Jack Billingham

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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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.

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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