Josh Billings Stats

Josh Billings was born on Wednesday, November 30, 1892, in Grantville, Kansas. Billings was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 9, 1913, with the Cleveland Naps. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Josh Billings baseball stats page.

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Josh Billings



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Birth Name:   John Augustus Billings
Nickname:   Josh
Born On:   11-30-1892  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Grantville, Kansas
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-30-1981 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Santa Monica, California
Cemetery:   None (Body Donated to UCLA Medical School)
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   09-09-1913 (Age 20)
Last Game:   08-24-1923
Draft:   Not Applicable

Josh Billings

Josh Billings Pitching Stats

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Josh Billings

Josh Billings Hitting Stats

1913 21 Naps 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1914 22 Naps 11 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 - .250 .333 .375
1915 23 Indians 8 21 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 - .190 .190 .238
1916 24 Indians 22 31 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 11 2 - 0 - .161 .212 .161
1917 25 Indians 66 129 8 23 3 2 0 0 9 8 - 21 7 - 3 - .178 .243 .233
1918 26 Indians 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - .333 .333 .333
1919 27 Browns 38 76 9 15 1 1 0 0 3 1 - 12 4 - 1 - .197 .218 .237
1920 28 Browns 66 155 19 43 5 2 0 0 11 11 - 10 5 - 7 - .277 .353 .335
1921 29 Browns 20 46 2 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 1 - 0 - .217 .217 .217
1922 30 Browns 5 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - .429 .429 .571
1923 31 Browns 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
11 Years 243 488 44 106 12 5 0 0 29 23 0 73 22 0 11 - .217 .268 .262

Josh Billings

Josh Billings Fielding Stats

1913 Naps C 1 - - 7 7.0 6 4 2 1 0 0 - - .857 0.00
1914 Naps C 3 - - 16 5.3 13 10 3 3 0 2 - - .813 0.00
1915 Indians C 7 4 117 35 5.0 35 29 6 0 0 0 2 1 1.000 8.08
1915 Indians CF 1 0 - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1916 Indians C 12 6 98 52 4.3 51 38 13 1 3 3 5 0 .981 14.05
1917 Indians C 48 32 585 190 4.0 185 134 51 5 2 1 19 0 .974 8.54
1918 Indians C 1 0 - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 - 1 1.000 0.00
1919 Browns 1B 1 0 0 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
1919 Browns C 26 21 285 111 4.3 109 76 33 2 2 1 0 0 .982 10.33
1920 Browns C 40 38 996 180 4.5 174 138 36 6 1 3 0 0 .967 4.72
1921 Browns C 12 8 229 55 4.6 54 45 9 1 0 0 0 0 .982 6.37
1922 Browns C 3 1 27 6 2.0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
1923 Browns C 4 1 24 12 3.0 11 8 3 1 1 1 0 0 .917 12.38
C Totals 157 111 2,361 666 4.2 646 489 157 20 9 11 26 2 .970 7.39
CF Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1B Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
11 Years 159 111 2,361 669 4.2 648 490 158 21 9 11 26 2 .969 7.41

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Josh Billings Miscellaneous Stats

1913 Naps 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 - - -
1914 Naps 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.0 0.0 - - -
1915 Indians 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.5 0.0 - - -
1916 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.8 31.0 - - -
1917 Indians 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.1 14.3 - - -
1918 Indians 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1919 Browns 0 - - 5 3 n/a 0.0 6.3 25.3 - - -
1920 Browns 1 0 1.000 25 1 n/a 0.0 15.5 14.1 - - -
1921 Browns 0 0 .000 7 1 n/a 0.0 6.6 11.5 - - -
1922 Browns 0 0 .000 2 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 7.0 - - -
1923 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.5 0.0 - - -
11 Years 5 0 1.000 39 5 n/a 0.0 6.7 16.8 - - -

Josh Billings

Josh Billings Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1913 Cleveland Naps n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Cleveland Naps n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 Cleveland Indians n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 Cleveland Indians n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 Cleveland Indians n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 Cleveland Indians n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1921 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1922 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -

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