Jack Billingham
Los Angeles Dodgers 1968; Houston Astros 1969–1971; Cincinnati Reds 1972–1977; Detroit Tigers 1978–1979; Boston Red Sox 1980; Detroit Tigers 1980
Percentile snapshot
1978 season — qualified pitchers
of 91 qualified 1978 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 13.5 | -16.5 | .188 | 1.3 |
| 1969 | 52 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .235 | .071 | .307 | 3.4 | -9.3 | .188 | 0.1 |
| 1970 | 46 | 69 | 58 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .161 | .103 | .265 | -28.3 | -25.8 | .138 | 1.5 |
| 1971 | 33 | 81 | 73 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .133 | .123 | .257 | -43.3 | -25.7 | .122 | 1.9 |
| 1972 | 36 | 78 | 71 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .070 | .096 | .085 | .180 | -62.9 | -46.6 | .090 | 1.9 |
| 1973 | 40 | 109 | 93 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .094 | .097 | .191 | -57.1 | -45.5 | .094 | 3.9 |
| 1974 | 36 | 79 | 67 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .075 | .088 | .075 | .163 | -69.8 | -53.3 | .081 | 0.5 |
| 1975 | 33 | 83 | 65 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .108 | .205 | .108 | .313 | -11.6 | -10.9 | .174 | 0.8 |
| 1976 | 34 | 70 | 59 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .274 | .288 | .562 | 57.0 | 59.4 | .269 | 0.4 |
| 1977 | 36 | 63 | 56 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .175 | .179 | .354 | -16.5 | -4.9 | .165 | -0.9 |
| 1978 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.9 |
| 1979 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.4 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.9 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 17 | 30 | 46 | 0 | 70.7 | 2.17 | 1.189 | 5.86 | 2.60 | 93.6 | 128.4 | 1.3 |
| 1969 | 52 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 39 | 29 | 71 | 12 | 82.7 | 4.25 | 1.464 | 7.73 | 4.06 | 114.7 | 83.4 | 0.1 |
| 1970 | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 190 | 83 | 63 | 134 | 10 | 187.7 | 3.98 | 1.348 | 6.43 | 3.28 | 83.9 | 98.2 | 1.5 |
| 1971 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 205 | 86 | 68 | 139 | 9 | 228.3 | 3.39 | 1.196 | 5.48 | 2.94 | 86.9 | 99.8 | 1.9 |
| 1972 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 197 | 77 | 64 | 137 | 18 | 217.7 | 3.18 | 1.199 | 5.66 | 3.32 | 101.8 | 102.5 | 1.9 |
| 1973 | 40 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 257 | 99 | 95 | 155 | 20 | 293.3 | 3.04 | 1.200 | 4.76 | 3.45 | 99.2 | 114.6 | 3.9 |
| 1974 | 36 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 233 | 93 | 64 | 103 | 16 | 212.3 | 3.94 | 1.399 | 4.37 | 3.58 | 101.2 | 89.8 | 0.5 |
| 1975 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 222 | 95 | 76 | 79 | 22 | 208.0 | 4.11 | 1.433 | 3.42 | 4.46 | 122.2 | 88.7 | 0.8 |
| 1976 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 190 | 85 | 62 | 76 | 17 | 177.0 | 4.32 | 1.424 | 3.86 | 4.16 | 117.2 | 82.0 | 0.4 |
| 1977 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 195 | 94 | 56 | 76 | 16 | 161.7 | 5.23 | 1.553 | 4.23 | 4.30 | 108.7 | 75.7 | -0.9 |
| 1978 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 218 | 87 | 65 | 59 | 16 | 201.7 | 3.88 | 1.403 | 2.63 | 4.08 | 106.1 | 99.1 | 1.9 |
| 1979 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 163 | 58 | 60 | 59 | 13 | 158.0 | 3.30 | 1.411 | 3.36 | 4.36 | 100.9 | 130.8 | 3.4 |
| 1980 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 36 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 31.7 | 10.23 | 2.337 | 1.99 | 7.27 | 174.3 | 40.8 | -1.9 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-08-08 | CIN @ LAD Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1977-06-02 | HOU @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1974-08-17 | NYM @ CIN Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1975-07-04 | CIN @ SD Gameday | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977-04-25 | CIN @ ATL Gameday | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-09-28 | SF @ HOU Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1971-09-05 | HOU @ SF Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 1973-08-29 | PIT @ CIN Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 1970-06-03 | WSH @ HOU Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 1970-06-23 | SD @ HOU Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.