (1)	Sep 15	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	148 (1)	Sep 17	TEX		CHW	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
69	150 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	TEX		CAL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	153 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
71	154	Sep 21	TEX		CAL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	156 (1)	Sep 23	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
73	157	Sep 24	TEX	@	CAL	L,9-10	CG	44	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
74	158	Sep 25	TEX	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	159	Sep 26	TEX	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
76	160	Sep 28	TEX		KCR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	161	Sep 29	TEX		KCR	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	162	Sep 30	TEX		KCR	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							79gm		645.1	376	34	13	423	4