Jack Billingham | Major Leaguer 1968-1980

Full Name: John Eugene Billingham
Born: February 21,1943 in Orlando, Florida
Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Jun 12,1961] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Dodgers. [Oct 14,1968] - Selected by Expos from Dodgers in expansion draft (Pick #10). [Apr 8,1969] - Traded by Expos with Jesus Alou and Donn Clendenon to Astros for Rusty Staub. [Nov 29,1971] - Traded by Astros with Ed Armbrister, Cesar Geronimo, Denis Menke and Joe Morgan to Reds for Jimmy Stewart, Tommy Helms and Lee May. [Mar 6,1978] - Traded by Reds to Tigers for John Valle and George Cappuzzello. [May 12,1980] - Sent to Red Sox by Tigers for future considerations. [Jun 21,1980] - Released by Red Sox.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1961	Orlando	FSL	18	La	A+	1	6	4.50	12						56.0	53	37	28		37	30			8.52	---	5.95	4.82	1.61	--
1962	St. Peters	FSL	19	La	A+	1	5	5.16	22						68.0	74	52	39		39	58			9.79	---	5.16	7.68	1.66	--
1963	Salisbury	Wcar	20	La	A	9	6	3.49	31						142.0	124	72	55		53	136			7.86	---	3.36	8.62	1.25	--
1964	S. Barbara	Calif	21	La	A+	1	1	4.91	16						22.0	17	12	12		10	31			6.95	---	4.09	12.68	1.23	--
	St. Peters	FSL	21	La	A+	7	3	1.03	32						105.0	63	21	12		27	126			5.40	---	2.31	10.80	0.86	--
1965	Albquerque	Tex	22	La	AA	7	3	1.78	39						86.0	68	29	17		27	67			7.12	---	2.83	7.01	1.10	--
	Spokane	PCL	22	La	AAA	0	0	3.60	6						20.0	17	9	8		10	20			7.65	---	4.50	9.00	1.35	--
1966	Spokane	PCL	23	La	AAA	6	9	3.82	50						106.0	107	47	45		41	84			9.08	---	3.48	7.13	1.40	--
1967	Spokane	PCL	24	La	AAA	7	4	3.00	51						123.0	98	46	41		46	108			7.17	---	3.37	7.90	1.17	--
1968	LA Dodgers	NL	25	La	MLB	3	0	2.17	50	1	0	0	26	8	70.2	54	18	17	0	30	46	6	0	6.88	0.00	3.82	5.86	1.19	64%
1969	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	6	7	4.25	52	4	1	0	22	2	82.2	92	45	39	12	29	71	2	0	10.02	1.31	3.16	7.73	1.46	69%
1970	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	13	9	3.98	46	24	8	2	7	0	187.2	190	102	83	10	63	134	11	0	9.11	0.48	3.02	6.43	1.35	69%
1971	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	10	16	3.39	33	33	8	3	0	0	228.1	205	98	86	9	68	139	6	1	8.08	0.35	2.68	5.48	1.20	63%
1972	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	12	12	3.18	36	31	8	4	2	1	217.2	197	83	77	18	64	137	8	0	8.15	0.74	2.65	5.66	1.20	62%
1973	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	19	10	3.04	40	40	16	7	0	0	293.1	257	112	99	20	95	155	10	0	7.89	0.61	2.91	4.76	1.20	62%
1974	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	19	11	3.94	36	35	8	3	1	0	212.1	233	105	93	16	64	103	4	2	9.88	0.68	2.71	4.37	1.40	64%
1975	Cincinnati	NL	32	Cin	MLB	15	10	4.11	33	32	5	0	0	0	208.0	222	100	95	22	76	79	8	1	9.61	0.95	3.29	3.42	1.43	68%
1976	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	12	10	4.32	34	29	5	2	3	1	177.0	190	96	85	17	62	76	9	0	9.66	0.86	3.15	3.86	1.42	63%
1977	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	10	10	5.23	36	23	3	2	8	0	161.2	195	105	94	16	56	76	7	0	10.86	0.89	3.12	4.23	1.55	60%
1978	Detroit	AL	35	Det	MLB	15	8	3.88	30	30	10	4	0	0	201.2	218	95	87	16	65	59	6	0	9.73	0.71	2.90	2.63	1.40	63%
1979	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	10	7	3.30	35	19	2	0	11	3	158.0	163	74	58	13	60	59	6	0	9.28	0.74	3.42	3.36	1.41	61%
1980	Boston	AL	37	Bos	MLB	1	3	11.10	7	4	0	0	0	0	24.1	45	30	30	6	12	4	1	0	16.65	2.22	4.44	1.48	2.34	71%
	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	0	0	7.37	8	0	0	0	3	0	7.1	11	6	6	1	6	3	0	0	13.51	1.23	7.37	3.68	2.32	37%

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)						145	113	3.83	476	305	74	27	83	15	2,230.2	2272	1069	949	176	750	1141	84	4	9.17	0.71	3.03	4.60	1.35	64%
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)						39	37	3.18	259						728.0	621	325	257		290	660			7.68	---	3.59	8.16	1.25	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1968	LA Dodgers	NL	25	La	MLB	p	9	50	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.000	.250	.000	250	100%
1969	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	p	9	52	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	1	0	0	.071	.235	.071	306	92%
1970	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	p	9	46	58	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	27	0	0	7	0	1	.103	.161	.103	264	69%
1971	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	p	9	33	73	1	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	30	0	0	6	1	2	.123	.133	.123	256	70%
1972	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	p	9	36	71	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	29	0	0	5	0	1	.070	.096	.085	181	83%
1973	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	p	9	40	93	2	6	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	32	0	0	13	0	1	.065	.094	.097	191	71%
1974	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	p	9	36	67	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	31	0	0	11	0	1	.075	.088	.075	163	77%
1975	Cincinnati	NL	32	Cin	MLB	p	9	33	65	5	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	22	0	0	10	0	0	.108	.205	.108	313	73%
1976	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	p	9	34	59	4	14	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	12	0	0	8	0	1	.237	.274	.288	562	80%
1977	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	p	9	36	56	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	0	0	6	0	2	.161	.175	.179	354	67%
1978	Detroit	AL	35	Det	MLB	p	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	p	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	Boston	AL	37	Bos	MLB	p	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)								476	559	21	62	8	0	0	23	0	0	27	206	0	0	69	1	10	.111	.152	.125	277	75%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1972	Cincinnati	NL	29		Ch	0	0	3.86	1		0			0	4.2	5		2		2	4			9.66	---	3.86	7.73	1.50	--
	Cincinnati	NL	29		Ws	1	0	0.00	3		0			1	13.2	6		0		4	11			3.95	---	2.64	7.25	0.73	--
1973	Cincinnati	NL	30		Ch	0	1	4.50	2		0			0	12.0	9		6		4	9			6.75	---	3.00	6.75	1.08	--
1975	Cincinnati	NL	32		Ws	0	0	1.00	3		0			0	9.0	8		1		5	7			8.00	---	5.00	7.00	1.44	--
1976	Cincinnati	NL	33		Ws	1	0	0.00	1		0			0	2.2	0		0		0	1			0.00	---	0.00	3.38	0.00	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						2	1	1.93	10		0			1	42.0	28		9		15	32			6.00	---	3.21	6.86	1.02	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1972	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	Ch	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	Ws	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1973	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	Ch	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1975	Cincinnati	NL	32	Cin	Ws	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1976	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	Ws	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						10	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1968	LA Dodgers	NL	25	La	MLB	P	50		70.2	5	15	1	21	1	-	-	-	.952	2.55

1969	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	P	52		82.2	3	12	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	1.63

1970	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	P	46		187.2	13	30	2	45	1	-	-	-	.956	2.06

1971	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	P	33		228.1	20	32	4	56	3	-	-	-	.929	2.05

1972	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	P	36		217.2	14	28	1	43	0	-	-	-	.977	1.74

1973	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	P	40		293.1	18	53	2	73	3	-	-	-	.973	2.18

1974	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	P	36		212.1	14	35	1	50	1	-	-	-	.980	2.08

1975	Cincinnati	NL	32	Cin	MLB	P	33		208	8	24	0	32	5	-	-	-	1.000	1.38

1976	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	P	34		177	10	25	1	36	1	-	-	-	.972	1.78

1977	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	P	36		161.2	12	34	1	47	2	-	-	-	.979	2.56

1978	Detroit	AL	35	Det	MLB	P	30		201.2	9	30	1	40	0	-	-	-	.975	1.74

1979	Detroit	AL	36	Det	MLB	P	35		158	6	21	2	29	3	-	-	-	.931	1.54

1980	Boston	AL	37	Bos	MLB	P	7		24.1	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.48
1980	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	P	8		7.1	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.45

Awards

[1973] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #23), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #4), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1974] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #16), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #6) [1986] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (1 votes - 0.24%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 1 all-star game during his career (1973)....Member of the World Series Champion Cincinnati Reds in 1975 and 1976.

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