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Jack Billingham

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Full Name: John Eugene Billingham Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/195 First Game: April 11, 1968
Birthdate: February 21, 1943 Final Game: June 20, 1980
Birthplace: Orlando, Florida MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on February 21, 1943 in Orlando, Florida, Jack Billingham (John Eugene Billingham) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 13 year career. Billingham broke into the bigs on April 11, 1968 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 2.17 ERA in 70.2 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jack Billingham's best season was 1973, when he posted a 3.04 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 155 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1968 LA N 50 1 3 0 2.17 46 18 17 0 0 8 70.2 54 0 30 9 6 2
1969 HOU N 52 4 6 7 4.25 71 45 39 1 0 2 82.2 92 12 29 11 2 5
1970 HOU N 46 24 13 9 3.98 134 102 83 8 2 0 187.2 190 10 63 2 11 10
1971 HOU N 33 33 10 16 3.39 139 98 86 8 3 0 228.1 205 9 68 8 6 16
1972 CIN N 36 31 12 12 3.18 137 83 77 8 4 1 217.2 197 18 64 8 8 7
1973 CIN N 40 40 19 10 3.04 155 112 99 16 7 0 293.1 257 20 95 10 10 10
1974 CIN N 36 35 19 11 3.94 103 105 93 8 3 0 212.1 233 16 64 9 4 6
1975 CIN N 33 32 15 10 4.11 79 100 95 5 0 0 208 222 22 76 12 8 9
1976 CIN N 34 29 12 10 4.32 76 96 85 5 2 1 177 190 17 62 5 9 4
1977 CIN N 36 23 10 10 5.23 76 105 94 3 2 0 161.2 195 16 56 9 7 10
1978 DET A 30 30 15 8 3.88 59 95 87 10 4 0 201.2 218 16 65 2 6 8
1979 DET A 35 19 10 7 3.30 59 74 58 2 0 3 158 163 13 60 11 6 7
1980 DET A 8 0 0 0 7.36 3 6 6 0 0 0 7.1 11 1 6 1 0 0
1980 BOS A 7 4 1 3 11.10 4 30 30 0 0 0 24.1 45 6 12 0 1 4
1980 TOT A 15 4 1 3 1.23 7 36 36 0 0 0 31.2 56 7 18 1 1 4
Total NL 396 252 119 95 3.76 1016 864 768 62 23 12 1839.1 1835 140 607 83 71 79
Total AL 80 53 26 18 4.16 125 205 181 12 4 3 391.1 437 36 143 14 13 19
Total 476 305 145 113 3.83 1141 1069 949 74 27 15 2230.2 2272 176 750 97 84 98

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1968 LA N P 50 1 71.1 5 15 1 1 0 0 6 4 0 .952
1969 HOU N P 52 4 82.2 3 12 1 1 0 0 6 4 1 .938
1970 HOU N P 46 24 187.2 13 30 2 1 0 0 3 4 0 .956
1971 HOU N P 33 33 228.1 20 32 4 3 0 0 9 7 0 .929
1972 CIN N P 36 31 217.2 14 28 1 0 0 1 5 6 0 .977
1973 CIN N P 40 40 293.1 18 53 2 3 0 1 12 11 1 .973
1974 CIN N P 36 35 212.1 14 35 1 1 0 1 7 12 1 .980
1975 CIN N P 33 32 208 8 24 0 5 0 0 8 7 0 1.000
1976 CIN N P 34 29 177 10 25 1 1 0 0 12 5 1 .972
1977 CIN N P 36 23 161.2 12 34 1 2 0 1 10 8 0 .979
1978 DET A P 30 30 201.2 9 30 1 0 0 0 14 10 1 .975
1979 DET A P 35 19 158 6 21 2 3 0 2 12 11 0 .931
1980 DET A P 8 0 7.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 BOS A P 7 4 24.1 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1.000
1980 TOT A P 15 4 31.2 1 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1.000
Total P 476 305 2231.1 133 344 17 21 0 6 108 90 5 .966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1968 LA N 50 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1
1969 HOU N 52 14 2 1 0 0 .071 .235 .071 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0
1970 HOU N 46 58 2 6 0 1 .103 .161 .103 0 0 4 27 0 7 0 0 1
1971 HOU N 33 73 1 9 0 4 .123 .133 .123 0 0 1 30 0 6 0 0 2
1972 CIN N 36 71 2 5 0 2 .070 .096 .085 1 0 2 29 0 5 0 0 1
1973 CIN N 40 93 2 6 0 4 .065 .094 .097 3 0 3 32 0 13 0 0 1
1974 CIN N 36 67 0 5 0 1 .075 .088 .075 0 0 1 31 0 11 0 0 1
1975 CIN N 33 65 5 7 0 4 .108 .205 .108 0 0 8 22 0 10 0 0 0
1976 CIN N 34 59 4 14 0 4 .237 .274 .288 3 0 3 12 0 8 0 0 1
1977 CIN N 36 56 3 9 0 3 .161 .175 .179 1 0 1 17 0 6 0 0 2
1978 DET A 30 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 DET A 35 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 DET A 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BOS A 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TOT A 15 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 396 559 21 62 0 23 .111 .152 .125 8 0 27 206 0 69 0 0 10
Total AL 80 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 476 559 21 62 0 23 .111 .152 .125 8 0 27 206 0 69 0 0 10

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 12, 1961).
  • Selected by Montreal Expos from Los Angeles Dodgers (10th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).
  • Sent by Montreal Expos to Houston Astros with Skip Guinn and $100000 (April 8, 1969) to complete trade in which Montreal Expos traded Donn Clendenon and Jesus Alou to Houston Astros in exchange for Rusty Staub (January 22, 1969) when Donn Clendenon refused to report. Traded by Houston Astros with Joe Morgan, Denis Menke, Cesar Geronimo and Ed Armbrister to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Lee May, Tommy Helms and Jimmy Stewart (November 29, 1971).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Detroit Tigers in exchange for George Cappuzzello and John Valle (March 6, 1978).
  • Sent to Boston Red Sox by Detroit Tigers for future considerations (May 12, 1980).
  • Released by Boston Red Sox (June 21, 1980).

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